{"id":6,"date":"2024-03-11T15:45:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-03-08T23:51:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:51:55","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nova\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Academic Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr Sara Johansson Fernstad<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Senior Lecturer<\/strong>
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
sara.fernstad@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara is a Senior Lecturer in Data Science with expertise in visualization and is Newcastle University\u2019s academic lead for the Turing University Network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Alma Cantu<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lecturer<\/strong>
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
alma.cantu@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Professor Daniel Archambault<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor<\/strong>, Scalable Group Co-Lead<\/strong>
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
daniel.archambault@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel is a Professor of Visualization\/Data Science. His research helps visualisation and visual analytics systems scale to the age of data science.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Xinhuan Shu<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lecturer<\/strong>, MSc Data Science Degree Programme Director Deputy<\/strong>
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
xinhuan.shu@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xinhuan is a Lecturer in Computer Science.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research Associates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr Alexander Macquisten<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research Associate<\/strong>
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
alexander.macquisten@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PhD Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hugh Garner<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD student<\/strong> (April 2019 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
h.garner2@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sarah Alsufyani<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD student<\/strong> (Sept. 2020 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
s.h.h.alsufyani2@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah is currently a PhD student in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, researching visualization for investigation of data quality in health data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aljawharah Almajyul<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD student<\/strong> (Sept. 2021 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
a.a.n.almajyul2@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aljawharah Almajyul is a PhD student in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, where she research complex network graph visualization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lama Alsmmahi<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD student<\/strong> (Nov. 2022 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
l.alsmmahi2@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fatimah Alqahtani<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD student<\/strong> (Sept. 2023 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
f.m.m.alqahtani2@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fatimah is a PhD student in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, where she explore the intersection of machine learning and data visualization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luke Watkin<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD student<\/strong> (Sept. 2024 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
l.watkin1@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke is a PhD student interested in visualisation techniques for machine learning explainability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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George Bell<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD student<\/strong> (Jan. 2025 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
g.bell1@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

George is a PhD student in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, where he researches perception for immersive visualisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah Kim<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD student<\/strong> (Sep. 2025 – now)
Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Science
s.kim15@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hongyu (Peter) Wang<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD student<\/strong> (Oct. 2025 – now)
Scalable Computing, School of Computing
h.wang121@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hongyu is a PhD student in the School of Computing at Newcastle University, where his research focuses on AI-assisted code generation and validation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research Software Engineers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr Mike Simpson<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research Software Engineer<\/strong>
Research Software Engineering Team
mike.simpson@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike is a Research Software Engineer at Newcastle University, with a background in game development and data visualisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Gabrielle Schroeder<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research Software Engineer
<\/strong>Research Software Engineering Team
gabrielle.schroeder@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabrielle is a Research Software Engineer at Newcastle University with a background in data science and computational neuroscience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr Kenan Koc<\/strong>
PhD student (2018-2022)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Alexander Macquisten<\/strong>
PhD student (2017-2022)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Osman Akbulut<\/strong>
PhD student (2019-2024)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Hanin Alzahrani<\/strong>
PhD student (2021-2024)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Sarah Alsufyani<\/strong>
PhD student (2020-2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lucy Mclaughlin<\/strong>
PhD student (2021-2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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