Senior Management Team
Yvonne A Barnett, BSc (Hons), PhD, CBiol, FIBiol, FIBMS
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Arts and Science
Yvonne Barnett was awarded a first class honours degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences in 1986 and, in 1989, a PhD in Biochemistry and Genetics, from the University of Ulster. Following her PhD work, she worked for one year on a Medical Research Council funded research project at the University of Ulster. During this time, she was also a visiting scientist at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories in Hertfordshire. In 1992, Yvonne Barnett was awarded the status of Chartered Biologist and, in 1998, Fellow of the Institute of Biology. In 1993, she was also made a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science.
In 1990, Yvonne Barnett was appointed as Lecturer in Biochemistry within the School of Biomedical Sciences, Senior Lecturer in 1997, Reader in Biomedical Sciences in 2000 and Professor of Biomedical Sciences in 2002, at the University of Ulster. In 2000, Yvonne Barnett was also appointed as Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences (RAE 1996 and 2001 double 5* rated) and as University Graduate Dean equivalent.
In 2004, Yvonne Barnett was appointed as Head of the College of Science and Technology at Nottingham Trent University and, in 2005, as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of College, Science and Technology.
Yvonne Barnett has active research interests in the mechanisms of human mutagenesis and ageing. She has attracted significant research funding from a variety of national and EU funding sources to support this research and has published over 85 original research papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, has edited two scientific books and two special scientific journal editions. Yvonne Barnett has also presented her research findings to attendees at a variety of national and international scientific meetings.
Yvonne Barnett has worked with a wide range of professional bodies, learned societies and government agencies; her roles have included: Executive, Council and Education Committee member of the Biochemical Society; Chairperson of the Northern Ireland Branch of The Institute of Biology and member of The Institute of Biology Council and Biomedical Sciences Committee; Executive Committee member of the British Society for Research on Ageing; Heads of Centres of Biomedical Science; National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA) Trustee and member of the Education Committee NESTA; member of the Northern Ireland Assembly Inter-Departmental Creativity Action Group; member of the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland Postgraduate Advisory Board.
