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PhD Students

• Olivia Allen
  Supervisors: Martin Knight and Stefaan Verbruggen
  Organ-Chip Models of Bone Health and Ageing to Study The Impact of Air Pollution and Systemic Inflammation
• Donglai An
  Supervisors: Lei Su and Mark Bradley
  Single Optical Fibre Imaging
• Tayyab Ansari
  Supervisors: Ketao Zhang and Hazel Screen
  Development of Parallel Mechanisms Based Wearable Exoskeleton System For Lower Limb
• Marcial Arrambi Diaz
  Supervisors: Maria Alonso-rasgado and Colin Bailey
  Investigation of The Cement Mantle Stress in The Acetabular Component After Total Hip Arthroplasty (Tha) Hip Replacement Surgery Is a Common Orthopaedic Operation Undertaken in Order to Repair a Broken Hip or to Relieve Pain Due to Osteoarthritis. in The Uk Alone, a Total of 890,681 Tha Were Performed Between 2003 and 2016. in Total Hip Arthroplasty Surgery The Acetabulum Is Prepared and a Cup Shaped Shell and Liner Put in Place of The Worn Cartilage and Bone. The Prosthetic Joint Is Completed by a Metal Stem With a Hip Ball Attached to The Neck Being Inserted Into The Femur. a Variety of Designs and Materials Are Now Used For The Components of The Prosthesis. in Terms of The Acetabular Component, The Choice Is Between a Cementless Implant (Metal Shells) and a Cemented Implant (Polyethylene Shell). Hip Replacements Do However, Have a Finite Life and Wear Out and Fail in Which Case Revision Hip Surgery Is Required. Liner Wear and Aseptic Loosening Are Two Acetabulum Related Components That Can Lead to Failure of The Implant. This Project Is in Partnership With An Orthopaedic Consultant Form Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Nhs Foundation Trust.
• Teranée Astwood
  Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Maria Sequeira
  Organohydrogel Design For Wound Healing and Stem Cell Delivery
• Holly Bachas Brook
  Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch and John Connelly
  Development of a Functional 3D Eccrine Sweat Gland Model
• Jacob Balangtaa
  Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Helena Azevedo
  Self-Assembled Peptide Droplet Interfaces For Simple Screening of Stem Cell Microenvironments and Micromanipulation of Colonies
• Dhruv Basude
  Supervisors: Chinnapat Panwisawas and Tsz Tse
  3D Fabrication, Modelling, and Imaging of Prostate Tissue Properties For Enhanced Cancer Diagnosis
• Rory Bennett
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Prostate Cancer Detection
• Catrin Bevan
  Supervisors: Hazel Screen and Martin Knight
  Organ Chip Model Development- - Integrating Mechanobiology
• Monica Calderon-Ortega
  Supervisors: Hazel Screen and Martin Knight
  Exploring Tendon Health and Disease With Tendon-on-a-Chip Models
• Duncan Carroll
  Supervisors: Martin Knight and Timothy Hopkins
  Synovium Organ-on-a-Chip to Investigate The Effect of Blood Glucose on Synovitis
• Xin Chen
  Supervisors: Julien Gautrot
  Design of Next Generation Rna Delivery Vectors
• Fuyu Cheng
  Supervisors: Caroline Roney and Gregory Slabaugh
  Investigating Ventricular Arrhythmia Disease Progression Through Uk Biobank Data Digital Twins.
• Wending Chu
  Supervisors: Lei Su and Colin Crick
  Single-Crystal Perovskite Optical and Electronic Devices
• Matthew Church
  Supervisors: Stefaan Verbruggen and Martin Knight
  An Organ-Chip Model of Inflammation in The Canine Cartilage
• Amy Coulson
  Supervisors: Tina Chowdhury and Ruairi Robertson
  Coact Cdt Training Programme
• Lorraine Couteau-Brisset
  Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch and Paul Evans
  An Atherosclerosis-on-a-Chip Model to Understand Integrated Vascular Mechanobiology and to Validate Therapies For Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.
