Faculty
Our faculty is made up of more than 100 research group leaders and the heads of our 17 science technology platforms.
Introduction
The Crick acts as a beacon for exceptional research talent from around the world.
Our group leader recruitment has an emphasis on early career researchers, most of whom will be setting up their first independent group.
They will develop their programmes over 12 years, and will then receive assistance to find a position elsewhere.
Faculty members
Visit our profile listing to find out more about individual faculty members.
A-Z researchersGroup leaders
Most group leaders at the Crick are early- or mid-career scientists at the most creative stage of their careers.
Crick core funding supports them to develop new research directions driven by curiosity, not by trends. We recruit group leaders working across the whole spectrum of biomedical sciences, including clinical research and physical sciences.
In addition to leading innovative research programmes of the highest international quality, our group leaders contribute to scientific and administrative leadership across the organisation, moulding the environment of scientific discourse and collaboration that lies at the heart of the Crick's research culture.
Types of group leaders at the Crick
Recruitment
Group leader recruitment
We aim to appoint the most talented and promising biomedical researchers, so our recruitment calls are usually open to all relevant research areas and approaches.
Our main method of recruiting group leaders is an annual open call for early career group leaders. These calls welcome applications from researchers across all areas of biomedical research.
To maintain balance in the Crick's research portfolio, we will occasionally augment these open calls with focused group leader searches centred on specific research areas. These include calls for clinician scientist group leaders, and calls for researchers in the physical sciences applied to biomedicine, which are usually conducted with our university partners.
Recent recruits
Michael Winding
The combination of technical expertise from the core facilities, internal funding, and collaborative environment are hard to match. I am also sure that the breath of scientific interests at the Crick will result in many fruitful collaborations.
Francesca Ester Morreale
The Crick was the dream place, with its multidisciplinary research structured without separate departments, and with the incredible support offered by the science technology platforms. I also really liked the idea that early career group leaders are the core of Crick’s faculty.
Fabian Fröhlich
In my opinion, some of the most fascinating scientific discoveries happen at the intersection of different disciplines. It is through the integration of perspectives from various fields that we can gain a deeper understanding of complex phenomena. At the Crick, I find the department-less organizational structure and the diverse range of research being conducted to be an ideal environment for this type of interdisciplinary science.
Science technology platform leads
Science technology platform leads
Our science technology platforms (STPs) provide researchers with access to expertise, advice and state-of-the-art equipment in a range of areas.
In-house expertise and services help our scientists streamline their research, so that they can achieve their research goals quicker.
STP heads manage the day-to-day running of their STP and teams of STP staff. They work closely with group leaders and other heads to ensure that their platform remains cutting edge and delivers for researchers.
Open roles in STPs are advertised in our vacancies listing.
Our faculty come from across the world
Our faculty come from across the world
We are proud to be a diverse and international institute, with staff from more than 70 countries. We will always be open and welcoming to scientists from around the world.
Recent early career group leaders (2017 - 2021)
Spain | Lucia Prieto Godino, Alberto Elosegui Artola |
Sweden | Pontus Skoglund |
Portugal | Silvia Santos, Margarida Cardoso Moreira |
Bulgaria | Radoslav Enchev |
Germany | Anne Schreiber, Johannes Kohl, Benjamin Schumann, Katharina Schmack |
Argentina | Florencia Iacaruso |
Switzerland | Jeannine Hess |
UK | Katie Bentley, Louise Walport, Rupert Beale, Samra Turajlic, |
USA | Adam Sateriale, David LV Bauer, Greg Findlay, Sam Rodriques |
Taiwan | Leanne Li |
Russia | Petr Znamenskiy, Maxim Molodtsov |
India | Rashmi Priya |
South Africa | David Balchin |
