Division of Bioengineering

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Academic Staff Group Members

Prof Teresa Alonso-Rasgado PhD Professor in Mechanical Engineering  +44 (0) 207 882 3028      t.alonso@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Helena Azevedo MEng, PhD Reader in Biomedical Engineering & Biomaterials Molecular self-assembly, the spontaneous organization of molecules into ordered aggregates by noncovalent interactions and without external control, is of central importance to life (e.g., protein folding, formation of lipid bilayers). Using biological inspiration and tools of chemistry, physics and engineering, we aim to explore new (macro)molecular units (peptides and sugar polymers) mimicking the composition and structure of carbohydrates and proteins (vital constituents of all organisms) to develop materials by self-assembly with particular properties and function for bioengineering applications. We expect that combinations of these building blocks and their controlled self-assembly can generate the discovery of innovative biomaterials with unprecedented properties that can revolutionize tissue engineering and other forms of regenerative medicine.  +44 (0)20 7882 5502      h.azevedo@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Tina Chowdhury BSc, MSc, PhD, PGCAP, SFHEA Senior Lecturer in Regenerative Medicine Inflammation, mechanobiology, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, musculoskeletal science and bioengineering  +44 (0)20 7882 7560      t.t.chowdhury@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Joost de Bruijn PhD Professor of Biomaterials Hard tissue replacement, bone tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, synthetic osteoinductive materials, bioreactor systems for adult stem cell expansion  +44 (0)20 7882 6310      j.d.debruijn@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Julien Gautrot PhD Professor in Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Synthesis and characterisation of biomaterials. Micro- and nano-patterning. Bio-interfaces. Stem cell biology.  +44 (0)20 7882 5263      j.gautrot@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Himadri Gupta Reader in Bioengineering and Biophysics Tissue mechanics, bone and cartilage disorders, impact resistant biocomposites , nano- and microscale mechanics of biological and biomimetic composites, synchrotron in situ X-ray nanomechanical imaging  +44 (0)20 7882 8867      h.gupta@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Thomas Iskratsch Dipl.-Ing. (Equiv. to MSc/MEng), PhD Co-director of Division of Bioengineering / Senior Lecturer in Bioengineering Cardiomyocyte and Vacular Smooth Muscle Cell Mechanobiology, Rigidity Sensing, Micro and Nanopatterning, Cellular Force Measurements, Advanced Imaging Techniques  +44 (0)20 7882 3674      t.iskratsch@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Martin Knight BEng, MSc, PhD, FHEA Professor of Mechanobiology My research is focussed on 'mechanobiology' or how living cells and tissues respond to physical forces. In particular I am interested in the role of the fascinating cellular structure known as the primary cilium (cilia in plural). My work also explores the development of organ-on-a-chip models incorporating biomechanical stimulation for predicting the performance of pharmaceuticals. I work on a variety of different diseases including osteoarthritis, tendonopathy and cancer and the development of novel therapeutics.  +44 (0)20 7882 8868      m.m.knight@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Rob Krams PhD Director of Division of Bioengineering / Professor in Molecular Bioengineering mechanotransduction, flow studies, molecular biology, finite element modelling, fluid structure modelling, imaging, animal studies  +44 (0)20 7882 7940      r.krams@qmul.ac.uk

Prof David Lee BSc (Hons), MA, PhD Deputy Vice Principal - Research (Enterprise) Tissue engineering and mechanobiology, Mesenchymal stem cell biology  +44 (0)20 7882 8874      d.a.lee@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Hazel Screen BEng MRes PhD(Lond) CEng Professor of Biomedical Engineering My research aims to understand how our tissues are built to be able to withstand the loads they experience in the body. I am particularly interested in understanding tendon and heart valve; how and why they get injured, and ways to prevent this happening. By looking at the ways a tissue is supposed to work when it is healthy, we can identify how small changes in the structure, such as those which occur with age, can make injury more likely and look to prevent or treat these specifically.  +44 (0)20 7882 6167      h.r.c.screen@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Julia Shelton BA(Cantab) PhD(Lond) Professor of Biomechanical Engineering Wear of total hip replacements, surface coatings, particle analysis, orthopaedic systems, tissue engineering, tendon mechanics  +44 (0)20 7882 8877      j.shelton@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Wen Wang FREng Vice-Principal and Executive Dean Vascular endothelial mechanics, cell mechanobiology, flow and solute transport in extracellular matrices, microcirculation, arterial haemodynamics, cell & tissue mechanics  +44 (0)20 7882 3031      wen.wang@qmul.ac.uk

