Staff

Researchers

Dr Abid

Dr Hussain Ali Abid
BEng(Hons), PhD

Postgraduate Research Assistant
Research Scientist In Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Aeroacoustics and Machine Learning

Fluid dynamics, computational aeroacoustics and aerodynamics, large-eddy simulations, analytical modelling, applied mathematics.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Sergey Karabasov
Dr Al-Kadhimi

Dr Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
BSc, MSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Dr Banerjee

Dr Krishnarjun Banerjee

UKRI Postdoctoral Fellow


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Haixue Yan
Dr Bevis

Dr Laura Bevis

Postdoctoral Research Associate: Cardiovascular Digital Twins

Working to understand and predict the movement of fluids and how they interact with their surroundings using mathematical modelling. Main interests lie within biology, for example, blood flow in the heart, the movement of small swimming organisms, and the flow of the vitreous humour within the eye.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Caroline Roney
Dr Bhuwal

Dr Akash Bhuwal

Postdoctoral Reserch Associate


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Vassili Toropov
Dr Bindhu Sunilkumar

Dr Lekshmi Bindhu Sunilkumar

Experimental Technologist KTP Associate

Soft matter Physics, Fluid Dynamics, Droplet impact dynamics and Liquid marbles.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Radomir Slavchov
Dr Brookes

Dr Oliver Brookes

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof David Lee
Ms Burggraef

Ms Maria Burggraef

Research Assistant and Early Career Researcher


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Dr Burrows

Dr Stephen Burrows
MEng, MSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Stoyan Smoukov
Dr Chen

Dr Kan Chen

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

My current research projects mainly focus on synthesis and development of low-cost and environment -friendly thermoelectric materials and scaling-up synthesis of high-performance thermoelectric materials for device fabrication. I am interested in exploring new materials, investigating the effects of synthesis on materials' microstructures and optimizing materials' electrical and thermal transport properties …
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supervisor icon Supervisor: Mr Keith Rodgers
Dr Da Silva Machado De Freitas

Dr Rodolfo Da Silva Machado De Freitas
PhD, MSc

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Synthetic Fuel Utilisation

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supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Xi Jiang
Dr Dawood

Dr Abu Bakar Dawood
PhD, MSc, BEng

Post Doctoral Research Associate


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Kaspar Althoefer
Mr Deery

Mr Conor Deery

Technical Research Engineer


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Vassili Toropov
Dr Ehnesh

Dr Mahmoud Ehnesh
BSc, MSc, PhD, AFHEA.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Bio-medical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering. My research focus is on cardiac arrhythmias, especially Atrial Fibrillation, with a particular interest in digital signal processing and intelligent algorithms of biomedical signals.
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supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Caroline Roney
Dr Fu

Dr Jinlong Fu
BEng, MSc, PhD

Researcher
Teaching Tutor

I have a multi-disciplinary research background with research experience at the interface of computational modelling, data science, numerical analysis, partial differential equations (PDEs), uncertainty quantification, and artificial intelligence (AI). My broad research interests focus on material failure, poromechanics, pore-scale flow modelling, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, model order reduction, …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Wei Tan
Dr Gaffney

Dr Piers Gaffney

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Mr Griggs

Mr Thomas Griggs

Postdoctoral Reserach Assisatnt in Elastomer Recycling


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof James Busfield
Dr Grossemy

Dr Simon Grossemy

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisors: Prof Hazel ScreenProf Martin Knight
Dr Hann

Dr Alice Hann
MEng, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Dimitrios Papageorgiou
Dr Hopkins

Dr Timothy Hopkins
PhD

Versus Arthritis Research Fellow

I am currently working on a Versus Arthritis funded Foundation Fellowship within SEMS. The aim of the fellowship is to develop an organ-on-a-chip model of human cartilage and synovium (â??joint-on-a-chipâ??) to understand how these tissues interact in the human knee in health and disease. We believe that this interaction plays …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Martin Knight
Dr Hou

