Group Members

 

PhD students

*    Patrick Blake (University Research Studentship) - "Microfluidic sensing devices for monitoring the immune response of patients" (co-supervised by Prof Stephen Ward, Department of Life Sciences)

*    Mehmet Ozcelik (Turkish Ministry of Education scholarship) - "Exosome-based biosensors for cancer diagnosis and prognosis" (co-supervised by Dr Sandhya Moise, Department of Chemical Engineering)

*    Louise Barnaby (University Research Studentship) - "Novel electrochemical biosensors using engineered antibody fragments for cancer companion diagnostics" (co-supervised by Dr Andrew Watts, Department of Life Sciences)

*    Meltem Agar (Turkish Ministry of Education scholarship) - "Development of molecularly imprinted polymer based sensor arrays for detection of pathogenic bacteria" (co-supervised by Dr Hannah Leese, Department of Chemical Engineering and Dr Maisem Laabei, Department of Life Sciences)

*    Josephine Aidoo-Brown (University Research Studentship) - "Electrochemical biosensors for cancer diagnostics and treatment management" (co-supervised by Dr Despina Moschou, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering)

 

MPhil students

*    Adele Chu - "Electrochemical impedance sensors for cancer cell detection" (co-supervised by Prof Sofia Pascu, Department of Chemistry)

 

Visiting PhD students

*    Khageephun Permpoka (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand), Nov 2023 - Feb 2024 / Jul - Dec 2024

 

Associate Members (co-supervised PhDs / postdocs)

*    Mia Gili - "Integrated microneedle electrode microfluidic devices for the simultaneous extraction and detection of inflammatory biomarkers" (lead supervisor: Dr Hannah Leese, Department of Chemical Engineering)

*    Evan Johns - "Portable molecularly imprinted sensors detecting per- and poly fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)" (lead supervisor: Dr Hannah Leese, Department of Chemical Engineering)

*    Antonella Naumova - "Deciphering the role of electrical signals in tissue repair" (lead supervisor: Dr David Gurevich, Department of Life Sciences; co-supervisor: Dr Scott Lovell, Department of Life Sciences)

*    Javeria Munawar - "An e-DNA probe to enable microbial source apportionment from environmental samples" (lead supervisor: Dr Tom Arnot, Department of Chemical Engineering; co-supervisor: Prof Edward Feil, Department of Life Sciences)

*    Alex Simmons - "Chemistry approaches to assembling new imaging and sensing metalloprobes" (lead supervisor: Prof Sofia Pascu, Department of Chemistry; co-supervisor: Dr Charareh Pourzand, Department of Life Sciences)

*    Soraia Oliveira - "Development of a low-cost microfluidic transducer for electric noise diagnostics of bacterial infections in low resource settings" (lead supervisor: Dr Nuno Reis, Department of Chemical Engineering; co-supervisor: Dr Brian Jones, Department of Life Sciences)

*    Joao Santos - "NanoSense: Nanomaterial printed electronics for advanced, low-cost on-body health monitoring" (lead supervisor: Dr Matthew Cole, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering)

 

Previous members

Postdocs:

*    Dr Razieh Salimian - "Development of an on-demand sensor and monitoring technology based on switchable nanobodies for cell therapy bioprocessing"

*    Dr Shu Jiang - "Developing resilient nations - Towards a public health early warning system via urban water profiling" (ReNEW)

*    Dr Sunil Arya (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow) - "Portable electrochemical assay system for on-chip quantitative estimation of bladder cancer biomarkers in real samples (BlaC E-assay)", Oct 2015 - Sep 2017 [now at Gwent Group Ltd, Sun Chemical Corporation]

*    Dr Pawan Jolly (Research Assistant), Jul - Sep 2016 [now at Wyss Institute @ Harvard University]

*    Dr Nikhil Bhalla (Research Assistant), Oct - Dec 2015 [now at Ulster University]

*    Dr Nello Formisano (Research Assistant), Jul - Sep 2015 [now at University of Maastricht]

