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AI Ambassadors

The AI Ambassadors are a voluntary group of active AI users from across the collegiate University selected by the AI Competency Centre, who serve as points of contact for staff in their local context. Ambassadors may have a variety of roles, both professional and academic, and may signpost colleagues to best practice, guidance or training, offer advice on how to integrate AI into their work, or even mentor them in applying AI tools, whilst always pointing to any existing departmental AI policy. Whilst AI Ambassadors are able to mentor and guide staff, students should seek guidance from their college, department or faculty.

Find an AI Ambassador in your local department below, including their professional role within that department.

If you would like to apply to be an AI Ambassador for your department, please review the responsibilities and apply at the end of the page.

"It’s not just about access to tools; it’s about confidence, community, and momentum. The Centre creates the community conditions where real capability and grassroots innovation can grow."

Colleges

Tabitha Schenk Administrative Support Conference of Colleges	Katie Brown Administrative Support Lady Margaret Hall	Benjamin West IT Support St Anne's College
Mitchell Eaton Administrative Support Exeter College	Bartosz Czerniawski IT Support Linacre College	Alice Crouch Administrative Support St Antony's College
Jessica Sexon Administrative Support Exeter College	Lucy Wallis Administrative Support Magdalen College	Maria Afonso Administrative Support St Catherine's College
Fernanda Costa Green Templeton College	Sharon Mills Administrative Support Wolfson College	Zaheen A-Rahman Research St John's College
Karen Tome Administrative Support Jesus College	Alex Walker Administrative Support Pembroke College	Emily Downing Administrative Support The Queen's College
Becca Chesworth Administrative Support Keble College	Ian Burnell Administrative Support St Anne's College	Joanna Darowska Administrative Support Pembroke College
Elizabeth Dawson Administrative Support Kellogg College	Cathy Henderson Administrative Support University College	Shannon McKellar Administrative Support St Anne's College
Afiqah Inegbedion Administrative Support Kellogg College	Claire Parfitt Administrative Support St Edmund Hall

Oxford Lifelong Learning

Marion Sadoux Teaching Language Centre	Jennifer Allen Administrative Support Oxford Lifelong Learning	Ajit Jaokar Teaching Oxford Lifelong Learning
Cornelia Wiedenhofer Teaching Language Centre	Anjali Jain Teaching Oxford Lifelong Learning	Tiffany Ko Administrative Support Oxford Lifelong Learning
Samuel Kutapan Administrative Support Continuing Education

GLAM

Maria Fernandez Ramirez Library Support Bodleian Collections and Resource Description	Jessica Edmondes Library Support Bodleian Libraries	Sven Ó Siochfhradha Presern Bodleian Libraries (Resource Description)
Becky Gainsford Library Support Bodleian Special Collections	John Pilbeam Library Support Bodleian Libraries

Humanities

Fanqi Zeng Research Department of Sociology	Luisa Coelho Teaching Medieval and Modern Languages	Lucy Wildsmith Administrative Support Philosophy
Anthony Harris Research English Language and Literature	Naomi Waltham-Smith Research Music	Jon Roome Teaching Ruskin School of Art
Tom Revell Teaching English Language and Literature	Graham Bagley Administrative Support Philosophy	Natasha Purple Administrative Support Theology and Religion
Louis Hudson Administrative Support History	Lorna Drummond Administrative Support Philosophy	Sebastian Oliver Eck Research Faculty of Music
Chit-Fung (Lawrence) Lam Research Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics	Krisztina Suranyi-Cseko Administrative Support Humanities Divisional Office	Jessica Crawford Administrative Support Humanities Divisional Office
Juliana Dresvina Teaching History	Karen Buckley Administrative Support MML	Hana Navratilova Research Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Alexandra Ashby Administrative Support Humanities Divisional Office