Associate Academic Staff Group Members

Prof Kaspar Althoefer PhD Professor of Robotics Engineering Professor Althoefer's research focuses on robot autonomy, soft robotics, modelling of tool-environment interaction dynamics, sensing and neuro-fuzzy-based sensor signal classification with applications in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, rehabilitation, assistive technologies and human-robot interactions in the manufacturing environment.  +44 (0)20 7882 3419      k.althoefer@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Aleksandra Birn-Jeffery MSci, PhD Lecturer in Bioengineering My research aims to understand how different movements are achieved across a variety of steady and non-steady tasks; in particular, how the mechanics and muscles are used to control movement. I apply this knowledge to differentiate healthy gait from injury and disease, by identifying these fundamental control priorities. Identification of these control priorities, and using these to discover markers for disease severity will help assess the effectiveness of different treatment interventions for gait deficits. Non-steady tasks, such as walking over obstacles are key to identifying these underlying control parameters.  +44 (0)20 7882 3677      a.birn-jeffery@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Lorenzo Botto PhD Visiting Reader in Fluid Mechanics (primary affiliation: Process & Energy Dept., TU Delft) I am the leader of the Fluids, Particles and Interfaces Group (https://bottogroup.wordpress.com/). I am interested in fluid mechanics and transport phenomena, with particular focus on topics at the interface between classical fluid dynamics and materials science. My group uses simulations and theory, often corroborated by experimental results, to uncover fundamental engineering principles that can be applied to practical problems, in areas such as advanced materials, bioengineering, and energy engineering. Recurring topics of research in the group are the dynamics of particulate materials (suspensions, emulsions, powders, etc.) and the mechanics of soft interfaces. I lead the "Fluid Mechanics of Nanostructured Materials" Special Interest Group of the EPSRC-funded UK Fluids Network.  +44 (0)20 7882 3757      l.botto@qmul.ac.uk

