Soumyen Bandyopadhyay
Director
Soumyen Bandyopadhyay is the Stirling Chair of Architecture and currently serves as Head of School of Architecture at the University of Liverpool. He is the founder and director of the ArCHIAM research center.
The team
Core members
Giamila Quattrone
Project Coordinator
Dr Giamila Quattrone is a Lecturer in Architecture, at Liverpool School of Architecture and Project Coordinator of ArCHIAM.
Ataa Alsalloum
Heritage Specialist
Dr Ataa Alsalloum is a Lecturer in Architecture at Liverpool School of Architecture and Heritage Specialist for ArCHIAM.
Claudia Briguglio
Research Assistant
Claudia Briguglio is a registered Architect, working as a Research Assistant at Liverpool School of Architecture.
Konstantina Georgiadou
Research Associate
Dr Konstantina Georgiadou is an architect, working as a Research Associate at Liverpool School of Architecture.
Mary Shepperson
Research Associate
Dr Mary Shepperson is an archaeologist currently working as a Research Associate at the University of Liverpool for ArCHIAM.
Matina Vrettou
Research Assistant
Matina Vrettou is a registered Architect, working as a Research Assistant at Liverpool School of Architecture.
Preetam S.P.
Research Assistant
Preetam S.P. is a registered Architect, working as a Research Assistant at the Mysore School of Architecture.
Shreya.V.Pai
Research Assistant
Shreya.V.Pai is a registered Architect, working as a Research Assistant at the Mysore School of Architecture.
Honorary Members
Haitham Al-Abri
Honorary Fellow
Haitham Al-Abri is an architect and architectural researcher in the traditional built environment of Oman.
Martin Goffriller
Honorary Fellow
Dr Martin S. Goffriller is an Archaeologist and Architectural Historian, working as a Honorary Fellow at Liverpool School of Architecture.
Associate Members
PhD Students
Said Al Mashrafi
PhD Title: Community Empowerment For Sustainable Tourism Development In Omani Oasis
Expected completion 2020 University of Liverpool
Khaled Alhamad
PhD Title: Failaka island’s lost cultural heritage: An analysis of the meanings, causes and orientations of cultural values in a contemporary Arab society
Expected completion 2021 University of Liverpool
Samie. I. Kayani
PhD Title: The Formation of Early Mosque Architecture in Masjid Al Haram in Makkah; Focussing on the Ottoman Riwaqs
Expected completion 2022 University of Liverpool
Past Members
Paul MacMahon
Research Assistant
Jonathan Wren
Research Assistant
Désirée Campolo
Research Assistant
Christos Papadopoulos
IT Consultant
Lead PHP Developer
Aida Hernández
Research Assistant
External Contributors
Ioulia Barmpouti
Architect
Paul Colfer
Architect
Smaranda Ghinita
Architect
Manwinder Lall
Architect
Interns & Trainees
Charles Adams
Scholarship Projects for Undergraduate Researchers (SPUR)
Nottingham Trent University
Ragad Badri
Summer Internship
Dar Al-Hekma University
Keyla Caldeira
Scholarship Projects for Undergraduate Researchers (SPUR)
Nottingham Trent University
Manuela Demurtas
Erasmus+ Traineeship
Università degli Studi di Sassari
Pasquale Larosa
Erasmus+ Traineeship
Universita’ Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
Elisabetta Palagruti
Erasmus+ Traineeship
Universita’ Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
Sara Ferrarotto
Erasmus+ Traineeship
Università di Pisa
Awarded PhD Students
Konstantina Georgiadou
PhD Title: Political effects on urban Landscapes: Urbanix in Drama, Greece.
University of Liverpool 2019
Ghazy Albaqawy
PhD Title: Cultural Heritage in Saudi Arabia: Gaps, Policies and Implementation
University of Liverpool 2019
Christina Pieri
PhD Title: The divided city of Nicosia, Cyprus.
Nottingham Trent University 2018
Farah Al-Hashimi
PhD Title: Kurdish Cities (Erbil) and Urban Form.
Nottingham Trent University 2016
Haitham Al-Abri
PhD Title: Omani Oasis Settlement morphology and dwelling types.
Nottingham Trent University 2015
Nishan Wijetunge
PhD Title: Domestic Architecture of the Sinhalese Elite in the Age of Nationalism.
Nottingham Trent University 2012
Mohammad Habib Reza
PhD Title: Early Buddhist Architecture of Bengal: Morphological study on the vihāras of c.3rd to 8th centuries.
Nottingham Trent University 2012