Medical Sciences

Alex Zimmermann Research Centre for Statistics in Medicine	Rama Chandra Khandavilli Research Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences	James Masters Research Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences
Maxwell Klapow Research Department of Experimental Psychology	Mina Leal-Birch Administrative Support Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences	Usman Nazir Research Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences
Konstantin Koshechkin Research Department of Oncology	RuoHan Liu Research Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences	Michael McKenna Research Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences
Jennifer Alderson Research Department of Paediatrics	Jasmine Reese Research Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences	Louise Rickard Teaching Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences
Anet Jorim Norbert Anelone Research Department of Paediatrics	Sofia Isabel Ribeiro Pereira Teaching Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences	Riadh Salem Research Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
Andre Nicolau Aquime Goncalves Research Department of Paediatrics	Emma Woodford Administrative Support Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences	Ankita Sharma Research Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health
Patricia Gonzalez-Dias Research Department of Paediatrics	Mihaela Atanasova Nuffield Department of Medicine	Sanjeeva Jeyaretna Research Nuffiled Department of Surgical Sciences
Helen Christian Teaching Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics	Emmanuelle Denis Administrative Support Nuffield Department of Medicine	Muhammed-Suliman Shoukat Administrative Support Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Lukas Krone Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics	Richard Maude Research Nuffield Department of Medicine	Anna Olsen Research Pandemic Sciences Institute
Linus Milinski Research Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics	Peter Morgan Administrative Support Nuffield Department of Medicine	Davide Bilardi Teaching Primary Care Health Sciences
Madeline Reinecke Research Department of Psychiatry	Gisela Robles Aguilar Research Nuffield Department of Medicine	Isaac Cheng Administrative Support Primary Care Health Sciences
Zakia Alhareth Research Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine	Stephen Taylor Research Nuffield Department of Medicine	Jessica Bassett Administrative Support Radcliffe Department of Medicine
Sankalp Garud Research Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences	Lee-Anne Stork Administrative Support Nuffield Department of Medicine Clinical Laboratory Sciences	Georgia Broom Administrative Support Radcliffe Department of Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Yuhan Zhou Research NDM Institute for Molecular and Computational Medicine	Osman Aslam Administrative Support Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences	Yasmine Saito Administrative Support Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
Jon Campbell Research Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences	Heidi Fletcher Research Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences	Ioana Marian Research Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences
Christopher Carlein Research Radcliffe Department of Medicine	Adam Lokman Research Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine; Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics	Hamza Shams Administrative Support Nuffield Department of Population Health
Luiza Scurtu Administrative Support Nuffield Department of Population Health	Timothee Aubourg Research Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences	Badran Elshenawy Research Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine
Elisabeth Mira Rothweiler Research Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Medicines Discovery, Oxford Drug Discovery Institute	Faraz Mughal Research Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences	Lucie Kafkova Research Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
David Nunan Research Primary Care Health Sciences	Hashem Koohy Research Radcliffe Department of Medicine	Sebastian Fonseca Research Department of Population Health
Matt Rattley Teaching Department of Biochemistry	Luke Baxter Research Department of Paediatrics	Begum Zeybek Saglam Research Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
Daniel Okpani Iheanacho Research Oxford Population Health	Ronja Bahadori Administrative Support Cardiovascular Medicine	Maria Cobo Research Department of Paediatrics
David Grainger Research Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics	Thineskrishna Anbarasan Research Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences	Sandi Yen Research NDORMS
Aisha Adamu Teaching Nuffield Department of Medicine	Karen Froud Administrative Support Pandemic Sciences Institute	Hany Zinad Research Centre for Immuno-Oncology (CIO)
Julius Bullo Research Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences	Ying Hung Administrative Support BioEscalator

MPLS

Julieta Estremadoyro Administrative Support Physics	Nick Thomas IT Support Department of Engineering Science	Kirsty Heber-Smith Administrative Support Mathematical, Physical & Life Sciences Division
Broncio Aguilar-Sanjuan Research Department of Biology	Awaneesh Upadhyay Department of Engineering Science	Clea Boorman Administrative Support MPLS Division
Tyler Murray-Ramcharan Research Department of Biology	Puyu Wang Research Department of Engineering Science	Prakhyat Gailani Research Oxford e-Research Centre
Damien Trinder Research Department of Biology	Adrian Walters Administrative Support Department of Materials	Aqeeb Mahmood Administrative Support Oxford University Begbroke Science Park
Jenny Watson IT Support Department of Computer Science	Bryony Elbert Straker Administrative Support Department of Physics	Clare Norton Administrative Support Oxford University Begbroke Science Park
Andy Bowery Research Department of Engineering Science	Jenni Spence Administrative Support Department of Physics	Diogo Veríssimo Research School of Geography and the Environment
Olga Platonova Administrative Support Department of Engineering Science	Oliver King Research Doctoral Training Centre	Christoph Reisinger Mathematical Institute
Julia Ramirez Gonzalez Administrative Support Department of Engineering Science	Thomas Cross Research Engineering Science	Pranay Shrestha Research Department of Materials
Catherine Seed Administrative Support MPLS Divisional Office	Abhisek Tiwari Research Engineering Science	Bernardo Gutierrez Research Department of Biology
Natia Sopromadze Administrative Support MPLS Divisional Office	Junaid Ahmed Memon Teaching Engineering Science	Zoe Turner Administrative Support Earth Sciences
Lee Douglas Administrative Support Chemistry	Janet Sadler Administrative Support Physics	Anna Pilchuk Administrative Support MPLS Divisional Office