*    Dr Anna Miodek (Research Associate), Dec 2013 - Jun 2014 / Jan - Oct 2015 [now at Paris-Sud University]

*    Dr Zhugen Yang (SEWPROF Marie Curie Fellow) - "Multichannel biosensors for human biomarkers" (lead supervisor Prof Chris Frost; co-supervisor Dr Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Department of Chemistry), Oct 2013 - Sep 2015 [now at Cranfield University]

*    Dr Shrey Pathak (Research Associate), Apr 2012 - Apr 2015 [now at HGF Ltd]

*    Dr Edward Regan (Research Officer), May 2012 - Dec 2013 [now at Illumina Inc]

*    Dr Tony Graham (Senior Research Officer), Apr - Jun 2011 [now at Dialog Semiconductor plc]

 

PhDs:

*    Katarzyna Bialas (Whorrod PhD Studentship) - "Diagnostic sensors for HIV management in low-resource settings" (co-supervised by Dr Despina Moschou, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering and Prof Mark Lindsay, Department of Life Sciences), 2023

*    Joshua Rainbow (NERC CDT in Freshwater Biosciences and Sustainability) - "Integrated biosensing platform for waterborne pathogen detection: Improving public health", 2023 [now at Harvard Medical School]

*    Serife Ustuner (EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies) - "Electrochemical detection of microRNAs for cancer diagnosis" (co-supervised by Prof Chris Frost, Department of Chemistry and Prof Mark Lindsay, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology), 2020 [now at Paragraf Ltd]

*    Jahnavi Jha (University Research Studentship) - "Multiplexed biosensors for drug discovery applications" (co-supervised by Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo, Department of Chemical Engineering), 2019

*    Caleb Wong - "A study of multichannel open circuit potentiometry in biosensor applications" (co-supervised by Dr Chris Clarke, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering), 2018 [now at Heriot-Watt University]

*    Jules Hammond - "Micro- and nanogap based biosensors" (co-supervised by Prof Frank Marken, Department of Chemistry), 2017 [now at BeFC SAS]

*    Pawan Jolly (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow) - "Oligonucleotide-based biosensors for the detection of prostate cancer biomarkers"; 2016 [now at Wyss Institute @ Harvard University]

*    Nello Formisano - "A study on the optimization of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy biosensors", 2015 [now at University of Maastricht]

*    Nikhil Bhalla - "Biosensors for drug discovery applications" (co-supervised by Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo, Department of Chemical Engineering and Dr Giordano Pula, Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology), 2015 [now at Ulster University]

 

MPhil:

*    Pavel Zhurauski (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow) - "Electrochemical detection of cancer biomarkers"; Mar 2015 - Feb 2017 [now at Medline Scientific Ltd]

 

Research assistants:

*    Nathan Routledge (Nov 2020 - Jul 2021)

 

Research students/fellows:

*    Angel Cascarino (University Research Studentship, Oct 2020 - Sep 2021)

*    Davide Musardo (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, Sep 2014 - Feb 2015)

*    Sarah Rafiee (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, Sep 2013 - Aug 2014)

 

MRes students:

*    Emily Taylor (EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies, 2017) - "Electrochemical aptasensors for water monitoring"

*    Serife Ustuner (EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies, 2016) - "Surface immobilisation of nucleic acid analogues for the detection of microRNAs"

 

Visiting researchers:

*    Dr Zhen Li (Nanjing Institute of Industry Technology, China; Jiangsu Overseas Visiting Scholar Program for University Prominent Young and Middle-Aged Teachers and Presidents, Feb-Nov 2020)

*    Dr Paulo Bueno (Sao Paulo State University - Araraquara, Brazil; University of Bath/FAPESP SPRINT Programme, Oct 2018 / Jan 2020)

*    Ana Diaz Fernandez (University of Oviedo, Spain - visiting postgraduate student; Sep-Dec 2019)

*    Dr Jose Sebastian Cisneros (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina; Jul-Sep 2019)