• Mia Crowther
  Supervisors: Tina Chowdhury and Anna David
  Effect of Mechanical Stimulation on Cell and Collagen Mechanics in Human Preterm Amniotic Membrane Defects
• Joshua Cutter
  Supervisors: Hazel Screen and Martin Knight
  ‘Coact Cdt Training Programme
• Beth Cutting
  Supervisors: Martin Knight and Cleo Bishop
  Development of a Kidney Organ-Chip Model to Study Therapeutic Regulation of Primary Cilia Mechanobiology
• Joshua Daoud
  Supervisors: Christopher Chapman and Thomas Iskratsch
  Brain Tumour Recurrence Model on a Chip
• Zichu Ding
  Supervisors: Stefaan Verbruggen
  Predicting Bone Healing and Risk in Multiple Myeloma Patient
• Ester Do Couto Lopes
  Supervisors: Christopher Chapman and Oliver Fenwick
  Project Title: Multimodal Bioelectronic Sensor Development For Real-Time Monitoring of The Brain Tumour Microenvironment Research Topic: Development of New Conductive Elastomer Materials For Use in Developing The Bioelectronic Sensors For Chronic Brain Tumour Measurement. Currently Ester Is Primarily Doing Polymer Synthesis / Electrochemical Measurements / and Material Casting So This Is Reflected in The Panel. Will Update At Later Progression Points to Have a Cancer Biology Related Member / Clinician as Well.
• Ashley Edwards
  Supervisors: Karin Hing and Simon Rawlinson
  Coact Cdt Training Programme
• Sofia Fale Habib
  Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch and Paul Evans
  Coact Cdt Training Programme
• Yunpeng Fang
  Supervisors: Steffi Krause
  The Influence of Fluid Shear on Cell Adhesion Investigated With Photoelectrochemical Imaging (Pei) and Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (Sicm)
• Victoria Ferdinand
  Supervisors: Paul Evans and Thomas Iskratsch
  Coact Cdt Training Programme
• Lissett Fernández-Giles
  Supervisors: Maria Alonso-rasgado and Colin Bailey
  Nvestigation Into The Use of Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy in Revision For Total Hip Arthroplasty
• Laura Forster
  Supervisors: Himadri Gupta
  Nanoscale Biophysics of Cutaneous Fibrosis
• Haidi Gao
  Supervisors: Martin Knight and Lei Su
  The Role of Osteocyte Mechanical Loading on Bone Resorption
• Dilara Güntürkün
  Supervisors: Christian Nielsen and Steffi Krause
  Bioelectronic Sensors: From Synthesis to Device
• Mengxi Han
  Supervisors: Yi Sui and Wen Wang
  Mechanical Modelling and Characterisation of Cells in Suspension.
• Seok Han
  Supervisors: Andrew Livingston and Julien Gautrot
  Membrane Separation in Api Manufacture – Scoping and Performance Prediction
• Eisha Hashmi
  Supervisors: Stefaan Verbruggen and Julia Shelton
  Investigating Bone Cell Mechanosensitivity in Breast and Prostate Cancer Patients
• Daniel Hayler-Pountney
  Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Thomas Iskratsch
  Microdroplet-Based Microfluidics For Direct Reprogramming of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
• Yang He
  Supervisors: Yi Sui
  The Role of Agrin in Joint Development and Osteoarthritis
• Kayla Heyward
  Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Paolo Gallipoli
  Coact Cdt Training Programme
• Yu Hou
  Supervisors: Martin Knight and Hazel Screen
  Development of Organ-Chip to Study The Role of Mechanobiology in Arterial Inflammation
• Yijiang Hu
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Needle-Based Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies For Oncological Applications
• Sarah Hussain
  Supervisors: Mohammad Shaheed and Lei Su
  Development of a Prosthetic Hand
• Ovais Ahmed Jaffery
  Supervisors: Caroline Roney and Gregory Slabaugh
  A Cohort of Virtual Human Atria With Personalised Electrophysiology For in-Silico Prediction of Ablation and Pharmacology Therapy Outcome
• Zhiyu Jia
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Medical Engineering, Healthcare Robotics, Wearable Smart Devices
• Jane John-Lewis
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse and Mohamed Thaha
  AI-Driven Surgical Inventory Management to Prevent Waste in Healthcare.