Social Sciences

Douglas McFarlane Administrative Support Blavatnik School of Government	Inge Vallance Research Department of Social Policy and Intervention	Miriam Simons Administrative Support Said Business School
Abigail Branford Research Centre for African Studies	Vincent Bryce Administrative Support Faculty of Law	Stephen Thomas Administrative Support School of Geography and the Enviornment
Changzhe He Research Department of Economics	Steve Nettlemill Administrative Support Faculty of Law	Peter Burr Administrative Support Social Policy and Intervention
Pablo Bernabeu Research Department of Education	Samantha Pay Research Oxford Internet Institute	Kanza Basit Administrative Support Social Sciences Division
Alan Potts Research Department of Education	Paulina Gasparek Administrative Support Said Business School	Elisha Ward Administrative Support Social Sciences Division
Sara Ratner Teaching Department of Education	Jewel Jaziz Joy IT Support Said Business School	Sarah Willcox-Jones Administrative Support Social Sciences Division
Rebecca Snell Research Department of Education	Izzy Mohammed Administrative Support Said Business School	Jonathan Ponsford Administrative Support Social Policy and Intervention
Jingyuan Yvonne Zou Research School of Archaeology	Kristina Pikovskaia Administrative Support Economics	Bryan Mier Research Oxford Department of International Development
Jennifer Harwood IT Support Said Business School	Miriam McGilvray Administrative Support DAE	Christine Young Administrative Support Law
Bojun Wang Research Department of Education	Juliet McDermott Administrative Support Social Policy and Intervention	Poppy Mortiboys-Harrison Administrative Support Social Sciences Divisional Office
Fatih Kansoy Teaching Economics	Agnieszka Kubal Research Centre for Socio-legal Studies	Samyuktha Iyer Administrative Support School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography
Karen Mead Administrative Support Oxford Internet Institute	Hannah Palmer Administrative Support Social Sciences Division	Alayna Yap Research Department of Politics and International Relations

UAS

Morgan Evans Administrative Support Academic Registrar's Office	Angelos Kalountzis IT Support IT Services	Nicola Cilliers Administrative Support Research Services
Richard Duszanskyj IT Support Assurance Directorate	Riaz Khimji IT Support IT Services	Irina Horodinca Administrative Support Research Services
Susan Black Administrative Support Careers Service	Nandy Millan IT Support IT Services	Yuning Liu Administrative Support Research Services
Will Bowden-Benn IT Support Centre for Teaching and Learning	Susi Taylor IT Support IT Services	Sidak Singh Research Research Services
Tawa Edwards Administrative Support Centre for Teaching and Learning	Ian Teasdale IT Support IT Services	Zili Qu Administrative Support Education Services
Thea Stewart-Irvine Administrative Support DAE	Gavin Thomas IT Support IT Services	Elaine Aitken Administrative Support Student Systems
Bethany White Administrative Support Development and Alumni Engagement	Morgan Jackson Administrative Support People and Organisational Development	Kieran Nevin IT Support Student Welfare and Support Services
Thomas Conisbee Administrative Support Estates Services	Matthew Thomas People Department	Cressida Ryan Administrative Support Student Welfare and Support Services
Claire D'Mellow Finance Division	John Parkhill Administrative Support Planning and Council Secretariat	Hildward Vandormael Administrative Support Undergraduate Admissions & Outreach
Dominic Crean Administrative Support Focus	Kirsty James Administrative Support Public Affair Directorate	Caroline Wood Administrative Support Public Affairs Directorate
Louis Gilmour IT Support IT Services	Katherine Corr Administrative Support Planning and Council Secretariat	Ken Bedding Administrative Support Research Services
Iulia Costinescu Administrative Support IT Services	Kate Bodoano Administrative Support DAE	Louise Palmer Administrative Support Digital Governance Unit
Kristine MacMichael Administrative Support Education Policy Support	Rohan Haynes Administrative Support Student Fees and Funding	Adam Wood Administrative Support Student Assessments
Binepal Singh IT Support IT Services	Ashley Lau Administrative Support University of Oxford China Office	Natalie Cutting Administrative Support Development and Alumni Engagement
Hilary Haworth Administrative Support Development and Alumni Engagement	Mihika Menghrajani IT Support IT Services	Kevin Elliott IT Support IT Services
David Jenkins IT Support IT Services	Ty Bowman IT Support IT Services

Connect with Oxford AI Community

The Special Interest Group (SIG) brings together the broader Oxford community to discuss AI’s impact on teaching, research, and innovation.
The Builders User Group (BUG) is designed for developers and technical users to experiment, build, and share AI projects and tools.

"It’s been really energising to be engaged with the Centre, and providing something of a bridge between their excellent work keeping up with a rapidly developing technological space and the day-to-day work we do."

Become an AI Ambassador

What the role involves:

As an AI Ambassador, you can:

Stay Connected - Keep up to date with the latest announcements and updates through our Teams channels: AI Ambassadors | AI Builders User Groups | Generative AI SIG
Engage with Colleagues - Be a key point of contact and advocate for AI within your department or college.
Promote and Deliver AI Training - Encourage colleagues and fellow learners to participate in our upcoming AI training sessions run by our AI Consultants. You can also collaboratively design and deliver your own training with the support of the AI Competency Centre.
Share Success Stories - Share AI use cases from you or your colleagues through our Generative AI Use Case form.
Shape the Future of AI at the University - Provide valuable feedback to help improve and expand our AI initiatives during AI Ambassador events held across the academic year.

Next Steps – Apply to be an AI Ambassador

Submit your application below:

Apply to be an AI Ambassador

We aim to respond within two weeks of your application.

Please note, you will be asked to agree to the following:

I agree to the requirements of being an AI Ambassador
I consent to my contact details being shared with those in my department or college who are interested in AI.
I consent to my name and department being shared on the AI Competency Centre website so that colleagues interested in AI can contact me.