*    Sumit Singh (National Dairy Research Institute, India - visiting postgraduate student; Newton-Bhabha PhD Placement Grant, Apr-Jul 2019)

*    Dr Monidipa Gosh (National Institute of Technology Durgapur; May 2019)

*    Eliska Sedlackova (Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic - visiting postgraduate student; Aug-Nov 2018)

*    Conlathan Ibau (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia - visiting postgraduate student; Newton Mobility Grant, Feb-Jun 2018)

*    Dr Khairuddin Md Arshad (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia; Newton Mobility Grant, Feb 2018)

*    Naveen Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India - visiting postgraduate student; Newton-Bhabha PhD Placement Grant, Jun-Sep 2017)

*    Dr Pawan Joly (Oct 2016 - May 2017)

*    Marzhan Sypabekova (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan - visiting postgraduate student; Newton Researcher Links Travel Grant, Jun-Sep 2016)

*    Prof Marcelo Mulato (University of Sao Paulo - Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; University of Bath/FAPESP SPRINT Programme, Mar 2016 / Jun 2016 / Apr 2017)

*    Marina Batistuti (University of Sao Paulo - Ribeirao Preto, Brazil - visiting postgraduate student, Oct 2015 - Jan 2016)

*    Nima Aliakbarinodehi (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne - secondment, 2015)

*    Dr Janet Lim (Universiti Putra Malaysia; Wighton Titular Fellowship in Engineering - Association of Commonwealth Universities, 2015)

*    Xiaoling Lu (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern - secondment, 2015)

*    Ioulia Tzouvadaki (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne - secondment, 2015)

*    Julia Zapatero (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, Dublin City University - secondment, 2015)

*    Pavel Damborsky (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, Slovak Academy of Sciences - secondment, 2015)

*    Stefan Belicky (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, Slovak Academy of Sciences - secondment, 2014 & 2015)

*    Dr Susana Liebana (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, Applied Enzyme Technology Ltd - secondment, 2015)

*    Dr Narayanan Srinivasan (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies - secondment, 2014)

*    Dipti Rani (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern - secondment, 2014)

*    Vibha Tamboli (PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellow, Cardiff University - secondment, 2014)

 

Visiting project students / Internships:

*    Tony Pow (CBio internship, 2024) - "Multi-modal flow sensing for single cell fingerprinting"

*    Joan Queralto Torras (CBio internship, 2024) - "Multiplex mycotoxin biosensors for improved food security and surveillance"

*    Harry Revill-Campton (MSc Biosciences, 2024) - "Multi-modal flow sensing for single cell fingerprinting"

*    Ibtihal Hezili (University of Lille, 2023) - "Impedance biosensor for prostate cancer diagnosis and monitoring"

*    Harshita Tangella (University of Bath, 2022) - "Microfluidic BioFET sensing"

*    Leandre Fourcade (Erasmus+, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 2022) - "Portable device for cancer diagnostics: PCB layout and microfluidics"

*    Guillaume Sannet (Erasmus+, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 2022) - "Portable device for cancer diagnostics: multiplexing"

*    Tony Pow (University of Bath, 2021)

*    Connor Flynn (University of New Brunswick, Canada, 2020) - " Development of a comprehensive HIV management system"

*    Nans Jardel (Erasmus+, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 2019) - "Development of a microchip for prostate cancer diagnosis"

*    Mafalda Ribeiro (University of Bath, 2018) - "User interface for a Quartz Crystal Microbalance system"

*    Claudia Ferreira (Erasmus+, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2017) - "Development of field-effect transistor-based biosensors"

*    Bryony Hayes (Erasmus+, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2017) - "Development of electrochemical impedance-based biosensors"

*    Ben Febvre (University of Bath, 2017) - "Development of aptamer-based sandwich immunoassays"

*    Zihua Yang (Capital Normal University, China, 2016)

*    Joshua Rainbow (Bath Spa University, 2016)

