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
 * Max Lu – chemical engineer and nanotechnologist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey as at 2024.

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