• Sardar Wasif Ashraf Khan
  Supervisors: Roberto Volpe and Hazel Screen
  Synthesis of Polymeric/Pyrolytic Carbons Composite Heart Valves
• Nivethitha Kota Lakshminaraasimulu
  Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch
  The Role of Proteoglycans in Vascular Smooth Muscle Mechanosensing
• Johnson Lee
  Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Marco Pensalfini
  Engineered Recombinant Strategies to Organo-Hydrogel Design With Applications From Plant-Based Foods to Tissue Engineering
• Hongguang Li
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Prototyping Cost-Effective Medical Robots
• Jiayu Li
  Supervisors: Yi Sui and Neil Cagney
  Numerical Modelling of Cancer Cells in Flows
• Ruixiang Li
  Supervisors: Steffi Krause and Thomas Iskratsch
  Investigation of Mechanobiological Sensing in Cell Spreading With Label-Free Photoelectrochemical Imaging
• Xinxin Li
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Mri-Guided Robot-Assisted Surgery and Interventions
• Zilong Li
  Supervisors: Lei Su and James Busfield
  Wearable Ultrasound Sensor
• Shijia Liu
  Supervisors: Ketao Zhang and Lei Su
  Precision Manipulation and Perception System For Horticulture Applications
• Shubo Liu
  Supervisors: Martin Knight and Stefaan Verbruggen
  The Effect of Inflammation on Chondrocyte Mechanosignalling
• Zhen Long
  Supervisors: Huasheng Wang and Yi Sui
  Experimental Investigation of Condensation and Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchanels
• Zhihao Ma
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Learning-Enhanced Mri Spinal Therapy Robot
• Anya MacLaren
  Supervisors: Tina Chowdhury and Anna David
  Healing Fetal Membranes
• Erick Martínez Acosta
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Low-Cost Tracking and AI-Enhanced Mriultrasound Fusion For Image-Guided Prostate Cancer Interventions
• Alexandros Mavromoustakos
  Supervisors: Lei Su
  Wearable Ultrasound Sensor
• Min
  Supervisors: Stoichko Dimitrov and Lei Su
  Understanding The Growth and Properties of Single Crystal Perovskite Fibres
• Semhar Misghina
  Supervisors: Caroline Roney and Steffen Petersen
  Investigating Atrial Fibrillation Disease Progression Through Uk Biobank Data Digital Twins
• Lovely Monney
  Supervisors: Martin Knight and Cleo Bishop
  Mechanical, Inflammatory, and Pharmaceutical Regulation of Cell Polarity and The Role of Primary Cilia in a Human Kidney-Organ Chip Model
• Amelia Neal
  Supervisors: Maria Fragiadaki and Thomas Iskratsch
  Coact Cdt Training Programme
• Carlos Eduardo Neri Cruz
  Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Steffi Krause
  Engineering Strategies to Rna Delivery by Surface-Initiated Polymer Brushes
• Chris Ng
  Supervisors: Silvia Marino and Julien Gautrot
  On-Demand Targeted Rna Delivery Nanotheranostics For Glioblastoma Treatment
• Linxiaohai Ning
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Magnetic Soft Robots For Interventional Application
• Jingyi Pei
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Mri-Guided Robot Assisted Surgery Using in Neurosurgery
• Fangze Peng
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse and Chinnapat Panwisawas
  Improving Targeting Accuracy in Smart Neurosurgery, An Exploration of Navigation Systems
• Sara Piccirillo
  Supervisors: Marco Pensalfini and Maria Sequeira
  Biomechanics of Scarless Wound Healing
