List of University of Surrey academics

A list of University of Surrey academics, includes those who work or have worked at the University of Surrey, including a brief description of their notability.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Science and engineering

• Alf Adams – physicist who pioneered the strained quantum-well laser^[1]
• Jim Al-Khalili – nuclear physicist, author and broadcaster^[2]
• Lewis Elton – physicist and researcher into higher education^[3]
• Sir Martin Sweeting – founder of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd^[1]
• Allan Wells – Olympic 100m gold medalist; engineering lecturer^[4]
• Henryk Zygalski – mathematician, cryptologist and breaker of the Enigma Machine
• Max Lu – chemical engineer and nanotechnologist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey as at 2024.

Humanities and social science

• Sara Arber – sociologist
• Martyn Barrett – psychologist and lead expert for the Council of Europe's Education Policy Advisers Network^[5]
• David Blanchflower – economist and member of the Monetary Policy Committee
• Dame Glynis Breakwell – psychologist^[6]
• Marie Breen Smyth – international relations scholar
• Bonnie Buchanan – professor in sustainable fintech
• Greville G Corbett - distinguished professor of linguistics
• Nigel Gilbert – sociologist, pioneer in the use of agent-based models in the social sciences^[7]
• Tim Jackson – ecological economist; professor of sustainable development;^[8] author of Prosperity Without Growth
• Diane Watt — medievalist
• Roberta Guerrina – political scientist
• Lionel Haward — father of British forensic psychology

Health and Medical Sciences

• Derk-Jan Dijk - Distinguished Professor of Sleep and Physiology, Director of Surrey Sleep Research Centre
• Jill Maben - Nurse academic and educator
• James Michael Lynch - Microbiologist

See also

• List of University of Surrey alumni