Staff

Researchers

Dr Abid

Dr Hussain Ali Abid
BEng(Hons), PhD

Postdoctoral 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 Supervisors: Prof Vassili ToropovDr Tao Liu
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
Dr Burggraef

Dr Maria Burggraef
PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

I hold a M.Sc. in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, with a background in membrane-based polymer synthesis and organic chemistry. My research focuses on the synthesis of defined molecular weight poly(ethylene glycol) using organic solvent nanofiltration techniques. I am also investigating its potential application in …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
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

Postdoctoral Research Associate


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Kaspar Althoefer
Dr Dong

Dr Ming Dong
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in novel plastic-free leather alternatives


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Dimitrios Papageorgiou
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
Mr Ge

Mr Honghao Ge

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Chinnapat Panwisawas
Dr Griggs

Dr Thomas Griggs

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Elastomer Recycling

I work largely in the field of sustainability, completing my PhD on bio-based, self-healing polyurethanes, while now focusing on increasing the recyclability of sulphur crosslinked natural rubber.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof James Busfield
Dr Grossemy

Dr Simon Grossemy

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisors: Prof Hazel ScreenProf Martin Knight
Dr Guo

Dr Hongye Guo

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Self-healing Materials


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Wei Tan
Dr Heggo

Dr Dalia Heggo

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Teaching fellow

Green chemistry, renewable energy, microreactors and the environmental and technical assessments of the energy production industry. In addition to, coding, modeling, and simulations on MATLAB, COMSOL, and ANSYS.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Paul Balcombe
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 Huang

Dr Tiefan Huang

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Membrane Fabrication

Advanced membrane materials, polymer porous materials

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
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
Mr Kumar

Mr Devender Kumar

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Experimental Mechanics of Liquid-solid Impact


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Wei Tan
Dr Kunalan

Dr Sujitha Kunalan

Postdoctoral Research Assistant â?? Orthobiologic Biomaterials

As personalised medicine continues to grow in demand, Suji's research focuses on advancing bioactive, bioresorbable composites that she developed, by loading them with autologous cells to negate rejection issues for later implantation. Currently, she is establishing and maintaining 3D dynamic cultures to validate tissue-in-a-tube models with varied anabolic phenotypes and …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Karin Hing
Mr Li

Mr Guixiang Li

UKRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Guarantee


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Zhe Li
Dr Li

Dr Tingwei Li
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Materials Modelling

For my Ph.D. research, I systematically studied strategies and corresponding physical mechanisms aimed at optimizing the electrical transport and minimizing the lattice thermal conductivity of two-dimensional atomic-based and cluster-based thermoelectric materials at low and medium temperatures by using first-principles calculations, Boltzmann transport theory, and machine learning potential molecular dynamics …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Joe Briscoe
Dr Li Volsi

Dr Anna Li Volsi

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Mr Liu

Mr Chen Liu

Postdoctoral Research Associate on Precision Robotic Manipulation


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang
Dr Liu

Dr Dongtao Liu

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Lei Su
Mr Liu

Mr Shijia Liu

Research Assistant on Precision Robotic Manipulation


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang
Dr Liu

Dr Yang Liu
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computational Mechanics


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Wei Tan
Dr McPolin Hall

Dr Esmé McPolin Hall
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

I am currently involved in an MRC-funded project aimed at identifying modifiable pathways to reduce preterm births in a region of sub-Saharan Africa, where there is a high prevalence of HIV among pregnant women. Specifically, I am using 3D in vitro models of the fetal membrane to investigate how inflammatory …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Tina Chowdhury
Dr Mendoza Meinhardt

Dr Arturo Jose Mendoza Meinhardt
BEng, PhD

Visiting Industrialist
Senior Scientist

Biomaterials. Medical device development. Molecular self-assembly. Formulation. Drug delivery. Microfluidics. Microscopy.

