Staff
University Museums and Special Collections Services (UMASCS)
The MERL; Special Collections; Art Collections
Director: Kate Arnold-Forster
Associate Director (Archive Services): Guy Baxter
Associate Director (Curatorial and Public Engagement): Isabel Hughes
Director of UMASCS Academic Learning and Engagement: Dr Rhi Smith
Executive Support Officer: Mat Binks
Principal Archivist: Caroline Gould
UMASCS Principal Librarian: Claire Clough
UMASCS Librarian: Fiona Melhuish
Curator of MERL Collections: Dr Ollie Douglas
Curator of Art Collections: Dr Hannah Lyons
Collections Care Manager: Fred van de Geer
Head of Visitor Experience: Danielle Eade
Head of Learning and Engagement: Phillippa Heath
Marketing Manager: Joe Vaughan
Volunteer Co-ordinator: Sheila Fisher
Marketing and Public Programmes 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