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Academic Staff

Prof Jose Torero
Prof Asif Usmani
Prof Dougal Drysdale
Dr Luke Bisby
Dr Stephen Welch
Dr Martin Gillie
Dr Tim Stratford
Dr Guillermo Rein
Dr Pankaj

Research Staff

Dr Ricky Carvel
Dr Sreebash Paul
Dr David Lange
Dr Adam Cowlard

Technician

Michal Krajcovic

Visiting researchers / collaborators

Stephanie Macphee
Francesco Colella
Albert Simeoni

Recently finished or left us

Dr Christine Switzer
Alan Chan
Yang Song
Graduating soon:
Dr Thomas Steinhaus
Dr Paolo Pironi
Dr Hubert Biteau
Dr Charlotte Roben
Graduated 2009:
Dr Ian Fletcher
Dr Pedro Reszka
Other graduates:
Click here for the Alumni page

Postgraduate Students

Started in 2004:
Ahmad Al-Remal
Started in 2005:
Cecilia Abecassis Empis
Started in 2006:
Sung-Han Koo
Susan Deeny
Ying Liu
Wolfram Jahn
David Fox
Kate Anderson
Started in 2007:
Angus Law
Freddy Jervis
Joanne Knox
Rory Hadden
Pauline Bartoli
Started in 2008:
Jamie Stern-Gottfried
Adam Ervine
Started in 2009:
Anna Webb
Jian Zhang
Sam Grindrod
Mariyana Aida Ab. Kadir
Nicolas Bal
Adam Bittern
Michael Woodrow
David Rush
John Gales
Panagiotis Kotsovinos
Yaqiang Jiang
Jian Jiang
William Kingston

Flying the Scarf!

Wherever the members of the group go, they wear their 'Edinburgh Fire' scarves proudly. Here we'll post pictures of some of the places the scarf has gone...

Prague, February 2009.

Dunnet Head, Easter 2009.

Lyon, April 2009.

Geneva, April 2009.

Adam Cowlard surfing, Carrapeteira, Portugal, May 2009.

Fire Group in the mist at the top of Meall nan Tarmachan (honest, its a mountain top), 25th May 2009.
Back row: Thomas Kirsch, Sam Grindrod, Adam Ervine, Anna Webb, Rory Hadden, Angus Law, Guillermo Rein, Adam Bittern, Tim Stratford, Albert Simeoni. Front row: Ricky Carvel, Sung Han Koo, Susan Deeny, Kate Anderson, Joanne Knox, Cristian Maluk, David Lange.
And yes, we are all drinking Gin & Tonics...

Stamford, CT, USA, May 2009.

Santander, Spain, May 2009.

Prof Jose Torero going native while in Corsica, June 2009 (Corsican flag inset)

Prof Dougal Drysdale, up a Munro, at 70!

Dr Adam Cowlard graduating wearing an 'Edinburgh Fire' kilt. July 2009
With Jose Torero and Guillermo Rein

Murrayfield Stadium (empty), Edinburgh, November 2009

Murrayfield Stadium (full), Edinburgh, November 2009

Guillermo Rein, photo for the Spanish press, proudly wearing the scarf!
Weblinks to the news stories (in Spanish): [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The scarf goes skiing!

Other pics

Various photos of group members doing things...

Members of the research team at the top of Ben Lawers (the 11th highest peak in the UK) on Monday 15th September 2008.

Canoeing at Firbush, September 2008

Members of the research team at the top of Meall Nan Tarmachan, way back in 1996


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