Dr Yingwei Hou
PhD, MSc, BSc

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Tao Liu
Dr Huang

Dr Tiefan Huang

Post Doctoral Research Associate Membrane Fabrication

Advanced membrane materials, polymer porous materials

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Dr Jiang

Dr Zhiwei Jiang

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Dr Kanso

Dr Hassan Kanso
PhD

Post Graduate Research Assistant

Material sciences, Recombinant technologies and Stem cell biotechnology.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot
Dr Khatib

Dr Nidal Khatib

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Hazel Screen
Dr Kudriavtceva

Dr Valeriia Kudriavtceva
BSc, MSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Gleb Sukhorukov
Dr Leonardo Diaz

Dr Roberto Leonardo Diaz
BEng, MEng, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Biomechanics

Clinical biomechanics; finite element analysis; computational modelling; experimental testing; experimental wear simulation; medical device development.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Teresa Alonso-Rasgado
Dr Li Volsi

Dr Anna Li Volsi

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Dr Luo

Dr Jiajun Luo

PDRA

Hydrogels, Nanotopography, Cell-materials interaction, Mechanobiology

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Thomas Iskratsch
Dr Manzoor

Dr Faisal Manzoor
BEng, MSc, PhD, AFHEA

Experimental Technologist (KTP Associate)

3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Fused Deposition Modelling, Orthopedic Implants, Biomaterials, Nanotechnology, Material Science, Hydroxyapatite, Doped Hydroxyapatite, Electrospinning, Biomineralization

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Radomir Slavchov
Dr Markesteijn

Dr Annabel Markesteijn
BSc, MSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Fluid Dynamics, Computational Aeroacoustics and Aerodynamics, Large-Eddy Simulations, GPGPU Computing, Multiscale Methods, Fluctuating Hydrodynamics, Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics, Droplet Formation

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Sergey Karabasov
Mr Mendoza Meinhardt

Mr Arturo Jose Mendoza Meinhardt
BEng

Research Assistant

Materials science and engineering. Molecular self-assembly, microfluidics. Device design and development.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Mr Keith Rodgers
Dr Meng

Dr Li Meng
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

My primary research interest is focused on organic and inorganic/organic hybrid materials for application in solar cells.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Zhe Li
Dr Min

Dr Ganghong Min
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Zhe Li
Dr Mingoes

Dr Carlos Mingoes

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Ana Jorge Sobrido
Dr Mondal

Dr Subrata Mondal

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Biomechanics

Dr. Mondal expertise on computational modelling of bone and orthopaedic medical devices, multiscale computational models of biological tissues, device design/analysis, and tissue regeneration.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Teresa Alonso-Rasgado
Dr Murillo Herrera

Dr Luis Mauricio Murillo Herrera

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Organic synthesis, computational chemistry, catalysis, ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Ana Jorge Sobrido
Dr Nabais

Dr Rita Nabais

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Dr Nadal

Dr Clémence Nadal
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

My research aims at developing novel strategies to control the self-assembly and viscoelastic properties of hydrogels designed for regenerative medecine and/or tissue engineering purposes. Another aspect of my work focuses on the tuning of viscoelastic properties of protein nanosheets assembled at liquid-liquid interfaces and their characterization using interfacial rheology.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Julien Gautrot
Dr Naderizadeh

Dr Sara Naderizadeh
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

I am currently working on BFTT, or Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology project, funded by AHRC-UKRI. This project is a five-year industry-led project, which focusses on delivering sustainable innovation within the entire fashion and textile supply chain. There are several academic and industrial partners around UK in this project. …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof James Busfield
Dr Newham

Dr Elis Newham

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow

Evolutionary biology, bioengineering, synchrotron X-ray tomographic imaging, Synchrotron SAXS, synchrotron WAXS

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Himadri Gupta
Dr Pal

Dr Subhajit Pal
MSc, PhD, MInstP

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Investigation of the physical properties of dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials are the main topics of my research interest. In particular, the studies of ferroelectric photovoltaic, photo-ferroelectric and electrostriction phenomena in both centro and non-centrosymmetric systems. My current research focuses on synthesizing nanostructured ferroelectric thin films for the development of …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Joe Briscoe
Dr Pang

