School of Built and Natural Environment staff

Crispin Owen stood on the balcony in Markeaton Street.
Crispin Owen
University Technical Manager

Crispin Owen is a Technical Manager with responsibility for the strategic development, operation and management of high-quality and complex technical resources and support services across the College of Arts, Humanities and Education, College of Science and Engineering, and the Institute of Innovation in Sustainable Engineering.

Dr John Pritchard
Dr John Pritchard
Senior Lecturer Geoscience

Dr Pritchard is a Senior Lecturer in Geoscience.

Deb wearing a blue sweater with a pink striped shirt, smiling, outdoors
Dr Debadayita Raha
Lecturer in Environmental Social Science and Programme Leader BSc Environmental Sustainability

Dr Debadayita (Deb) Raha is a lecturer in Human and Developmental Geography at the University of Derby. Her research interests lie in the multidisciplinary field of social science and environmental impact on people's lives. She has previously worked at the University of Nottingham looking at whole systems analysis of small scale renewable energy for rural communities in UK and India.

Dr Andrew Ramsey working in a lab with water crustacean.
Dr Andrew Ramsey
Head of Discipline Environmental Sciences

Andrew is an ecologist and conservation biologist and teach these specialisms at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is a Programme Leader for Zoology and supervises a range of PhD students. Andrew is also the research lead for 'Eco-sustainability and evolution' in the University of Derby's 'Environmental Sustainability Research Centre'.

Derek Spalton
Programme Leader BSc Civil Engineering BEng Civil Engineering MSc Civil Engineering and Construction Management

Derek was in the Civil Engineering Industry for over 20 years undertaking Design and Supervision of Highway and Drainage Projects in the UK. He has been at the University for 15 years and is the Academic Lead for the Civil Engineering laboratories and Programme Leader for UnderGraduate and Post Graduate Civil Engineering and Construction Management Programmes

Dr Roger Suthren
Senior Lecturer in Geology

Roger is a Senior Lecturer in Geology.

Timo Kapsalis sitting in front of a University-of-Derby building.
Dr Timo Kapsalis
Lecturer in Architectural Design and Technology

Timo is a Lecturer in Architectural Design and Technology and the Director of the Interior Architecture and Venue Design programme of studies. 

Eleni Tracada
Dr Eleni Tracada
Lecturer in Architecture

Lecturer in Architecture.

Mike Veveris
Senior Lecturer Product Design

Mike is Senior Lecturer in Product Design.

Simon Wood monitoring a masonry wall
Dr Simon Wood
Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering Programme Leader: BEng Civil Engineering (Apprenticeship)

Simon is the Programme Leader for the BEng Civil Engineering (Apprenticeship) and has over ten years of teaching experience. He is a member of the Internal Masonry Society (MIMS) and has experience as a civil and structural engineer within a design consultancy. He is reading for a PhD in Masonry Design from the University of Leeds.