List of University of Surrey academics
# List of University of Surrey academics

A list of University of Surrey academics, includes those who work or have worked at the University of Surrey, including a brief description of their notability.

## Science and engineering

* Alf Adams – physicist who pioneered the strained quantum-well laser
* Jim Al-Khalili – nuclear physicist, author and broadcaster
* Lewis Elton – physicist and researcher into higher education
* Sir Martin Sweeting – founder of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
* Allan Wells – Olympic 100m gold medalist; engineering lecturer
* Henryk Zygalski – mathematician, cryptologist and breaker of the Enigma Machine

## Humanities and social science

* Sara Arber – sociologist
* Martyn Barrett – psychologist and lead expert for the Council of Europe's Education Policy Advisers Network
* David Blanchflower – economist and member of the Monetary Policy Committee
* Dame Glynis Breakwell – psychologist
* Marie Breen Smyth – international relations scholar
* Greville G Corbett - distinguished professor of linguistics
* Nigel Gilbert – sociologist, pioneer in the use of agent-based models in the social sciences
* Tim Jackson – ecological economist; professor of sustainable development; author of Prosperity Without Growth
* Diane Watt—medievalist.
* Roberta Guerrina – political scientist

## Health and Medical Sciences

* Derk-Jan Dijk - Distinguished Professor of Sleep and Physiology, Director of Surrey Sleep Research Centre
* Jill Maben - Nurse academic and educator
