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Research staff

Name	Research discipline
Atom (Yuan-Chi) Chang	Energy and Decarbonisation
Jayden Chen	Advanced Functional Materials
Xinwei Guan	Energy and Decarbonisation
Jincheol Kim	Energy and Decarbonisation
Alexander Kroh	Signal, Semiconductor and Photonics
Dhanuska Kudathanthirige	Signal, Semiconductor and Photonics
Zeheng Lin	Energy and Decarbonisation
Steven Ly	Biomedical Technologies
Andre Mazzanti	Signal, Semiconductor and Photonics
Miya Mehdizadeh	Energy and Decarbonisation
Ian Ososkov	Signal, Semiconductor and Photonics
Syed Nazmus Sakib	Energy and Decarbonisation
Guozheng Shi	Energy and Decarbonisation
Yuming Wu	Energy and Decarbonisation
Doudou Zhang

PhD candidates

Candidate name	Supervisor	Thesis title
Abdelrahman Abushanab	Dr Vanissorn Vimonsatit	Sustainable recycled aggregate concrete with basalt fibers and fly ash: Mechanical, durability, and applications in RC elements
Behrouz Aghajanloo	Dr Christopher Pastras	Bridging the gap: Using a mouse model of EH to understand human MD
Parvees Ahamed	Professor Yijiao Jiang	Electrochemical CO2 conversion using metal phthalocyaninebased catalyst
Owais Ahmad	Professor Shujuan Huang	Development of hybrid perovskite materials and their application in highly efficient perovskite solar cells (single and multiple junction-based) on flexible substrates.
Mst Zobaida Akter	Associate Professor Shaokoon Cheng	Development of a bioprinted 3D lung-on-a-chip for high-throughput disease modeling and drug screening
Faezeh Arshadi	Dr Christopher Pastras	A preclinical investigation into the cause of vertigo attacks in Meniere’s disease
Minghan Bao	Professor Rouzbeh Abbassi	Developing a risk-based methodology for co-locating offshore aquaculture and renewable energy system
Danial Bavi	Dr Sourabh Khandelwal	Modelling and analysing the power electronic devices including SiC and GaN semiconductors
WonSeok Chae	Professor Shujuan Huang	Nanoscale mechanical, chemical and electrical properties analysis of halide perovskites for solar cell applications
Vu Hoang Thang Chau	Associate Professor Ediz Cetin	Hardware implementation of a wideband laser heterodyne radiometer
Zhaoyu Chen	Dr Yiqing Lu	Research on the application of multi-conjugate adaptive optics for real-time imaging in fluorescence microscopy
Sandhuli Hettiarachchi Dehigaspitiya	Professor Shujuan Huang	Development of high light emission Pb-free quantum dots for luminescent solar concentrators
Yadvender Singh Dhillon	Associate Professor Ediz Cetin	Laser heterodyne radiometer miniaturisation towards future spaceflight
Zeinab Esmaelli	Dr Fatemeh Salehi	Analysis and optimisation of a biomass pyrolysis process: A data-driven approach
Hamza EL Etri	Professor Rouzbeh Abbassi	The application of machine learning for structural analysis and design optimisation
Mahsa Esfandiari	Dr Asadniaye Fard Jahromi Mohsen	Developing miniaturised electrochemical sensors for potassium and calcium monitoring in biomedical applications
Emanuele Fanesi	Professor Clark Simon	Deep Earth perspectives on hydrogen storage
Alireza Gholamhoseini	Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri	Design and optimisation of heat-Mapping pressure sensors for real-time body movement analysis and healthcare monitoring
Kaveh Ghouchani	Professor Rouzbeh Abbassi	The application of machine learning techniques for pavement condition evaluation
Melissa Gorman	Professor Mahon Simon	Advance packaging techniques in MMIC design for industry applications
Youyuan Guo	Professor Jiang Yijiao	Photocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide
Jonghoon Han	Professor Shujuan Huang	Development of a perovskite solar cell precursor using non-toxic solvents
Md. Rezanul Haque	Professor Amanullah Maung Than Oo	Solar PV integrated electric vehicle charging system: Impact assessment and control for V2G and G2V modes with grid support capability
