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Contact Us

The Department of Research and Innovation supports your Research and Consultancy through two offices, the Research Support Office (for all funding other than European) and the European Office. For Knowledge Transfer, Entrepreneurship and Business related activity see Third Mission

You can find us on the 7th floor of the Faraday Tower.  Alternatively, please contact an appropriate member of staff from the list below.

You can also download our brochure Who's Who in Research and Innovation , complete with Department functions and mini biographies for each staff member.


Directors and Support
Name  Function   Responsibility Telephone  Email 
Jan Nielsen Strategic management Head of Department  01792 51(3696)  j.k.nielsen@swansea.ac.uk 
Ceri Jones Strategic management Deputy Head of Department 01792 29(5412) c.d.jones@swansea.ac.uk
Victoria Hurst  Secretarial support Departmental Secretary/PA to Head of Department/PA to Deputy Head of Department 01792 29(5992)  v.l.hurst@swansea.ac.uk 


Research Support Office
Name Function Responsibility Telephone  Email 
Colin Elvins  Support management Research Support Manager 01792 29(5430)  c.w.elvins@swansea.ac.uk
Chris Beynon Pre-Award External Funding Officer for the School of Business and Economics, the School of Law,   the School of Medicine (Biomedical), DACE and the School of the Environment and Society 01792 29(5015) c.beynon@swansea.ac.uk
Adrian Walters Pre-Award External Funding Officer for the School of Engineering, the School of Physical Sciences, and the School of Health Science 01792 51(3724) a.s.walters@swansea.ac.uk
Debbie Saunders Pre-Award External Funding Officer for the School of Arts and Humanities, the School of Human Sciences and the School of Medicine (Health Services Research) 01792 60 (2094)  d.e.f.saunders@swansea.ac.uk
Stuart Gwynn Post-Award  Senior External Contracts Officer. School of Physical Sciences, DACE, non-academic departments 01792 29(5757) s.d.gwynn@swansea.ac.uk
Sarah Haynes Post-Award  External Contracts Officer. Schools of Medicine (Biomedical), Environment and Society, Business and Economics, and Law. Also responsible for all A4B projects. 01792 29(5435)  s.e.haynes@swansea.ac.uk 
Tricia Lewis  Post Award  External Contracts Officer. Schools of Medicine (CHIRAL), and Health and Human Sciences. 01792 29(5550)  p.lewis@swansea.ac.uk
Louise Evans Post Award  External Contracts Officer. Schools of Engineering, and Arts and Humanities. 01792 29(5067)  l.a.evans@swansea.ac.uk
Barbara Usher Post Award External Contracts Clerical Assistant 01792 60(2095) b.e.c.usher@swansea.ac.uk



European Office
Name  Function  Responsibility  Telephone  Email 
Huw Evans Post-Award Research and Innovation Accountant 01792 29(5736) huw.evans@swansea.ac.uk
Julie Williams Pre-Award Senior External Funding Officer (European) 01792 29(5824) j.williams@swansea.ac.uk
Sara Morgan Post-Award External Funding Officer 01792 29(5646) s.g.morgan@swansea.ac.uk 
Sarah Thornton Post/Pre-Award  Assistant Accountant 01792 29(5924) s.f.e.thornton@swansea.ac.uk



Third Mission and Entrepreneurship
  Name  Function  Responsibility   Telephone  Email 
 Dan Flanagan IP and contract support IP Development Officer  01792 51(3717)  d.o.flanagan@swansea.ac.uk
Matthew Anson IP and contract support IP Development Officer 01792 51(3128) m.anson@swansea.ac.uk
Isabel Beynon IP and contract support IP Development Assistant 01792 60(6762) i.a.beynon@swansea.ac.uk
 Chris Talbot  Partnership management Partnership manager  01792 51(3708)  c.g.talbot@swansea.ac.uk
 Ali Parker  Knowledge Transfer support Knowledge Transfer Officer  01792 60(2630)  a.c.parker@swansea.ac.uk
Roger Way Clerical Support Partnership Support Assistant 01792 60(2919) r.e.way@swansea.ac.uk
 Rachel Williams Marketing, PR and communications Communications Officer  01792 60(2962)  r.williams@swansea.ac.uk
Barry Wanless  Spin out programme assistance Spin Out Programme Manager 01792 29(5500)  b.wanless@swansea.ac.uk