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