Staff Profiles

Evolution, Perception & Behaviour

Professor Piers Cornelissen
Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience
BA, MBBS, DPhil
Prof Piers Cornelissen holds the Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology. He trained as a medic at St Thomas’s Hospital London. After some time in clinical practice he moved to Oxford... more>>

Dr Johannes Hönekopp
Senior Lecturer
Johannes is working as a Senior Lecturer within the Department of Psychology, trying hard to enlighten students about statistics. He is affiliated to the Cognition and Communication Research Centre. more>> 

Dr Kris McCarty
Research Fellow
PhD
Kris completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology in 2008 where he developed a passion for evolutionary psychology. He then went on to complete a... more>>

Dr Nick Neave
Associate Professor 
PhD in Psychology 
Dr Nick Neave is a Reader within the Department of Psychology. He is Faculty Director of Ethics and Chair of the Faculty Research Ethics Committee. He contributes to the teaching at Undergraduate level,... more>>

Dr Tamsin Saxton
Associate Professor
PhD
Tamsin joined Northumbria University as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology in September 2012, following posts at the Universities of St Andrews, Edinburgh, and Abertay Dundee. She teaches... more>>