Mohsen Heidari	Dr Mohsen Asadniaye	MOF-enhanced electrochemical tattoo sensors for chronic wound monitoring
Juthamas Hongoeb	Professor Subhas Mukhopadhyay	Development of aptasensor-based devices for investigating hazardous herbicides and early biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease
Sayed Sajid Hussain	Dr Fatemeh Salehi	A risk-based approach to using hydrogen in maritime vessels
Rofida Hussien	Professor Noushin Nasiri	2D nanostructured metal-oxide sensors for environmental monitoring: Selective gas sensing and UV-detection
Farzana Iqbal	Dr Golnaz Alipour Esgandani	Soil stabilisation using Colloidal Silica (CS) and Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation (EICP)
Md Rajibul Islam	Dr Ghanbari-Ghazijahani Tohid	Innovative machine learning methods for characterising composite structures
Parinaz Jabbari	Dr Yiqing Lu	Microfluidic hydrogel microparticles for drug delivery
Muhammad Nohman Javed	Hazer Inaltekin
Siva Sankari Jeyabalan	Dr Bandita Mainali	Defluorination of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from aqueous solution via piezo-photocatalysis approach
Yue Jiang	Professor Mohsen Asadniaye	Leveraging reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for sustainable 6G wireless networks
Ali Kazemi	Dr Vanissorn Vimonsatit	Cracks in concrete reinforced structures using miniaturised sensors
Mahsa Khalili	Dr Asadniaye Fard Jahromi Mohsen	Application of 3D printing technology in bone tissue engineering: A focus on cranioplasty
Ziba Khalilipalandi	Dr Fatemeh Salehi	Development of CFD model for the assessment of hydrogen safety
Motahare Khorrami	Dr Christopher Pastras	Developing a proteomics platform to pinpoint triggers and pathways of inner ear disease
Abhishek Kunnathparambilkizhakkethil	Dr Zhang Doudou	Stand-alone zero-gap photoelectrochemical electrolyzer for ammonia synthesis

Candidate name	Supervisor	Thesis title
Gert de Leeuw	Dr Fatemeh Salehi	Gas pockets in wastewater rising mains and their effect on transient pressures during sub atmospheric pressure conditions
David Lesmana	Dr Asadniaye Fard Jahromi Mohsen	Next Generation microsphere production utilising novel unconventional method
Guohao Li	Professor Jiang Yijiao	Synergistic effect of cobalt-iron porphyrin electrocatalysts in CO2 reduction
Yusheng Li	Professor Jiang Yijiao	Studies on synthesis and applications of polymer/metal-organic framework composites and derivative materials from plastic waste
Xiaqing Lin	Dr Yiqing Lu	Investigating bone cancer pain related to Wnt/PCP signaling pathway with advanced imaging technology
Yuxiao Ling	Associate Professor Shaokoon Cheng	Efficient powder-air interaction indexes to describe the dispersion of dry powders for respiratory infections
Mengxin Liu	Professor Yijiao Jiang	Rational design of substituted cobalt phthalocyanines for stable and efficient CO2 electroreduction via electronic structure engineering
Nour Manafikhi	Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri	Enhancement of UV sensors via application of ZrO2 thin films via PE-CVD
Mohammad Amin Fathollah Maghsoudi	Dr Asadniaye Fard Jahromi Mohsen	Advancing nanomaterials for improved wound dressings
Jade Mansell	Dr Christopher Pastras	Elucidating mechanisms of inner ear dysfunction to advance therapeutic and device development
Sithumini Sankalpana Mawella Kankanamge	Dr Cetin Ediz	The utilisation of radio environment in cognitive radio network technology applied to satellite communication systems
Mokhinabonu Mardonova	Dr Mainali Bandita	Acid and metalliferous drainage: Managing the surface water pollution risks of historical gold mining run-off – data-driven approach
Hafiz Muhammad Mehdi	Professor Amanullah Maung Than Oo	Modeling, simulation and control of renewable power system
Yuxin Mi	Professor Shujuan Huang	Enhancing perovskite/Si tandem solar cells via mitigating bandgap mismatch at the interface