Prof James Busfield MA, PhD, FHEA, FIMMM, CEng Professor of Materials Examining the physical behaviour by experiment and modelling techniques of soft matter such as elastomers and rubber materials. Properties of interest include abrasion, friction, fracture, creep, fatigue, viscoelastic behaviour, modulus enhancement and composite filler reinforcement. Developing smart soft materials that can sense their environment and soft actuating materials that can change shape in response to a physical stimulus.  +44 (0)20 7882 8866      j.busfield@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Nuria Gavara PhD, FHEA Honorary Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials Image-based diagnostics and screening, machine learning and development of algortihms for data analysis, Atomic Force microscopy, cell and nuclear mechanics, mechanobiology, tissue engineering, stem cell biology, traction force microscopy,  +44 (0)20 7882 6596      n.gavara@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Karin Hing CEng, PhD, BSc, MIMMM, FRMS, FWES Reader in Biomedical Materials My research is focused around the development of pioneering biomaterials and healthcare therapies through development of novel materials and processing technologies and investigation of the phenomena behind biocompatibility, and the stimulation of tissue regeneration. I am particularly interested in understanding the mechanisms behind enhanced bone healing or regeneration in the presence of porous synthetic scaffolds, known as synthetic bone graft substitutes, via manipulation of both synthetic graft chemistry and hierarchical pore structure. I also have extensive experience in translating research from the bench to the bed side through my involvement in the successful development and commercialisation of a progressive series of synthetic bone graft substitute materials with tuneable hierarchical structures to support rapid, reliable bone regeneration, which are now in global clinical use in a range of applications including trauma, joint revision and spine surgery.  +44 (0)20 7882 7804      k.a.hing@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Steffi Krause Dr. rer. nat., MRSC, FHEA Professor of Electroanalytical Systems Electrochemical sensors and characterisation techniques including: (i) impedance and quartz crystal microbalance based chemical sensors and biosensors, (ii) electrochemical imaging using photocurrent measurements at field-effect semiconductor devices with scanning photo-induced impedance microscopy (SPIM) and light-addressable potentiometric sensors (LAPS).  +44 (0)20 7882 3747      s.krause@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Alvaro Mata BSc, MSc, DEng Professor in Biomedical Engineering & Biomaterials Our team strives to develop innovative technologies and high impact research (Science 2008, Nature Materials 2010, Nature Chemistry 2015) to generate creative technologies and solutions for a variety of bioengineering applications. We use highly interdisciplinary approaches that integrate engineering, materials science, chemistry, nanotechnology, biology, and medicine to develop materials and devices that are hierarchical, biomimetic, offer spatio-temporal control, adaptability, tuneability, self-healing, and functionality. Current research in our lab includes the development of in vitro biomimetic environments, dynamic and directed self-assembling systems, molecular printing within 3D environments, and molecularly-designed bioactive implants for applications such as tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug screening.  +44 (0)20 7882 6279      a.mata@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Jens-Dominik Mueller Dipl-Ing, MSc, PhD Reader in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Optimisation Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Biofluids, Shape Optimisation, Adjoint methods, Mesh adaptation, Sensitivity Analysis.  +44 (0)20 7882 5421      j.mueller@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Hasan Shaheed PhD (Sheffield), PGCAP (London), SFHEA, MIEEE, CEng, MIET, NTF Reader in Robotics & Renewable Energy a) Systems/Applications: Aerial Robotics, Solar Aerial Robotics (Solarcopter), Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Medical Robotics including Capsule Robots, Master-slave Robots, Medical / Surgical devices, Water Desalination and Cancer. (b) Approaches: System Design, Modelling, Identification, Control, Optimisation, Artificial Intelligence (Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic, Particle Swarm and Ant Colony Algorithms), Bioinformatics and Computational Biology with application to Cancer Prognosis and Classification, Biomedical Signal Processing  +44 (0)20 7882 3319      m.h.shaheed@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Stoyan Smoukov Reader in Chemical Engineering  +44 (0)20 7882 5305      s.smoukov@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Lei Su BSc, MRes, PhD, FHEA Senior Lecturer My research are centred on optical devices and instrumentation for diagnosis, imaging and monitoring, interfacing with Artificial Intelligence, Chemistry and Nanotechnology, in applications such as healthcare, energy, and security.  +44 (0)20 7882 5184      l.su@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Yi Sui PhD, MInstP, Fellow HEA Reader in Fluid Mechanics  +44 (0)20 7882 7763      y.sui@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Gleb Sukhorukov Professor of Biomedical Materials Physical Chemistry, Biophysics, Materials Science. Area of research: Multifunctional Nanoengineered Delivery Systems  +44 (0)20 7882 5508      g.sukhorukov@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Pankaj Vadgama MB, BS, BSc, PhD, FRCPath, CChem, FRSC, CPhys, FInstP, FIMMM, FRSB, CSci Professor and Director of IRC in Biomedical Materials Development of enzyme and antibody based biosensors for Point of Care Testing. Electrochemical sensors for in vivo monitoring of oxygen and metabolites for application to critical care and diabetes. Polymeric membranes and laminates designed for enzyme based biosensors for optimised sensitivity, selectivity and bio-stability. Laminates and composites developed for biodegradable sensors for chronic wound monitoring, on body electrolyte tracking in exercise and increase of bone adhesive strength.  +44 (0)20 7882 5151      p.vadgama@qmul.ac.uk

Postdoc Research Associates

Dr Minerva Bosch Fortea Postdoctoral Research Associate  m.bosch@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Julien Gautrot

