People
Founders
Professor Angelica Ronald
Angelica Ronald is Professor of Psychology and Genetics at University of Surrey, and director of the Genes Environment Lifespan laboratory. She co-founded the London Genetics Network in 2020 with Professor Karoline Kuchenbaecker.
Professor Karoline Kuchenbaecker
Karoline Kuchenbaecker is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at University College London. Her group studies the genetics of complex traits in ancestrally diverse populations.
Communications Manager
Maria Viejo Romero
Maria is a PhD student in Statistical Genetics at King’s College London’s Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, working under the supervision of Dr. David Howard and Dr. Evangelos Vassos. Her research focuses on investigating sex differences in depression both at the genetic and environmental level, as well as their interplay.
2024 Annual Meeting Organising Committee Member
Dr Aislinn Bowler
Aislinn has recently finished her PhD at Birkbeck and is now working as a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Surrey. Her research interests include infant traits, neurodevelopmental conditions, motor skills, and polygenic risk scores.
Methods Meetings Organisers
Dr Andrea Allegrini
Dr Andrea Allegrini is a postdoctoral researcher in the CMAP lab at UCL. His research focuses on genetically informative methods to investigate developmental psychopathology.
Dr Christopher Rayner
Chris Rayner is a postdoctoral research associate at the Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, KCL. He is researching the role of gene environment interaction on complex traits.
Previous contributors
Kaito Kawakami, King’s College London - Communications Manager 2024-2026
Chris Lo, King’s College London - Communications Manager 2022-2023
Leonard Frach, University College London - Communications Manager 2022-2023
Dr Kai Xiang Lim, King’s College London - Communications Manager 2020-2022
Dr Eirini Marouli, Queen Mary University of London - Early Career Researcher Rep 2022
Dr Ryan Arathimos, King’s College London - Early Career Researcher Rep 2021
Dr Chloe Austerberry, University College London - Early Career Researcher Rep 2020
Aislinn Bowler, Birkbeck College, University of London - Early Career Researcher Rep 2020
Professor Thalia Eley, King’s College London - Grant Writing Workshop Speaker 2021
Dr Valentina Cipriani, Queen Mary University of London - Annual Meeting Organising Committee 2022
Dr Oliver Pain, King’s College London - Methods Meetings Organiser 2020-2021
Dr Kirstin Purves, King’s College London - Methods Meetings Organiser 2020-2021
Dr Jonathan Coleman, King’s College London - Methods Meetings Organiser 2020-2021