ACADEMIC PROMOTIONS BOARD
Council acceded to the following recommendations by the Academic Promotions Board subject to terms
and conditions that may have been stipulated by Council: Council Meeting – 12 February 2016.
UNIVERSITY
Promotion to Lecturer
Dr Alexandra Bonnici – Department of Systems and Control Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering
Dr Valentina Cassar – Department of International Relations, Faculty of Arts
Dr Belinda Gambin – Environmental Management and Planning Division, Institute of Earth
Systems
Dr Louise Grech – Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Dr Sarah Grech – Centre for English Language Proficiency
Dr Shih-Chueh Kao – Department of Digital Arts, Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences
Dr Alexander Micallef – Department of Industrial Electrical Power Conversion, Faculty of
Engineering
Rev. Dr Kevin Schembri – Department of Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law, Faculty
of Theology
Dr Ing. Pierre Vella – Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Dr Barbara Baschiera – Department of Inclusion and Access to Learning, Faculty of Education
Dr Joseph Buhagiar – Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Director, Argotti Resource
Centre
Dr Jean Buttigieg – Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts
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Dr Petra Caruana Dingli – Edward Debono Institute for the Development and Design of
Thinking
Dr Elisabeth Conrad – Institute of Earth Systems
Dr Andrew Decelis – Institute for Physical Education and Sport
Dr Arif Rochman – Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering
Dr Gordon Sammut – Department of Psychology, Faculty for Social Wellbeing
Dr Ing. Martin Zammit – Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Management and
Accountancy
Promotion to Visiting Lecturer
Mr Chris Meilak – Department of Banking and Finance and Department of Economics, Faculty
of Economics, Management and Accountancy
Promotion to Visiting Senior Lecturer
Dr Mauro Buttigieg – Department of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, Institute of Earth
Systems
Dr Anthony Dimech – Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Ing. Antoine Sciberras – Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, Faculty of
Information and Communication Technology
Promotion to Associate Professor
Dr Jean Calleja Agius – Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Promotion to Professor
Professor Ray Fabri – Institute of Linguistics
Professor Joseph Falzon – Department of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Economics,
Management and Accountancy
Professor Alex Torpiano – Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Faculty for the Built
Environment.
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JUNIOR COLLEGE
Promotion to Junior College Lecturer
Mr Gerald Grech – Marketing
Ms Bernardine Satariano – Geography
Promotion to Junior College Senior Lecturer 1
Mr Noel Agius – Sociology
Dr Karl Chircop – Italian
Ms Melodie Grima – IT and Computing
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