Dr Daniele Carassiti PhD Postdoctoral Research Assistant Broad range of expertise in laboratory assays for biomedical research: cell culture systems, animal models histological characterization, microscopy and statistical analysis  +44 (0)20 7882 xxxx      d.carassiti@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Rob Krams

Dr Anirban Das Marie-Curie Fellow  a.das@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Steffi Krause

Dr Stefania Di Cio MEng Postdoctoral Research Assistant  +44 (0) 20 7882 5301      s.dicio@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Julien Gautrot

Dr Khai Duong Quang Nguyen KTP Postdoctoral Research Assistant  +44 (0)20 7882 7306      k.nguyen@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Julien Gautrot

Mr Antonios Giannopoulos Postdoctoral Research Assistant  a.giannopoulous@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Hazel Screen

Dr Simon Gravelle PhD Postdoctoral Research Assistant I have a PhD in nanofluidics. My expertise is mostly numerical (molecular dynamics, monte carlo, umbrella sampling, finite elements method). I have also performed experiments using Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.  s.gravelle@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Lorenzo Botto

Mr Chuan Gu Postdoctoral Research Assistant  c.gu@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Lorenzo Botto

Mr Abshar Hasan Postdoctoral Research Assistant  abshar.hassan@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Alvaro Mata

Dr Hannah Heywood Postdoctoral Research Assistant  +44 (0)20 7882 5368      h.k.heywood@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: David Lee

Dr Sheetal Inamdar MEng, PhD Postdoctoral Research Assistant  +44 (0)20 7882 3119      s.r.inamdar@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Himadri Gupta

Dr Catherine Kamal Ph.D, MSci. Postdoctoral Research Assistant I apply mathematical modelling to engineering challenges relating to soft particles, capsules or vesicles in liquids, with an aim to create testable models of the materials in flow for advance in industrial application. For example, an understanding on the characterisation over the state of aggregation, shape or orientation of the soft nanoparticles in flow could identify new methods used to charactering and sort nanoparticles by their thickness and aspect ratio. Such size and thickness is essential for optimising applications such as polymer reinforcement. I am also interested in modelling physical singularities, such as those involved in moving contact lines.  c.kamal@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Lorenzo Botto

Dr Paulina Kloskowska PhD Postdoctoral Research Assistant  paulina.kloskowska@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Aleksandra Birn-Jeffery

Dr Dexu Kong Postdoctoral Research Associate  +44 (0) 20 7882 5306      d.kong@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Julien Gautrot

Mr Wanlin Li Postdoctoral Research Assistant  wanlin.li@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Kaspar Althoefer

Dr Weiqi Li Postdoctoral Research Assistant  +44 (0)20 7882 7821      wei-qi.li@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Wen Wang

Dr Yaqi Lyu PhD Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow  y.lyu@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Helena Azevedo

Dr Emilie Marhuenda PhD Postdoctoral Research Assistant  e.marhuenda@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Thomas Iskratsch

Ms Magda Martinez Intern  m.magda@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Alvaro Mata

Dr William Megone Postdoctoral Research Assistant  exx207@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Julien Gautrot

Dr Babatunde Okesola Postdoctoral Fellowship (Self-Assembling Peptides for Tissue Regeneration)  +44 (0)20 7882 6686      b.okesola@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Tina Chowdhury

Mr Fabrizio Putzu Research Assistant  f.putzu@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Kaspar Althoefer

Dr Russell Quadros PhD Postdoctoral Research Assistant  r.quadros@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Jens-Dominik Mueller

Miss Elham Radvar Research Assistant  e.radvar@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Helena Azevedo

Mr Ataka Rizqi Research Assistant  a.rizqi@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Kaspar Althoefer

Dr Yejiao Shi Postdoctoral Research Assistant  +44 (0)20 7882 5301      yejiao.shi@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Helena Azevedo

Dr Clare Thompson MBiochem, PhD Postdoctoral Research Assistant Mammalian cell culture, immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry, confocal microscopy and image analyses, reverse transcription and real time PCR, molecular cloning, cell transfection, immunoprecipitation and western blotting, biochemical assays (various).  +44 (0)20 7882 3603      clare.l.thompson@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Martin Knight

