Centre for Bioengineering
PhD Studentships
Postgraduate Research at Queen Mary
Professor Jon May, Director of the Doctoral College at Queen Mary, and current PhD students talk about postgraduate research study at Queen Mary, what the first few weeks are like, and the support, activities and events available. Find out more by visiting the Doctoral College website: www.doctoralcollege.qmul.ac.uk.
Joining Queen Mary – hear from our students
Welcome to Queen Mary! Hear from our students about what they love about our university, and what tips they have to help you make the most of your experience. Visit the new students’ website for all you need to know about joining Queen Mary – from enrolment, finances and accommodation to programme introduction, events and activities. www.qmul.ac.uk/newstudents
Why Queen Mary for Engineering and Materials Science?
Queen Mary, University of London is a leader in the field of engineering and Materials Science, both in teaching methods and research.
Engineering career opportunities
Queen Mary, University of London Engineering students discuss their hopes for careers in engineering and beyond.
What do I learn from studying engineering?
Problem solving, teamwork, communication skills and the strong foundations and wonderful intricacies of engineering are what you will learn by studying Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London.
Potential PhD Openings & Studentships
We are all interested in PhD supervision and you are encouraged to look at individual academics' webpages to get ideas of their interests. However, here are some of the PhD projects members of this Centre are looking to supervise. Please contact individual supervisors for more details:
- Directing the assembly of cell spheroids via 3D bioprinting for cartilage tissue engineering
Supervisor: Josephine WU
Apply by: 4 January 2026 - Intelligent Sensing and Imaging Technologies for Healthcare Applications
Supervisor: Lei SU
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - Development of sensor materials for 3D flow shear sensing to investigate patterns of cell colonisation within complex porous matrices
Supervisors: Steffi KRAUSE, Karin HING, Joe BRISCOE and Stefaan VERBRUGGEN
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - Novel muscle-tendon organ-chip models to explore the impact of menopause on muscle-tendon junction injury and inflammation
Supervisors: Hazel SCREEN and Yung Yao Lin
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - AI-guided design and fabrication of next-generation soft bioinspired materials
Supervisor: Marco PENSALFINI
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - Soft touch electroactive elastomeric sensors and actuator devices.
Supervisor: James BUSFIELD
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - Leveraging multi-omics and digital twins to understand mechanisms of blood pressure with atrial fibrillation
Supervisors: Caroline RONEY, Patricia Munroe and Will Young
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - Development of a Novel Heart-on-Chip device to investigate mechanical memory as factor in heart failure
Supervisor: Thomas ISKRATSCH
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - Biochemist, Chemical Engineer, Materials Scientist. Self-Assembly
of Engineered Proteins for Tissue Engineering
Supervisor: Julien GAUTROT
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - Molecularly-imprinted conductive polymer nanowire electrodes for the detection of prostate cancer biomarkers
Supervisor: Christopher CHAPMAN
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - 3D in vitro model for orthobiologic screening of human bone healing response
Supervisor: Karin HING
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - Engineering Multimodal Imaging to Predict Early Fibrotic Scarring
Supervisor: Himadri GUPTA
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - Effect of blood sugar on cartilage inflammatory joint disease post menopause
Supervisors: Martin KNIGHT, Timothy HOPKINS and Josephine WU
Apply by: 28 January 2026 - Multi-physics computational model of cancer dormancy in bone
Supervisor: Claire VILLETTE
Apply by: 17 February 2026
