School Office Contacts
The School Office is a small administrative team, which co-ordinates the work of the School and supports its governance. The School Office hosts the administrative team which supports the Degree Committees for the Faculties of Earth Sciences and Geography and Physics and Chemistry.
The academic Head of School is Professor Nigel Peake, a Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP).
The Secretary of the School is Dr Jim Bellingham. Dr Bellingham leads the School Office and is the key point of contact for administrative matters within the School.
School Office Team | General Enquiries | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 334197 |
Head of School | Prof. Nigel Peake (np100) | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 761408 Email:N.Peake@damtp.cam.ac.uk |
PA to the Head of School | Kelly Walsh (klw73) | Email:hospspa@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Secretary of the School | Dr Jim Bellingham (jrb13) | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 334199 Email:SecSPS@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Deputy Secretary of the School | Cathy Barton (cjb244) | Email: DepSecSPS@admin.cam.ac.uk |
| Assistant School Secretary (Strategic Projects) | Dr Vivien Gruar (vmh23) | Email: Vivien.Gruar@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Team Manager | Georgina Fuller (gef29) | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 334197 |
Education
Deputy Head of School (Education) | Prof. Deborah Longbottom (dal28) | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 761409 (School Office) Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 336388 (Chemistry) Email:spsdoe@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Deputy Director of Education | Prof. Oliver Shorttle (os258) | Telephone:+44 (0) 1223 765844 Email:os258@cam.ac.uk |
Education Operations Manager | Megan Paul Lynch (mrp54) | Email: Megan.Lynch@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Education Development Project Manager | Dr Xavier Montiel (xm252) | |
Industry Training Development Manager | Claire Canning (cc953) | |
Industry Training Administrator | Maria Blessing (mb2816) | Email: Maria.Blessing@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Education Programme Coordinator | Jo Heritage (jkh47) | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 746403 |
| Education Administrator | George Rutherford (gr367) | Email: George.Rutherford@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Degree Committee Administrator Faculties of Earth Sciences & Geography, and Physics & Chemistry | Nigel Jackson (nj300) | Email: Nigel.Jackson@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Natural Sciences Tripos (NST) Coordinator Schools of the Biological Sciences and the Physical Sciences | Mycroft Rosca-Mead (mm900) | Email: natsci@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Finance
| School Finance Team | General Enquiries | Email: SPS.Finance@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Finance Business Partner | Dr Michael Godfrey (mdg39) | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 767137 |
Deputy Finance Business Partner | Simon Brown (srb93) | Email: Simon.Brown@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Senior Finance Advisor | Suzi Warren (sw329) |
Maximizing the Potential of our Research Facilities (MPRF) Project
| Technical Manager | Greg Strachan (gs398) | Email: gs398@cam.ac.uk |
| PPMS Manager | Dr Aurelie Friang (af952) | Email: af952@cam.ac.uk |
Research Relations
Deputy Head of School (Research) | Prof. Steven Lee (sl591) | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 331509 Email: sl591@cam.ac.uk |
Deputy Director of Research Relations | Dr Chris Bird (cdb29) | |
Research Facilitator, Physical Sciences | Magda Bergman (mg448) | |
School REF Manager | Elena Varela Fuentes (ev340) | Email: Elena.VarelaFuentes@admin.cam.ac.uk |
School Leads:
Change & Programme Management Office
| School Change Partner | Ben Just (bj341) | Email:Benjamin.Just@admin.cam.ac.uk |
CUDAR
Senior Head of Development, Physical Sciences (Development and Alumni Relations) | Meaghan Annear (ma967) | Telephone: +44 (0) 7707 282569 |
Associate Director, Physical Sciences (Development and Alumni Relations) | Amy Bleasdale (ab2134) | Telephone: +44 (0) 7523 266889 |
Associate Director, Physical Sciences (Development and Alumni Relations) | Diane Rhodes (dr622) | Telephone: +44 (0) 7922 590914 Email: Diane.Rhodes@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Associate Director, Physical Sciences (Development and Alumni Relations) | Sophie Lehmbach-Gledhill (sl2346) | Telephone: +44 7355 927093 Email: Sophie.Lehmbach-Gledhill@admin.cam.ac.uk |
ED&I
Estates
| Estate Business Partner (School of the Physical Sciences) | Simon Halliday (snjh2) | Email: Simon.Halliday@admin.cam.ac.uk |
HR
| Lead HR Business Partner | Louise Akroyd (la302) | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 765821 |
| HR Business Partner | Neya Omar (no326) | Email: Neya.Omar@admin.cam.ac.uk |
| HR Business Partner | Lisa Turner (lt585) | Email: Lisa.Turner@admin.cam.ac.uk |
IT
| School IT Chair | Prof. Stephen Eglen (sje30) | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 765761 Email: SPSITChair@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Head of School IT and Digital Transformation | David Maruta (dtm35) | Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 746403 Email: David.Maruta@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Research Operations Office (ROO)
Assistant Director, Physical Sciences (Research Operations Office) | Dr Emma Player-King (elp80) | Email: Emma.King@admin.cam.ac.uk |
Last Updated: 1 April 2026