Dr Stephen Thorpe BA, BAI, PDipStat, PhD, FHEA Researcher Co-Investigator I implement a range of engineering, biophysics and molecular biology techniques to probe cellular responses to biophysical signals. In addition to enhancing our understanding of cell mechanobiology, my research looks to leverage this understanding to develop cartilage and bone regenerative medicine strategies, and address the aberrant mechanobiology associated with one of the most lethal cancers, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.  +44 (0)20 7882 3602      s.thorpe@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: David Lee

Mr Ying Tu Postdoctoral Research Assistant  exx214@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Steffi Krause

Dr Richard Twycross-Lewis BSc(Hons), MRes, PhD, MSc, DipLaw(CPE), AMIMechE Postdoctoral Research Assistant Biomechanics & Intellectual Property Law  +44 (0)20 7882 5368      r.twycross-lewis@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Aleksandra Birn-Jeffery

Dr Stefaan Verbruggen PhD Research Fellow Bone biomechanics and mechanobiology, Developmental biomechanics, cancer mechanobiology  s.verbruggen@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Martin Knight

Dr Charlie Waugh Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow  c.waugh@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Hazel Screen

Dr Ioannis Xanthis PhD Postdoctoral Research Assistant Cardiovascular Mechanobiology  i.xanthis@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Thomas Iskratsch

Dr Luming Zhao Marie Curie Research Fellow  luming.zhao@qmul.ac.uk  Supervisor: Lei Su

Professional Services

Mr Shafir Iqbal Laboratory Technician Provides comprehensive technical support for staff and students in the School to enable the achievement of teaching and research aims and objectives. To be responsible for the operation and upkeep of the laboratory areas of Cell and Tissue. Responsible for the instruction, guidance and supervision of staff and students in the use of laboratory equipment and techniques as appropriate.  +44 (0)20 7882 6991      s.iqbal@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Dongsheng Wu PhD Laboratory Technician - Imaging Provides comprehensive technical support for staff and students in the School to enable the achievement of teaching and research aims and objectives. Responsible for the operation and upkeep of the laboratory area Imaging. Responsible for the instruction, guidance and supervision of staff and students in the use of Confocal microscope, Multiphoton microscope, Spinning Disk microscope, Super-resolution microscope, Epifluorescence microscope, and in performing projects associated with genetic modification.  +44 (0)20 7882 6943      dong.wu@qmul.ac.uk

