Academic Staff
Dr Sara Johansson Fernstad
Senior Lecturer, Director of Postgraduate Research
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
sara.fernstad@newcastle.ac.uk
Sara is a Senior Lecturer in Data Science with expertise in visualization. She is the Director of Postgraduate Research in the School of Computing.
Dr Alma Cantu
Lecturer
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
alma.cantu@newcastle.ac.uk
Alma is a Lecture in Data Science in the School of Computing. She specialises in Data Visualization, investigating human perception to improve visualisation of complex data.
Professor Daniel Archambault
Professor, Scalable Group Co-Lead
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
daniel.archambault@newcastle.ac.uk
Daniel is a Professor of Visualization/Data Science. His research helps visualisation and visual analytics systems scale to the age of data science.
Dr Xinhuan Shu
Lecturer, MSc Data Science Degree Programme Director Deputy
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
xinhuan.shu@newcastle.ac.uk
Xinhuan is a Lecturer in Computer Science.
Research Associates
Dr Alexander Macquisten
Research Associate
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
alexander.macquisten@newcastle.ac.uk
Alexander is a Research Associate in Data Science In the School of Computing. They are currently working on machine learning and data visualization solutions to disaggregate home water usage.
PhD Students
Hugh Garner
PhD student (April 2019 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
h.garner2@newcastle.ac.uk
Sarah Alsufyani
PhD student (Sept. 2020 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
s.h.h.alsufyani2@newcastle.ac.uk
Sarah is currently a PhD student in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, researching visualization for investigation of data quality in health data.
Aljawharah Almajyul
PhD student (Sept. 2021 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
a.a.n.almajyul2@newcastle.ac.uk
Aljawharah Almajyul is a PhD student in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, where she research complex network graph visualization.
Lama Alsmmahi
PhD student (Nov. 2022 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
l.alsmmahi2@newcastle.ac.uk
Lama is a Phd Student interested in data visualization and machine learning. She is also a lecturer in the Data Science department at University of Jeddah.
Fatimah Alqahtani
PhD student (Sept. 2023 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
f.m.m.alqahtani2@newcastle.ac.uk
Fatimah is a PhD student in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, where she explore the intersection of machine learning and data visualization.
Luke Watkin
PhD student (Sept. 2024 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
l.watkin1@newcastle.ac.uk
Luke is a PhD student interested in visualisation techniques for machine learning explainability.
George Bell
PhD student (Jan. 2025 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
g.bell1@newcastle.ac.uk
George is a PhD student in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, where he researches perception for immersive visualisation.
Hannah Kim
PhD student (Sep. 2025 – now)
Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science
s.kim15@newcastle.ac.uk
Hannah is a PhD student in the Faculty of Medical Science, where her research focuses on evaluating and improving a Clinical Decision Support System. Her work examines the system’s alignment with clinical guidelines and expert practice, and how it supports patients and clinicians in making informed healthcare decisions.
Hongyu (Peter) Wang
PhD student (Oct. 2025 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
h.wang121@newcastle.ac.uk
Hongyu is a PhD student in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, where his research focuses on AI-assisted code generation and validation.
Research Software Engineers
Dr Mike Simpson
Research Software Engineer
Research Software Engineering Team
mike.simpson@newcastle.ac.uk
Mike is a Research Software Engineer at Newcastle University, with a background in game development and data visualisation.
Dr Gabrielle Schroeder
Research Software Engineer
Research Software Engineering Team
gabrielle.schroeder@newcastle.ac.uk
Gabrielle is a Research Software Engineer at Newcastle University with a background in data science and computational neuroscience.
Alumni
Dr Kenan Koc
PhD student (2018-2022)
Dr Alexander Macquisten
PhD student (2017-2022)
Dr Osman Akbulut
PhD student (2019-2024)
Dr Hanin Alzahrani
PhD student (2021-2024)
Lucy Mclaughlin
PhD student (2021-2023)