The Department of Biology currently has seven full-time members of academic staff as well as a number of associate members and part-time staff.
Various research assistants and other researchers also work in the Department, including a number of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. Each member of staff is actively involved in research and consultancy work. In fact we have a number of ongoing research projects and research contracts which are being undertaken in collaboration with international research consortia. The following is only a brief introduction to the academic staff and their interests and activities, and is not intended to be exhaustive.
Academic Staff
Name: Professor Carmelo Agius
Post: Professor
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Name: Professor Victor Axiak
Post: Professor
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Name: Professor Patrick J. Schembri
Post: Professor
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Name: Dr Joseph A. Borg - Head of Department
Post: Senior Lecturer
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Name: Dr Adriana Vella
Post: Senior Lecturer
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Name: Dr Joseph Buhagiar
Post: Lecturer
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Name: Dr Sandro Lanfranco
Post: Lecturer
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Research Assistants
Name: Ruth Guillamier
Post: Academic Assistant
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Administrative & Technical Staff
Name: Beverly Fenech
Post: Departmental Secretary
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Name: Clayton Axiak
Post: Laboratory Officer II
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Name: Anthony Calleja Sullivan
Post: Laboratory Officer II
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Name: John M. Camilleri
Post: Laboratory Officer III
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Name: Tyrone Camilleri
Post: Laboratory Officer I
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Name: Erika Chircop
Post: Laboratory Officer II
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Name: Ramon Grech
Post: Laboratory Officer I and Website Administrator
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Name: Andrew Scicluna
Post: Technical Officer III
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