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PhD Students

Khadija Akhundova
Supervisors: Julien Gautrot
Developing Bioactive Fatty Acid Emulsions
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
Sri Sai Roshan Reddy Atluri
Supervisors: Shaheer Saeed
AI For Cancer Detection From Medical Images
Jacob Balangtaa
Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Helena Azevedo
Tuning The Mechanical Properties of Liquid Interfaces Using Molecularly Engineered Self-Assembling Peptide Amphiphiles
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
Development of a Machine Learning-Assisted Pipeline For Prostate Localisation and Volume Estimation For Prostate-Specific Antigen Density Calculation in Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Workflows
Catrin Bevan
Supervisors: Hazel Screen and Martin Knight
Engineering Novel Biomimetic Microenvironments to Guide Heterogenous Tendon Cell Differentiation Towards Organ-Chip System Development
Mia Bovis
Supervisors: Timothy Hopkins and Martin Knight
Coact Cdt Training Programme
Monica Calderon Ortega
Supervisors: Hazel Screen and Martin Knight
The Role of Tendon Cell Subpopulation Crosstalk in Regulating Response to Physiological and Pathological Microenvironmental Factors
Mackenzie Cannon
Supervisors: Martin Knight and Timothy Hopkins
Coact Cdt Training Programme
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 and Maria Castro
Design of Next Generation Rna Delivery Vectors
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-Synovium Interface
Alexandra Collisson
Supervisors: Christopher Chapman
Amy Coulson
Supervisors: Tina Chowdhury and Ruairi Robertson
Vaginal Probiotics For Reproductive Health: Microbiome Organ-Chip
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
Biomechanics of The Amniotic Membrane With Maternal Ageing, Gestation and Disease Severity.
Joshua Cutter
Supervisors: Hazel Screen and Martin Knight
Development of a Vascularised Muscle-Tendon Inflammation-on-a-Chip Model
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 and Julia Shelton
Predicting Bone Healing and Risk in Multiple Myeloma Patients
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
Tissue in a Tube Bioreactor Screening of Bioresorbable Composites For Bone Repair
Sofia Fale Habib
Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch and Paul Evans
An Artery-on-a-Chip Model to Investigate The Communication Between Different Arterial Cell Types
Yunpeng Fang
Supervisors: Steffi Krause
The Influence of Fluid Shear on Cell Adhesion Investigated With Photoelectrochemical Imaging (Pei) and Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (Sicm)
Sen Feng
Supervisors: Mohammad Shaheed and Wen Wang
Optimal Control of Sustainable Energy Systems
Victoria Ferdinand
Supervisors: Paul Evans and Thomas Iskratsch
Developing Artery on a Chip Technology to Identify Patients With Life-Threatening Heart Disease
Lissett Fernández-Giles
Supervisors: Maria Alonso-rasgado and Colin Bailey
Nvestigation Into The Use of Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy in Revision For Total Hip Arthroplasty
Binawei Gbamila
Supervisors: Shaheer Saeed
Data-Efficient AI For Cancer Detection From Medical Images
Joel Gunn
Supervisors: Maria Castro and Julien Gautrot
Coact Cdt Training Programme
Dilara Güntürkün
Supervisors: Christian Nielsen and Steffi Krause
Backbone Engineering of New Materials For Organic Electronics
Mengxi Han
Supervisors: Yi Sui and Wen Wang
Mechanical Modelling and Characterisation of Cells in Suspension.
Seok Han
Supervisors: Andrew Livingston and Julien Gautrot
Advanced Polyether Ether Ether Ketone Membranes For Sustainable Industrial Separations: From Scalable Fabrication to Surface Engineering and Application
Eisha Hashmi
Supervisors: Stefaan Verbruggen and Julia Shelton
Investigating Bone Cell Mechanosensitivity in Breast and Prostate Cancer Patients
Yang He
Supervisors: Josephine Wu and Karin Hing
Biomanufacturing and Fusion of Human Ipsc-Derived Microtissue Building Blocks For Cartilage Tissue Engineering
Kayla Heyward
Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Paolo Gallipoli
Engineering of Adipose Bone Marrow Niches of Acute Myeloid Leukemia For Safety and Efficacy Testing
Yijiang Hu
Supervisors: Tsz Tse
Needle-Based Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies For Oncological Applications
Ryan Irving
Supervisors: Lei Su
Intelligent Instrumentation
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 Carbon Composite Heart Valves
Nivethitha Kota Lakshminaraasimulu
Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch
Flow Induced Phenotypic Switching in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Christian Langridge
Supervisors: Julien Gautrot
Tabgrn: a Multi-Task Tabular Transformer For (Etc.)
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
Flow-Induced Deformation of Eukaryotic Cells in Microchannels
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
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 and Roberto Volpe
Real–Time, Learning–Enhanced Mri–Guided Robotic Injections For Targeted Spinal Cellular Therapy.
