Staff

The MERL, Special Collections, and Art Collections

• Director: Kate Arnold-Forster
• Associate Director (Archive Services): Guy Baxter
• Associate Director (Curatorial and Public Engagement): Isabel Hughes
• Director of Academic Learning and Engagement (Museums and Collections): Dr Rhi Smith
• Executive Support Officer: Mat Binks
• Principal Archivist: Caroline Gould
• Principal Librarian (Museums and Collections): Claire Clough
• Librarian (Museums and Collections): Fiona Melhuish
• Archivist (Academic Engagement): Danni Corfield
• Curator of MERL Collections: Dr Ollie Douglas
• Curator of Art Collections: Dr Hannah Lyons
• Collections Care Manager: Fred van de Geer
• Paper Conservator: Lucy Hatch
• Head of Visitor Experience: Danielle Eade
• Head of Learning and Engagement: Phillippa Heath
• Marketing Manager: Joe Vaughan
• Volunteer Co-ordinator: Sheila Fisher
• Public Programmes and Marketing Officer: Susanna Ivy
• Programme Manager (Museums Partnership Reading): Anna Jones
• Operations Manager: David Neilson

Ure Museum

• Curator: Professor Amy Smith

• Assistant Curator: Jayne Holly

Cole Museum

• Curator: Professor Amanda Callaghan

Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections

• Director of Collections and Archives: Professor Sue Walker
• Assistant Curator: Dr Emma Minns

Herbarium

• Curator: Dr Alastair Culham

Geology Collection

• Curator: Dr Hazel McGoff

East German Studies Archive

• Curator: Dr Ute Wolfel