Current PhD Students

Name	Thesis Title	Supervisor
ABDOUNI, Yamin	Novel Glycopolymer Architectures for Biological Applications: A Supramolecular Approach	Julien Gautrot
ALEXIS, Cardee	Study of Liquid-liquid interfaces	Julien Gautrot
BADAR, Waqas	Nanoscale damage markers for early osteoarthritis detection in the bone-cartilage unit	Himadri Gupta
BALANGTAA, Jacob	Self-assembled peptide droplet interfaces for simple screening of stem cell microenvironments and micromanipulation of colonies	Helena Azevedo
BEJA FERREIRA, Marta	Biophysical biomarkers to characterize cancer-associated fibroblasts in drug screening strategies.	Martin Knight
BEYER, Valentin	Complex Polymer Architectures via Controlled Polymerisation Techniques	Helena Azevedo
CHANG, Lan	Polymer brush vectors for 3D RNA delivery	Julien Gautrot
CHRYSANTHOU, Alexandra	Study of the mechanical properties of liquid-liquid interfaces	Julien Gautrot
COSTA, Eleni	Healing and repair mechanisms in the fetal membrane after preterm rupture	Tina Chowdhury
COZENS, Ed	Design of Biomaterials for Soft Tissue Adhesion	Julien Gautrot
DA SAN MARTINO, Chiara	Design of an organ-on-a-chip model of soft-hard tissue interfaces	Julien Gautrot
DAWSMITH, Wesleigh	Dielectric technology development to measure hydration levels.	Tina Chowdhury
DELAHUNTY, Alex-Jade	High throughput analysis of mechanosensitive microRNA	Rob Krams
DIAZ-LOPEZ, Reynol	Taper Junctions in modular total hip arthroplasty	Julia Shelton
DOWDEN, Alice	Silicone elastomers and 3D printing	Julien Gautrot
GAINS, Connor	Developing a rat model of tendinopathy to investigate mechanobiology of the disease	Hazel Screen
GARCIA SANCHEZ, Brenda	Novel Models of Tendinopathy on a Chip	Hazel Screen
GAXIOLA CAMACHO, Lino	Investigation of optimal bone coverage for the adequate fixation of the acetabular cup in patients with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip during uncemented Total Hip Arthroplasty	Teresa Alonso-Rasgado
H?RAULT, Sean	Development of a new High Throughput CRISPR platform for detection of microRNA	Rob Krams
HE, Shiping	A Novel Role for microRNA-214 in Inflammatory Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation from Adventitia Stem/progenitor Cells and Arterial Remodelling	Wen Wang
JONES, Christian	Design of a microfluidics integrated skin on a chip tissue model.	Julien Gautrot
JURADO TERRAZAS, Dariel	Organ-on-a-chip model of cartilage disease	Martin Knight
KANSO, Hassan	Biophysics of Self-Assembled Protein Nanosheets for Stem Cell-Based Biotechnologies	Julien Gautrot
KEELING, Michael	Multi-Scale Force Transmission to and within the Nucleus	David Lee
LUO, Peiyi	The role of histone deacetylase 7 alternative translation in vascular remodelling	Wen Wang
MCFIE, Megan	Development of high throughput imaging screen of compounds effecting primary cilia structure and resulting modulation of mechanosignalling and other cilia functions in chondrocytes.	Martin Knight
MENDOZA MARTINEZ, Ana Karen	Biofabrication of self-assembling fluidic devices for modelling ovarian cancer under fluid flow	Helena Azevedo
MENG, Hongxu	Bioengineering approaches combining multiple stimuli to induce fast and robust differentiation of stem cells	Tina Chowdhury
MENG, Huan	The effect of substrate stiffness on primary cilia and regulation of the tumour microenvironment.	Martin Knight
MOJARES, Elijah	Design of nanosheets and microdroplet technologies	Julien Gautrot
MONACO, Alessandra	Synthesis of Glycopolymers and their interactions with lectins	Helena Azevedo
NIU, Kaiyuan	IL-10 signalling in human vascular development (human vascular cell differentiation from induced-pluripotent stem cell (iPSC))	Wen Wang
NORTON, Rebecca	Factors Impacting Tissue Compliance in the Human Left Atrium and its Effect on Radiofrequency Ablation Success	Hazel Screen
O'NEILL, Caoimhe	Nanotechnology approaches for the investigation of cardiac mechanosensing	Thomas Iskratsch
PADILLA LOPATEGUI, Soraya	Development of blood interactive self-assembling systems	Thomas Iskratsch
PANG, Xinqing	Engineering the endothelial glycocalyx through defined patterns of peptide self-assembled monolayers	Wen Wang
PEGGREM, Shaun	Control of the Circadian Clock in Chondrocytes	David Lee
PENG, Lihui	Culture of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Nanosheets Assembled at the Surface of Liquid Microcarriers	Julien Gautrot
QU, Fengjin	TBC	Julien Gautrot
QUADIR, Fauzia	Bonding of soft tissues to hydroxyapatite	Julien Gautrot
REDONDO GOMEZ, Carlos	Generating Molecularly-Controlled Biomaterials Using Host-Guest Guided Peptide Self-Assembly	Helena Azevedo
SALAZAR JOYA, Ernesto	A parallel-processing portable functional electrical stimulation device for patients with foot drop	Teresa Alonso-Rasgado
SHIVAPATHAM, Shivapatham	Investigating human Achilles tendon biomechanics using novel ultrasound imaging approaches	Hazel Screen
TAYLOR, James	Chondrogenic differentiation of amniotic fluid-derived stem cells cultured in alginate and agarose models with CNP and TGFb	Tina Chowdhury
WANG, Yanhong	Synchrotron X-ray nanomechanical imaging applied to multiscale deformation in biological armour	Himadri Gupta
WARD, Matthew	Cardiomyocytes, Mechanobiology, Rigidity sensing, Micropatterning, Traction Force Measurement	Thomas Iskratsch
WU, Linke	Hyaluronic acid-based peptide-functionalised engineered soft matrices via thiol-ene coupling	Julien Gautrot
YUAN, Yichen	Peptide-Hyaluronan Hydrogels for Ocular Applications	Helena Azevedo
ZHANG, Xiaoli	The role of phosphorylation Ezrin in regulating the relationship between biophysical properties and cell migration	Martin Knight
ZHANG, Yuezhou	Nanomechanical and ultrastructural investigation of prostate cancer cell lines	Himadri Gupta
ZHAO, Luoguang	Numerical simulation of cells in flows	Wen Wang