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: Marco Pensalfini 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
Jules Monteleone
Supervisors: Hazel Screen and Nidal Khatib
Coact Cdt Training Programme
Amelia Neal
Supervisors: Maria Fragiadaki and Thomas Iskratsch
Generation and Testing of a Cutting-Edge Organ-on-a-Chip Technology For Polycystic Kidney Disease
Chris Ng
Supervisors: Silvia Marino and Julien Gautrot
Rna Delivery Nanotherapeutics For Glioblastoma Treatment
Linxiaohai Ning
Supervisors: Tsz Tse
Magnetic Soft Robots For Interventional Application
Cynthia Nwanna
Supervisors: Caroline Roney and Patricia Munroe
Multi-Scale Electromechanical Cardiac Digital Twins: From Genetics to Organ Scale Predictions
Sofiat Onafuwa
Supervisors: Josephine Wu
Engineering Light-Responsive Cartilage
Weizhen Pan
Supervisors: Hazel Screen
Muscle–Tendon Organ-Chip Models of Menopause-Related Injury
Xiaoyu Pang
Supervisors: Karin Hing
3D in Vitro Model For Orthobiologic Screening of Human Bone
Stacie Parr
Supervisors: Nidal Khatib and Hazel Screen
Coact Cdt Training Programme
Nazeerah Patel
Supervisors: Josephine Wu and Stefaan Verbruggen
Coact Cdt Training Programme
Jingyi Pei
Supervisors: Tsz Tse and Ketao Zhang
Smart Medical Devices For Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatment
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
Smart Medical Devices For Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatment
Saba Waqar Qureshi
Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch and Julien Gautrot
A Dynamic Model of Soft Tissue Integration to Dental Hard Tissue
Eliza Rodgers
Supervisors: Claire Villette
Multi-Physics Computational Model of Cancer Dormancy in Bone
Leandros Saliou
Supervisors: Julien Gautrot and Patrick Pallier
Coact Cdt Training Programme
Zara Saqlan
Supervisors: Tina Chowdhury and Anna David
A Machine Learning Model to Predict Preterm Birth
Hasitha Senevirathne
Supervisors: Christopher Chapman and Marco Pensalfini
Biosensor Functionalised Organ-Chip Platforms For Improved Versatility of Predictive in Vitro Models
Rachel Smyth
Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch
Investigating 3D Culture Scaffolds For Tissue-Engineered Bone Production
Jessica Sohl
Supervisors: Claire Villette and Stefaan Verbruggen
Coact Cdt Training Programme
Soamopriya Som
Supervisors: Stefaan Verbruggen and Oliver Pearce
Mechanistic Dissection of Breast Cancer– Osteogenic Niche Interactions
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 and Christopher Chapman
Electrically Responsive Polymers For Variable Stiffness Structures
Pryanka Vertesi
Supervisors: Nicolae Zabet and Thomas Iskratsch
Using Explainable Artificial Intelligence to Investigate The Role of Histone Markers and Transcription Factor Binding Sites on Enhancer Detection
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 and Qingzhong Xiao
Unravelling The Hypertensive Pressure Dependent Nuclear Mechanosignalling as Driver For Atherosclerosis
Xinyue Wang
Supervisors: Lei Su and Oliver Fenwick
Single Crystal Perovskite Optical and Electronic Devices
Yipeng Wang
Supervisors: Kaspar Althoefer and Lei Su
Haptic Sensing For Cancer Diagnosis During Mis
You Wang
Supervisors: Wen Wang and Caroline Roney
Laura Webster
Supervisors: Martin Knight and Stefaan Verbruggen
A Multi-Organ Model For Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone and Liver
Junyu Wei
Supervisors: Lei Su
The China Scholarship Council (Csc)
Georgina Wherry
Supervisors: Stefaan Verbruggen and Julien Gautrot
An Organ-on-a-Chip Model of Osteosarcoma to Explore Chemoresistance
Harry White
Supervisors: Christopher Chapman and Agnes Nishimura
Coact Cdt Training Programme
Yeli Xia
Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch and Christopher Chapman
Coact Cdt Training Programme
Xinyi Xu
Supervisors: Karin Hing and Simon Rawlinson
Mechanically Regulated Production of Soluble Mediators From Periodontal Ligament Cells: Reducing Orthodontically Induced Inflammatory Root Resorption
Xintong You
Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch
Haoyuan Zhang
Supervisors: Thomas Iskratsch and Patricia Munroe
China Scholarship Council
Ziwei Zhang
Supervisors: Julien Gautrot
2025 Sems Csc Gautrot/
Jiazhe Zhao
Supervisors: Steffi Krause and Joseph Briscoe
3D Photoelectrochemical Imaging in Porous Electrodes
Miao Zhao
Supervisors: Shaheer Saeed and Gregory Slabaugh
Generative Modelling For Scalable and Representative Cardiac in Silico Trial Cohorts
Zepeng Zhong
Supervisors: Lei Su
Medical Technology
Georgios Ziakas
Supervisors: Martin Knight and Hazel Screen
Investigating Mechanical Strain Fields and Their Biological Effects in 2D and 3D Organ-on-a-Chip Models[