People
Professional & Technical Staff
Around 300 professional and technical staff keep the Institute's research programs, commercial services, and infrastructure running. They work in facilities, IT, the research office, IP services, and operations.
Professional staff at Veyra
Technical and professional staff are integral to the Institute's ability to operate at a high level. Facility managers keep shared instruments calibrated and booked. Research engineers develop and maintain the software and hardware infrastructure that underpins dozens of simultaneous research programs. IP officers work directly with researchers to identify and protect invention disclosures. Safety and compliance personnel make sure the campus meets its obligations to staff and regulators alike.
Veyra invests in the professional development of its staff. An annual training budget of 3,500 cr per person covers external courses, conference attendance, and certification. A biannual staff review process ensures alignment between individual development plans and Institute needs.
Staff are full members of the Veyra community: they receive Institute communications, attend public seminars, and are invited to the annual all-hands gathering. Representatives from professional and technical staff sit on the Institute's Operations Committee and the Environment, Health & Safety Committee.
Staff directory
Partial listing of professional and technical staff. For facility bookings or service inquiries, contact the relevant team directly.
| Name | Role | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Orla Keenan | Facility Manager | Advanced Microscopy Centre |
| Benedikt Schreiber | Research Engineer | Meridian HPC Cluster |
| Fatima Al-Obaidi | IP Officer | Patent & IP Services |
| Kwame Asante-Bonsu | Lab Technician | Spectroscopy & Analytical Core |
| Ingeborg Nygaard | Research Software Engineer | Computational & Data Systems |
| Ciarán Healy | Grants & Contracts Administrator | Research Office |
| Sunita Bhattacharya | Facility Manager | Veyra Biofoundry |
| Roderik van der Berg | Systems Administrator | IT & Research Computing |
| Adaeze Obiora | Technology Transfer Associate | Patent & IP Services |
| Mihail Dumitrescu | Lab Technician | Cleanroom & Nanofabrication |
| Leila Mousavi-Rad | Scientific Project Manager | Research Office |
| Stefan Wächter | Research Engineer | Cleanroom & Nanofabrication |
| Amina Osei-Mensah | Data Manager | IT & Research Computing |
| Piotr Zaborski | Safety & Compliance Officer | Operations |
Facility and service contacts
Each core facility has a dedicated manager and a booking email. Service inquiries for the commercial arm — scientific analytics, patent searches, software development — go through the Services desk at services@veyra.example, which routes requests to the relevant team within two business days.
General operational inquiries — campus access, room bookings, purchasing, safety incidents — are handled by the Operations team. The research office manages sponsored project administration and grant reporting. IP-specific queries should be directed to the Patent & IP team at ip@veyra.example.