PhD Graduates

Name	Thesis Title	Supervisor(s)
2017
COLAK, Burcu	Micro-patterning of peptide-based biomaterials	Julien Gautrot, Hazel Screen
ZHAO, Li	Fabrication of non(low) permeable microcapsules and further study	Gleb Sukhorukov, Himadri Gupta
UDEZE, Chineye	The Effects of Loading Frequency on Tenocyte Matabolism	Hazel Screen
ZHANG, Fengfeng	Electrospinning high toughness biomimetic polystyrene nanocomposites	Asa Barber, Himadri Gupta
RAJI, Halimat-shaddiya	Wear and corrosion testing of modular hip prostheses	Julia Shelton
2016
JIA, Liyong	Micro-structure reorganisation of the aortic heart valve under a biaxial loading condition	Hazel Screen, Wen Wang
WANG, Zhao	The effects of the rate of hypo-osmotic challenge and IFT88 mutation on the biomechanics of chondrocytes.	Martin Knight, Wen Wang
CHEN, Xia	Investigating the effects of cholesterol on phospholipid bilayer with molecular dynamics simulations.	Wen Wang, Yiling Lu
YU, Baoqi	The synergistic role of mechanical stimuli and VEGF treatment in stem cell differentiation to endothelial cells	Wen Wang
YANG, Junyao	The role of HDAC7-related peptide in stem cell differentiation towards endothelial cell	Wen Wang
LIN, Miao	Interaction between the circulating blood and vascular endothelial cells in health & disease. Cell Mechanics for endothelial glycocalyx	Wen Wang, Asa Barber
DALBAY, Melis	Roles of primary cilia in hMSC in differentiation	Martin Knight
PATEL, Dharmesh	A novel fibre composite system to investigate tenocyte metabolism under physiological and pathological loading conditions.	Hazel Screen
ZHANG, Yi	Biomimetic Layered Nanocomposites with Tunable Dynamical Mechanical Properties: Synthesis, Imaging and Characterisation	Himadri Gupta, Nicola Pugno
KRISHNAMOORTHY, Mahentha	Developing Cationic Nanoparticles for Gene Delivery	Julien Gautrot, John Stark
XI, Li	Bone Quality Changes at the Nanoscale in Metabolic Bone Diseases assessed by Synchrotron X-ray Imaging	Himadri Gupta
2015
DEO, Devendra Inder	Microcapsule for targetted drug delivery to diseased tissues	Wen Wang, Gleb Sukhorukov
WANG, Xiaocong	The Role of DKK3 in Vascular Smooth Muscle Differentiation	Wen Wang
LU, Zhengjun	Microfluidics for a novel bioreactor	Wen Wang, Pankaj Vadgama
LI, Wei-Qi	Electrical stimulation on cell-cell interactions in vitro	Wen Wang
DI FEDERICO, Erica	Complex mechanical conditioning of cell-seeded constructs can influence chondrocyte activity	Julia Shelton, Dan Bader
YU, Xiaotian	Functional impact of microRNA-34a on stem cell differentiation towards smooth muscle cell	Wen Wang
SLIOGERYTE, Kristina	Mechanical properties of stem cells using micropipette aspiration	Martin Knight, David Lee
2014
LIU, Weizhi	Microcapsule internalization be cells in vitro caused by physical and biochemical stimuli	Gleb Sukhorukov, Wen Wang
QIU, Lin	Novel polymeric matrix and its interaction withbiological cells	Wen Wang, Ton Peijs
DE VILLIERS, Danielle Simone	Accelerated wear protocols for understanding clinical wear in modern hip prostheses	Julia Shelton, Martin Knight
2013
