Our People
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Dr Yonghao Wang
Associate Professor
Dr. Yonghao (Leo) Wang is an esteemed academic with over 20 years of experience in the fields of Networking and Cybersecurity, with a special focus on blockchain technology and decentralised communication systems. His expertise also extends to Digital Signal Processing (DSP) for multimedia, as well as Cloud and Edge...
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Dr Nick Webber
Associate Professor in Media
Nick Webber is Director of the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research (BCMCR). He joined the University in 2008, having previously worked in research development. Nick has a background in medieval history, and his research now focuses on (historical) game studies.
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Professor Annalise Weckesser
Professor of Medical and Feminist Anthropology
Annalise came to the UK in 2007 from Canada to undertake doctoral studies in Medical and Feminist Anthropology at the University of Warwick's School of Health and Social Studies. In her previous, pre-academic life, Annalise worked in community outreach in Toronto’s family resource centres (aka Sure Starts). From 2009 to 2011,...
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Stuart Whipps
Associate Professor in Photography
Stuart Whipps is an artist based in Birmingham, UK. He often makes work about things he doesn’t understand and doesn’t know how to do. Recently this includes restoring a 1979 Mini with the assistance of former British Leyland workers, training to make geological thin sections at the University of Birmingham, and propagating...
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Nick White
Senior Lecturer in Radiography
Nick is a Senior Lecturer within the Department of Radiography at Birmingham City University and also a clinical tutor within the radiotherapy department at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Nick has worked in radiography education for 19 years, teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He is...
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Professor Tony Whyton
Professor of Jazz Studies
Tony Whyton is Professor of Jazz Studies. His critically acclaimed books Jazz Icons: Heroes, Myths and the Jazz Tradition (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and Beyond A Love Supreme: John Coltrane and the Legacy of an Album (Oxford University Press, 2013) have sought to develop cross-disciplinary methods of musical...
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Dr Anthony Wilcox
Senior Academic
Consultant Technologist, Faculty of Technology Innovation and Development, Birmingham City University, 2001-2010 Technical Director, Monisys Ltd., University of Central England, Birmingham, 1994-2001 Senior Lecturer, University of Central England, Birmingham, 1989-2001 Research Associate, City of Birmingham Polytechnic,...
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Ian Williams
Professor of Visual Computing and Head of the Digital Media Technology Lab (DMT Lab)
Prof. Williams is Head of the Digital Media Technology Lab (DMT Lab) and leads the research strategy and vision for the Lab which encompasses the four core domains of: Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Graphics and Computer Vision, Sound and Music Analysis and Broadcast Systems. He gained his PhD from Manchester...
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Dr Andrew Wilson SFHEA
Associate Professor
Andrew is an Associate Professor in Computing and Data Science within the College of Computing. He has developed and led many undergraduate and post graduate technology courses as course leader. As well as teaching he is an active researcher in the field of digital health, working across faculties, NHS Trusts and European...
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Dr Michael Wolters
Professor in Composition
Michael Wolters (born 1971 in Mönchengladbach, Germany) has maintained the position of an “other” in the world of contemporary music with works that queer traditional concert and performance situations. He has written music for traditional ensembles like Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and prefers to challenge conventional...