Officers and Committee 2025-2026

Branch Officers

Holly Smith (President)
IOE – Education, Practice & Society
holly.smith@ucl.ac.uk

Saladin Meckled-Garcia (Vice-President)
Political Science
s.meckled-garcia@ucl.ac.uk

Sean Wallis (Branch Secretary) 
English
s.wallis@ucl.ac.uk

Danielle Lamb (Treasurer)
Institute of Epidemiology & Health
d.lamb@ucl.ac.uk

Alun Coker (Health and Safety Officer)
Division of Medicine
alun.coker@ucl.ac.uk

Anca Tacu (Environment Officer)
STEaPP -Science, Technology, Engineering & Public Policy
a.tacu@ucl.ac.uk

Matteo Tiratelli (Casework Officer)
IOE – Social Research Institute
m.tiratelli@ucl.ac.uk

Bella Vivat (Equalities Officer)
Division of Psychiatry
b.vivat@ucl.ac.uk

Maria-Novella Mercuri (Anti-Casualisation Officer)
SELCS
m.mercuri@ucl.ac.uk

Gargi Bhattacharyya (Recruitment and Membership Secretary)
Institute for Advanced Studies
g.bhattacharyya@ucl.ac.uk

Committee Members

William Booth
History
william.booth@ucl.ac.uk

Ilektra Christidi
Advanced Research Computing (ARC) Centre
ilektra.christidi@ucl.ac.uk

Jonny Jones
Geography
jonny.jones@ucl.ac.uk

Mark Newman
IOE – Social Research Institute
mark.newman@ucl.ac.uk

Jane Rendell
Bartlett School of Architecture
j.rendell@ucl.ac.uk

Benet Salway
History
r.salway@ucl.ac.uk

Ala’a Shehabi
European & International Social & Political Studies
a.shehabi@ucl.ac.uk

Victoria Showunmi (ex officio)
IOE – Education, Practice & Society
v.showunmi@ucl.ac.uk

Victoria Solomonidis-Hunter
SELCS
v.solomonidis-hunter@ucl.ac.uk

Nalini Vittal
Centre for Languages & International Education (CLIE)
n.vittal@ucl.ac.uk