Construction and the Built Environment staff
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Angela Kilby
Senior Lecturer
Angela is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University. Subcontracting QS with experience in final account settlement and onsite measurement. PQS career: based in West Midlands & London – experienced Capital Allowance consultant with Morland and Allied Domecq with public house/nightclub refurbishment measurement and...
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Paul Laycock
Associate Professor in Architectural Technology
Paul is an Associate Professor in Architectural Technology at Birmingham City University. Paul was originally a site manager. He moved into design management and from there became an Architectural Technologist. He taught at Northumbria University and then moved back into industry as a developer, before returning to...
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Dr Andy Lim
Associate Professor in Civil Engineering
Dr Andy Lim is an Associate Professor and Course Leader for BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering at Birmingham City University (BCU). He has extensive academic and research experience across civil and structural engineering disciplines, underpinned by a strong background in computational mechanics. Before joining BCU, Dr Lim worked...
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Dr Vireen Limbachiya
Academic Director of TNE
Vireen is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering and currently the Academic Director for Transnational Education at Birmingham City University. In this role, he provides academic and strategic leadership across BCU’s TNE partnerships in China, working with partner institutions, academic teams, and professional services to...
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Dr Chien-Ling Lo
Lecturer in Real Estate
Dr Chien‑Ling Lo joined BCU in June 2025 as Lecturer in Real Estate. Prior to this appointment, she served as a university teacher at the University of Sheffield from 2022 to 2025. She completed her PhD at University College London in January 2023. Her research focuses on the intersection of property markets, public sector...
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Emma Love
Senior Lecturer
Emma Love is a Chartered Builder (MCIOB), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Birmingham City University. Her work explores how people experience, interpret and remember the built environment through professional practice, higher education...
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Dr Monica Mateo-Garcia
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Built Environment
Dr. Monica Mateo-Garcia is a Senior Lecturer in Built Environment at Birmingham City University. She teaches building design, production, sustainability, research and innovation in undergraduate and postgraduate courses across the School. Monica is an Architect with over 15 years' professional and academic experience. She...
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Dr Mohammad Mayouf
Associate Professor in Digital Construction
Dr Mohammad Mayouf is an Associate Professor in Digital Construction at Birmingham City University, specialising in the Digital Built Environment. His work sits at the intersection of digital innovation, information management, and socio-technical transformation in construction, with particular expertise in Building...
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Dr Lynsey Melville
Director of the Global Environmental Challenges Research Group, Lead of Bioresource and Bioeconomy Research Group (BBRG), Senior Researcher
Dr Lynsey Melville is Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Computing Engineering and Built Environment. She leads the Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering research group whose focus is on accelerating the adoption of environmentally sustainable and commercially viable energy from biomass. Lynsey is...
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Professor Nick Morton
Academic Director of Partnerships and STEAM
Nick joined what is now Birmingham City University in 2003. He was Course Leader for the School’s RTPI-accredited undergraduate planning degrees for a number of years, including leading the design of the BSc (Hons) Planning & Development route in 2006, and was appointed Director of Undergraduate Studies to overview the entire...