supervisor icon Supervisor:
Dr Midha

Dr Swati Midha
PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

I am currently involved in an EPSRC-funded project at the School of Engineering and Materials Science. By integrating unique materials and various ligand and cell modalities with advanced biofabrication techniques, such as digital light processing, we aim to create a versatile toolkit for spatial tissue patterning. This toolkit will be …

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Martin Knight
Dr Mingoes

Dr Carlos Mingoes

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Electrochemistry, Electro/Photoelectrocatalysis, Energy Storage materials, Redox Flow batteries.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Ana Jorge Sobrido
Dr Muñoz Castro

Dr Natalia Muñoz Castro

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Stefaan Verbruggen
Dr Murillo Herrera

Dr Luis Mauricio Murillo Herrera

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Organic synthesis, computational chemistry, catalysis, ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents, electroanalytical chemistry, redox flow batteries.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Ana Jorge Sobrido
Dr Nabais

Dr Rita Nabais

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Dr Pal

Dr Subhajit Pal
MSc, PhD

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 Poloni

Dr Erik Poloni

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in High Entropy Ceramics

My research interests are in the design, processing, and characterization of materials for extreme environments. In particular, composites of high-entropy ceramics and carbon fibres with improved hardness, thermal stability, thermal/electrical conductivity, and resistance against crack propagation, ablation, oxidation, and corrosion.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Michael Reece
Miss Resendiz-Diaz

Miss Brenda Resendiz-Diaz

Research Assistant in Materials Science

Brenda is a 3rd year PhD student at Queen Mary University of London in SEMS. She is an integral member of the CRC research group, renowned for its expertise in advancing superhydrophobic materials. Brenda's current research focuses on the development of food-grade water-repellent coatings for innovative food packaging solutions, alongside …

supervisor icon Supervisors: Dr Colin CrickDr Zhe Li
Dr Sadler

Dr Emma Sadler
MChem, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dr Sadler is an expert in the fabrication of water repellent material with multiple functionalities through modification of surface morphology and chemistry. These functionalities include self-cleaning, anti-fouling, anti-bacterial, water purification and drag-reduction. Her current work focuses on the commercialization of superhydrophobic coatings with particular interests in sustainable alternatives to PFAs …

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: Prof Lei Su
Miss Shah

Miss Miloni Shah

Organ-chip Research Technician


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Martin Knight
Dr Shah Mansouri

Dr Tahereh Shah Mansouri
HND, BEng, MSc, PHD

Research Associate in Methane Emissions


supervisor icon Supervisor:
Ms Smith

Ms Poppy O. Smith
MSci, AFHEA

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Cell and tissue engineering, Endothelial cell biology, Angiogenesis, Peripheral nerve repair

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Thomas Iskratsch
Dr Stewart

Dr Chloe Stewart

Postdoctoral Research Assistant (organ-chip technology)

I use manufacturing techniques to recapitulate complex tissue environments within human organ-on-a-chip models. The spatial arrangement of human tissue varies both within and across tissues and is critical to maintaining normal tissue function. To ensure that organ-chip models can capture the variation in tissue architecture, I utilise novel approaches to …

supervisor icon Supervisors: Prof Hazel ScreenProf Martin Knight
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
Mr Ustun

Mr Cihat Emre Ustun

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Combustion, machine learning, zero/low carbon fuels, low-order modelling, computational fluid dynamics.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Dr Amin Paykani
Dr Wang

Dr Xuechun Wang

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

My research interests are on the development of flexible sensors and machine-learning-based optical sensing for wearable devices.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Lei Su
Dr Wang

Dr Yufei Wang
BSc, MSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

My research interests center on fiber optics and fiber lasers, with applications in endoscopic imaging, multimodal imaging, and machine learning.

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Lei Su
Dr Ye

Dr Chunchun Ye

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs), Confined Transport, Advanced Membrane Technologies

supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
Dr Zaidi

Dr Naveed Zaidi

Postdoctoral Research Assistant


supervisor icon Supervisor: Prof Andrew Livingston
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