THOMPSON, Claire	Interaction between primary cilia length and hedgehog signalling in response to mechanical and thermal stress	Martin Knight
IRIANTO, Jerome	Nuclear Related Responses to Osmotic Challenge in Chondrocytes	David Lee, Martin Knight
CHAUDHRY, Saira	A Biomechanical Characterisation of Eccentric and Concentric Loading of the Triceps Surae Complex	Hazel Screen
KARUNARATNE, Malintha P. A.	Analysis of Alterations in Matrix Quality at Nanoscale in Metabolic Bone Diseases using Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction	Himadri Gupta
SATNAM SINGH, Jasminder K.	The Nanostructure of Impant-Induced Fibrosis (MPhil)	Himadri Gupta
2012
LIU, Yankai	Modelling studies on biological tissue property and mechanical responses under external stimuli	Wen Wang
BAI, Ke	Spatial distribution, temporal development and mechanical properties of the endothelial glycocalyx in vitro	Wen Wang
ROYLE, Matthew	Influence of coatings on ion release from large diameter metal-on-metal hip bearings	Julia Shelton
HOTHI, Hardip Singh	The Impact and Deformation of Press-Fit Metal Acetablular Components	Julia Shelton, James Busfield
PRAVINCUMAR, Priyanka	Viscoelastic Response of Cells and the Role of Actin Cytoskeletal Remodelling	Martin Knight
ANSSARI-BENIM, Afshin	Structure-Function Relationships in the Aortic Valve	Hazel Screen
2011
HOSNY, Neveen	Development of a non-invasive method to detect pericellular spatial oxygen gradients using FLIM	Martin Knight
CHAI, Chanyuan	Can Interface Conditions be Modified by Support Surfaces to Minimise the Risk of Pressure Ulcer Development?	Wen Wang, Dan Bader
YE, Shang Jun	Computational modelling of flows in porous scaffold materials using a lattice Boltzmann method	Wen Wang
LUO, Zhenling	microRNAs play a role in human embryonic stem cell differentiation into endothelial cells	Wen Wang
SIVASUBRAMANYAM, Kruba Sankar	Osteoinduction by biomaterials; towards unravelling the underlying process	Joost de Bruijn
WARD, Philip A	The influence of test parameters and surface modifications on the wear of total hip replacements	Julia Shelton
2010
PATTAPPA, Girish	Characterisaction of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Metabolism during Proliferation and Differentiation	David Lee, Joost deBruijn
RAMLOGAN, Anil	Stem Cell Expansion and Bioreactor Development	Joost deBruijn
AHMADI, Raheleh	Injectable Cell-Based Tissue Engineered Bone Formulations	Joost de Bruijn
TOORANI, Shima	The Influence of Microstructure on the Mechanical Behaviours of Tendons	Hazel Screen, Julia Shelton
2009
GUO, Lei	Novel biosensors and Their application in Mass Transport	Wen Wang, Pankaj Vadgama
VAUGHAN, Natalie	The potential of pulsed low-intensity ultrasound to stimulate chondrocytes in a 3D model system	Martin Knight
2008
MAEDA, Eijiro	Temporal regulation of tenocyte metabolism in strained fascicles	David Lee, Julia Shelton
AKANJI, Oto-Ola O	The influence of direct current electrical stimulation on chondrocytes in a 3D model system	Dan Bader, David Lee
ANGADJI, Arash	In vitro wear of metal-on-metal hip replacements: a multifactorial problem.	Julia Shelton