Staff

Researchers

Mr Mattia Biesuz

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email m.biesuz@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor:

Dr Minerva Bosch Fortea

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Email m.bosch@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot

Dr Stephen Burrows

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email s.burrows@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Stoyan Smoukov

Dr Ilanna Campelo Lopes
PhD

Visiting Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Biosensors, DNA, enzymes, membranes, antineoplastic drugs
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 5151 Email i.campelolopes@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Pankaj Vadgama

Dr Daniele Carassiti
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email d.carassiti@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Rob Krams

Dr Kan Chen

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 2734 Email kan.chen@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor:

Dr Zheng Chen
PhD

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow
Control Systems, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Battery Management System.
Email zheng.chen@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Guang Li

Dr Anirban Das

Marie-Curie Fellow
Email a.das@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Steffi Krause

Dr Stefania Di Cio
MEng

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7882 5301 Email s.dicio@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot

Dr Khai Duong Quang Nguyen

KTP Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 7306 Email k.nguyen@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot

Mr Antonios Giannopoulos

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email a.giannopoulous@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Hazel Screen

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.
Email s.gravelle@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Lorenzo Botto

Mr Chuan Gu

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email c.gu@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Lorenzo Botto

Mr Abshar Hasan

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email abshar.hassan@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Alvaro Mata

Dr Hannah Heywood

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 5368 Email h.k.heywood@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof David Lee

Mr Nan Hua

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email n.hua@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Huasheng Wang

Dr Sheetal Inamdar
MEng, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 3119 Email s.r.inamdar@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisors: Dr Himadri Gupta, Prof Martin Knight

Miss Taslema Khanom

Research Assistant
Email t.khanom@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor:

Dr Paulina Kloskowska
PhD

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

Dr Dexu Kong

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7882 5306 Email d.kong@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot

Mr Wanlin Lee

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email wanlin.li@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Kaspar Althoefer

Dr Weiqi Li

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

Dr Rajesh Madhu
M.Sc, M.Phil, PhD

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow
Porous Carbon Materials, Nanocomposites, Electrochemistry, Electrodeposition, Biosensors, Supercapacitors, Fuel Cells
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 5301 Email r.madhu@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Magdalena Titirici

Dr Emilie Marhuenda
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email e.marhuenda@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Thomas Iskratsch

Dr A.P. Markesteijn (Anton)
BSc, MSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Fluctuating Hydrodynamics / Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics / Microfluidics / Nanofluidics / Biophysical Systems and Simulations / Multiscale Methods / Coupling of Molecular Dynamics and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Email a.markesteijn@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Sergey Karabasov

Dr William Megone

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email exx207@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot

Dr Nan Meng

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email n.meng@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Emiliano Bilotti

Mr Pierpaolo Modugno

ESR Marie-Curie Researcher
Email p.modugno@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Magdalena Titirici

Miss Sabina Alexandra Nicolae

ESR Marie Curie Researcher
Email sabina.nicolae@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Magdalena Titirici

Dr Babatunde Okesola

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

Dr Arun Prakash Periasamy
M.Phil, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Carbon Nanostructures, Functional Nanomaterials, Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, Photoelectrocatalysis, Energy Conversion and Storage.
Email a.prakash@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Ana Jorge Sobrido

Dr Kasia Placha
MSc, PhD

Industrial Visitor
Email k.placha@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor:

Dr Russell Quadros
PhD

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

Miss Elham Radvar

Research Assistant
Email e.radvar@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Helena Azevedo

Mr Ataka Rizqi

Research Assistant
Email a.rizqi@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Kaspar Althoefer

Dr Giovanni Santagiuliana
BSc, MSc, PhD

Polymer Research Manager
Liaising with potential industrial partners and management of the contracted works of Nanoforce related to polymer/composite processing.
Support to the research activities of SEMS under the supervision of Dr. Emiliano Bilotti.
Thermoplastic polymer processing, nanocomposites, graphene-based composites, materials characterisation, analytical modelling, materials and products development, cycling
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 2792 Email g.santagiuliana@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Emiliano Bilotti

Mr Theo Saunders

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email t.g.saunders@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor:

Dr Yejiao Shi

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

Dr Kristina Sliogeryte

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 5368 Email k.sliogeryte@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor:

Dr Yiwei Sun
BSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Raman spectroscopy; high pressure; density functional theory; carbon nanomaterials;
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 5301 Email yiwei.sun@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisors: Prof Sir Colin Humphreys, Dr Oliver Fenwick

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).
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 3603 Email clare.l.thompson@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof 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.
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 3602 Email s.thorpe@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof David Lee

Dr Vanira Trifiletti
PhD

Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow
Nanostructured materials for renewable energy applications: photovoltaic and thermoelectric devices. Chemical and physical synthesis of single crystals and thin films, material characterisation, device construction and testing.
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 3604 Email v.trifiletti@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Oliver Fenwick

Dr Wei Tu
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7882 8138 Email w.tu@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor:

Mr Ying Tu

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Email exx214@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Steffi Krause

Dr Richard Twycross-Lewis
BSc(Hons), MRes, PhD, MSc, DipLaw(CPE), AMIMechE

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Biomechanics & Intellectual Property Law
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 5368 Email r.twycross-lewis@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Aleksandra Birn-Jeffery

Dr Stefaan Verbruggen
PhD

Research Fellow
Bone biomechanics and mechanobiology, Developmental biomechanics, cancer mechanobiology
Email s.verbruggen@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Martin Knight

Dr Giuseppe Viola
PhD, PGCAP

Post-doctoral Research Assistant
Domain switching in ferroelectric and ferroelastic materials; Degradation and fracture behaviour of ferroelectric and ferroelastic materials; Spark Plasma Sintering of advanced ceramics.
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 2775 Email g.viola@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor:

Dr Charlie Waugh

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow
Email c.waugh@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Hazel Screen

Dr Michal Weiszer

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Optimisation, metaheuristics, operational research and their applications such as airport operations and intelligent sewer networks.
Email m.weiszer@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Jun Chen

Dr Zhichao Weng
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
My PhD project was based on investigating spin dynamics in small molecule OLEDs via ultra-small magnetic field effects. My expertise: 1. High quality organic materials purification technique and OLEDs processing in cleanroom environment. 2. Measurements of Magnetic Field Effects (High Field Effect and Ultra-Small Magnetic Field Effect) in OLEDs 3. Equipment design and engineering (High resolution and precision Helmholtz Coil system) 4. Software designing, programming and test system integration for magnetic field effects measurement system 5. Data processing, quantitative analysis and physical model optimization based on large dataset
Email z.weng@qmul.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof Sir Colin Humphreys