Dr Yong Pang
PhD, AFHEA, CPhys

Research Fellow


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Tao Liu
Dr Sadati

Dr Seyedmohammadhadi Sadati

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Kaspar Althoefer
Dr Sadler

Dr Emma Sadler
MChem, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Materials Science


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Colin Crick
Dr Saxena

Dr Dhruv Saxena
BSc Hons, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

I am an expert in semiconductor nanoscale lasers, random lasers, optical metamaterials and neuromorphic computing. I have a background in both optical experiments and theory, with experience in laser design, photonics modelling, fabrication, characterisation and spectroscopy.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Lei Su
Dr Serrano Claumarchirant

Dr Jose Francisco Serrano Claumarchirant

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Synthesis of conductive polymers and development of hybrid materials for thermoelectric applications. I am particularly interested in the development of wearable thermoelectric generators.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Oliver Fenwick
Dr Shepherd

Dr David Shepherd
MPhys, PhD

KTP Research Associate

Production and characterisation of hydroxyapatites. Cell Culture. Production of collagen scaffolds through Freeze Drying.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Karin Hing
Dr Shi

Dr Jing Shi

Research Associate

My research is focused on fluids and droplets, in particular droplets formation during inkjet printing of complex fluids, drying of inkjet droplets, and multiphase flows.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Neil Cagney
Mr Suena Galindez

Mr Eugenio Sebastian Suena Galindez
MEng MInstP AMIMechE

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Thermoelectrics, Thermodynamics, Transient Electronics, Printed Electronics

supervisor icon Supervisors: Dr Dimitrios PapageorgiouDr Oliver Fenwick
Dr Swiatlowska

Dr Pamela Swiatlowska

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Current research project is focused on studying regulation of mechanosensing in healthy and atherosclerotic vascular smooth muscle cells. This work involves number of techniques, such as mechanical stimulation (pressure, stiffness, stretch), biomechanical characterization (AFM, Nanoindentation), cellular force measurements (nanopillars, FRET tension sensors) as well as (live) super-resolution microscopy. Further expertise: …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Thomas Iskratsch
Dr Thielke

Dr Michael Thielke

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

My research is focussed on electrospinning of bio-based materials to produce submicron and nanosized carbon fibres for the use as electrode materials in flow batteries. I am developing novel strategies to control the fibre morphology and the chemical composition of the carbon fibres to obtain ideal materials to further improve …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Ana Jorge Sobrido
Dr Thomas

Dr Marjolaine Thomas
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Polymer/Exactymer Synthesis


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Mr Thorn

Mr Thomas Thorn
BEng

Research Assistant in Polymers and Composites

Thomas's expertise lies in the field of polymers and composites, developing toughened fibre-reinforced composites with integrated structural health monitoring and repairing functionalities for more sustainable and cost-effective future materials. Thomas is proficient in the manufacturing and characterization of polymers and their composites/nanocomposites. His current research investigates the development of …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Han Zhang
Dr Wang

Dr Xuechun Wang

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Lei Su
Dr Ye

Dr Chunchun Ye

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Dr Zamboulis

Dr Danae Zamboulis
DVM, PhD

Visiting Postdoctoral Research Assistant

I am a postdoctoral research associate with an interest in musculoskeletal biology and in particular the development of structure function in tendons. I completed a degree in Veterinary Medicine and an internship in Equine Medicine and Surgery from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and subsequently undertook a PhD at …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Hazel Screen
Dr Zolotarev

Dr Alexander Zolotarev
PhD, MD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Currently, Dr. Zolotarev is working on the project for designing optimal ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation through simulation and deep learning of digital twins. His research interests lie in the intersection between data science (computer vision and signal processing), and cardiology, particularly cardiac arrhythmias.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Caroline Roney