• Thomas Placintescu
  Supervisors: Karin Hing and Myles Lewis
  Machine Learning in Prediction of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Responses to Bone Graft Substitute Structure and Local The Mechanical Environment in 3D in Vitro ‘Tissue in a Tube’ Bioreactors
• Ponce Ferral
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse and Caroline Roney
  AI-Driven Healthcare Optimisation: Improving Dermatological Pathways With a Mobile Application For Benign Lesion Detection
• Yuxuan Qi
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Digital Sensor For Cardiac Arrhythmia Management
• Saba Waqar Qureshi
  Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch and Julien Gautrot
  A Dynamic Model of Soft Tissue Integration to Dental Hard Tissue
• Abbas Khan Rayabat Khan
  Supervisors: Gregory Slabaugh and Caroline Roney
  Deep Learning-Based Cardiac Image Segmentation
• Zara Saqlan
  Supervisors: Tina Chowdhury and Anna David
  A Machine Learning Model to Predict Preterm Birth
• Hasitha Senevirathne
  Supervisors: Christopher Chapman and Marco Pensalfini
  Coact Cdt Training Programme
• Rachel Smyth
  Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch
  Investigating 3D Culture Scaffolds For Tissue-Engineered Bone Production
• Soamopriya Som
  Supervisors: Stefaan Verbruggen
  Investigating The Disruption of Invading Breast Cancer Cells
• Jessica Spencer-Dene
  Supervisors: Andrew Livingston and Julien Gautrot
  Development of a Novel Hybrid Membrane-Crystallisation Based Liquid Phase Synthesis of Tides
• Wen Qi Teoh
  Supervisors: Tsz Tse
  Inertial Measurement Unit Based Miniaturised Devices For Physiological Monitoring Using Vibrational Signals
• Karolina Tomiczek
  Supervisors: Majid Taghavi
  Electrically Responsive Smart Material For Biomedical Soft
• Pryanka Vertesi
  Supervisors: Nicolae Zabet and Thomas Iskratsch
  AI Tool to Predict Protein Phosphorylations That Are Dangerous For Cancerous Tumors
• Caterina Vidal Horrach
  Supervisors: Caroline Roney and Shohreh Honarbakhsh
  Designing Mechanism-Specific Treatment Approaches For Atrial Fibrillation Through Computational Modelling
• Jianlin Wang
  Supervisors: Ketao Zhang and Lei Su
  Computational Design and Control of Bio-Inspired Legged Systems
• Liwei Wang
  Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Ewan Main
  Design of Microporous Cell Instructive Hydrogels For Cell Therapies
• Xiangyu Wang
  Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch
  
• Xinyue Wang
  Supervisors: Lei Su and Oliver Fenwick
  Single Crystal Perovskite Optical and Electronic Devices
• Laura Webster
  Supervisors: Martin Knight and Stefaan Verbruggen
  Coact Cdt Training Programme
• Junyu Wei
  Supervisors: Lei Su
  The China Scholarship Council (Csc)
• Georgina Wherry
  Supervisors: Stefaan Verbruggen
  
• Xinyi Xu
  Supervisors: Karin Hing
  
• Yikun Zhang
  Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Hossein Heidari
  Nano-Microstructured Synthetic Cell Instructive Hydrogels For Organ-on-Chip Engineering
• Jiazhe Zhao
  Supervisors: Steffi Krause and Joseph Briscoe
  3D Photoelectrochemical Imaging
• Miao Zhao
  Supervisors: Caroline Roney
  Virtual Human Heart Models For Atrial Fibrillation Treatment
• Georgios Ziakas
  Supervisors: Martin Knight and Hazel Screen
  Development of Organ-Chip Models of The Growth Plate With Mechanical Stimulation