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Search for UCL researchers by keywords, department, and field of research to discover expert profiles and their specializations. Find the right academic contacts and learn about their research interests to support collaborations or academic inquiries.

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page

Page number for pagination (1-indexed).

query

Search keyword matching against researcher name, position, bio, research interests, teaching activities, and publications. When omitted or empty, returns all researchers.

per_page

Number of results per page (1-100).

department

Filter by department name exactly as it appears on UCL Profiles (e.g. 'Dept of Computer Science', 'Dept of Statistical Science'). Omitting returns results from all departments.

field_of_research

Filter by field of research tag (e.g. 'Artificial intelligence', 'Machine learning', 'Neurosciences'). Omitting returns results from all fields.

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curl -X POST 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/84a0ea47-1b1f-48e9-ac93-c0d49efba9e8/search_researchers' \
  -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "query": "machine learning",
  "department": "Dept of Computer Science",
  "field_of_research": "Artificial intelligence",
  "page": "1",
  "per_page": "25"
}'

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Search UCL researcher profiles by name or keyword, optionally filtered by department or field of research. Returns paginated results sorted by relevance when a query is provided, or alphabetically by last name when no query is given. Each result includes the researcher's name, title, position, department, and research fields. Pagination is controlled by page and per_page parameters.

Input

Param	Type	Description
page	integer	Page number for pagination (1-indexed).
query	string	Search keyword matching against researcher name, position, bio, research interests, teaching activities, and publications. When omitted or empty, returns all researchers.
per_page	integer	Number of results per page (1-100).
department	string	Filter by department name exactly as it appears on UCL Profiles (e.g. 'Dept of Computer Science', 'Dept of Statistical Science'). Omitting returns results from all departments.
field_of_research	string	Filter by field of research tag (e.g. 'Artificial intelligence', 'Machine learning', 'Neurosciences'). Omitting returns results from all fields.

Response

{
  "type": "object",
  "fields": {
    "results": "array of researcher profile objects",
    "pagination": "object with page, per_page, total, and total_pages"
  },
  "sample": {
    "data": {
      "results": [
        {
          "id": "857",
          "title": "Prof",
          "url_id": "857-massi-pontil",
          "position": "Professor of Computational Statistics & Machine Learning",
          "full_name": "Massi Pontil",
          "last_name": "Pontil",
          "department": "Dept of Computer Science",
          "first_name": "Massi",
          "has_thumbnail": true,
          "research_fields": [
            "Information systems",
            "Artificial intelligence",
            "Machine learning"
          ],
          "has_collaboration_data": true
        }
      ],
      "pagination": {
        "page": 1,
        "total": 1832,
        "per_page": 25,
        "total_pages": 74
      }
    },
    "status": "success"
  }
}

About the Ac API

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