Sakura Mukhopadhyay	Dr Taghizadeh Foad	Studies on battery driven locomotives: A comprehensive approach for next generation of modern railways
Adnin Tazrih Natasha	Dr Sara Deilami	Renewable based microgrid
David Niven	Professor Simon Mahon	Intermodulation distortion in GaN stackfet microwave amplifiers
Madura Hasaranga Oruwalage	Dr Vanissorn Vimonsatit	Engineering sustainable solutions: Concrete innovations for mine backfilling
Geethanjali Pai	Professor Subhas Mukhopadhyay	Bio-adaptive yarns for infant sleep environments
Hoang Phuc Phan	Professor Mohsen Asadniaye	Characteristics of pressure sensor ar-rays for posture monitoring during sleep
Leo Poon	Professor Simon Mahon	Design of a highly survivable and fast recovering low noise amplifier on a Gallium Nitride (GaN) process
Kimia Hamouleh Kheirollah Pour	Professor Iain Collings	Two-dimensional DOA estimation for coprime and multi-frequency planar array
Shiva Quick	Professor Rouzbeh Abbassi	Fabricating multifunctional battery separators for enhanced safety and performance in lithium-ion batteries
Md. Harun Or Rashid	Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri	Targeted therapy for cancer patients using polymeric nanoparticles loaded with anticancer drugs
Shunping Ren	Golnaz Alipour Esgandani
Marziyeh Ghasemi Rozveh	Dr Ghanbari-Ghazijahani Tohid	Application of advanced sensing technologies for real-time monitoring of steel structures
Meer Shadman Saeed	Professor Subhas Mukhopadhyay	Hybrid centralised–decentralised control in ant-inspired swarm robotics for cooperative transport and autonomous structure formation
Ilyas Saleem	Professor Subhas Mukhopadhyay	Single-pixel chaotic cavity bandwidth control using Rotman lens-based multiplexer/demultiplexer
Abtahi Sara	Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri	Designing a novel bioactive membrane for guided bone regeneration
Sonam Sharma	Dr Christopher Pastras	Creating a sense of balance – Enhancing stimulation of vestibular tissues
Brady Shearan	Professor Subhas Mukhopadhyay	Smart sensing of household water supply contaminants
Subik Shrestha	Dr Vanissorn Vimonsatit	A data-driven approach to construction-ready structural design optimisation
Zachary Stosic	Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri	Molecular dynamics study of particle sintering
Harish Kumar Srivastava	Professor Simon Clark	The use of low emissions construction materials for the de-carbonisation of the construction industry
Luke Taglini	Associate Professor Noushin Nasiri	Enhancing methane detection using metal-organic frameworks: Optimising sensing layers and integrative approaches for improved sensitivity and selectivity
Tan Phat Vo	Professor Clark Simon	Development of a bioreactor for sustainable phosphorus and REE recovery from monazite sand
Sebin Sebastian Xavier	Dr Simon Gross	Design and fabrication of a 9 telescopes visible beam combiner by ultrafast laser inscription, for the FIRST/SUBARU instrument
Xiaohan Wang	Dr Yiqing Lu	Development of dynamic fluorescence imaging method for in vivo analysis of nanomaterial metabolism
Yizhou Wang	Associate Professor Shaokoon Cheng	Sensor-integrated organ-on-chip systems for drug discovery
Liye Yang	Associate Professor Shaokoon Cheng	Synthesis and characterisation of a novel bio-active targeted nanomaterials and application study using organ on a chip model
Qiwei Yang	Professor Iain Collings	Coverage optimisation from a heterogeneous non-terrestrial network
Arsalan Yawar	Associate Professor Fatemeh Salehi	Development of efficient latent thermal energy storage systems
Matthew Young	Dr Shojaii Jafar	Towards multi-objective EDA algorithms for radiation and side-channel aware physical design
Mohammad Nasrat Zaqumi	Professor Subhas Mukhopadhyay	Investigation of near-field phase transformation for resonant cavity antenna
Yujie Zhu	Professor Mohsen Asadniaye	Design and development of novel electrochemical sensors for water quality monitoring