*    Natascha Hey (Erasmus+, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, 2014): "DNA-based electrochemical sensors using novel biomolecular modifications"

*    Julia Schmitz (Erasmus+, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, 2014): "Microfluidic structures for CMOS-based electrochemical biosensor arrays"

*    Menelaos Demetriou (University of Bath, 2013)

 

MSc projects:

*    Fahad Peerzada (MSc Robotics, 2023) - "LEGO Fluidics: developing plug-and-play microfluidic structures"

*    Aniket Singh Siwatch (MSc Robotics, 2023) - "Rapid measurement of COVID-19 amplification tests"

*    Joshua Rainbow (MSc Biosciences, 2018; lead supervisor: Dr Stefan Bagby, Department of Biology & Biochemistry)

 

Final year projects:

*    Peter Burland (MEng, 2024) - "Abiotic fuel cells for wearable self-powered sensing and drug delivery"

*    Daniel Crees (MEng, 2024) - "Electrochemical amperometric sensors for cancer diagnostics"

*    Sharne Fernandes (BEng, 2024) - "Dead or alive? Electronic fingerprinting of cancer cells"

*    Eugene Jeffries (BEng, 2024) - "Chopping down DNA"

*    Luke Sage (BEng, 2024) - "Dead or alive? Electronic fingerprinting of cancer cells"

 

*    Jan Fitzgibbon (MEng, 2023) - "Counting bacteria and viruses with a transistor"

*    Mike Jim (BEng, 2023) - "Sensors for water quality: (bio)chemical oxygen demand"

*    Harry Revill-Campton (BEng, 2023) - "A prototype for a portable low-cost cancer diagnostic device"

*    Theo Stavrou (BEng, 2023) - "Online biosensors for organ-on-chip applications"

 

*    Ramy Elabbadi (MEng, 2022) - "Can we count bacteria and viruses in a flow device?"

*    Lydia Walkley-Bartlett (MEng, 2022) - "An automated COVID-19 RNA separation system"

*    Sam Everson-Crane (BEng, 2022) - "A prototype for a portable low-cost cancer diagnostic device"

*    Charles Goodliffe (BEng, 2022) - "Rapid measurement of COVID-19 amplification tests"

*    Oliver Williams (BEng, 2022) - "An array of pH sensors for organ-on-chip applications towards a bionic chip"

 

*    Joe Coleman (MEng, 2021) - "Sensors for water quality: (bio)chemical oxygen demand"

*    Zeynep Aydin (BEng, 2021) - "Can we count bacteria in a flow device?"

*    Johannes Halbach (BEng, 2021) - "A portable potentiostat for impedance sensors: developing a lab-in-a-briefcase for water monitoring"

*    Muhammad Hussain (BEng, 2021) - "An array of pH sensors for organ-on-chip applications: towards a bionic chip"

 

*    Chris Bonnick (MEng, 2020) - "A portable device to test water quality"

*    Ines Quaresma (MEng, 2020) - "A device to electrically ′break′ pathogens"

*    Nathan Routledge (MEng, 2020) - "Separation of DNA in a microfluidic channel: a new tool for cancer diagnosis"

*    Tong Niu (BEng, 2020) - "Can we count bacteria in a flow device?"

 

*    Umi Bunwit (MEng, 2019) - "Separation of microparticles in a microfluidic channel: a new tool for cancer diagnosis"

*    Alexander Kyriakides (MEng, 2019) - "A device to electrically break pathogens"

*    Sahand Kaveh (BEng, 2019) - "A Tesla coil to move nanomaterials for water purification applications"

*    Jonathan Vincent (BEng, 2019) - "Use of magnetic beads for isolation of cells: towards effective HIV detection"

 

*    Jonan Seah (BEng, 2018) - "A portable electrochemical impedance sensor for water monitoring: Lab-in-a-briefcase"

*    Damyan Tilev (BEng, 2018) - "Use of magnetic beads for isolation of cells"

 

*    Laura Brown (MEng, 2017) - " Patterned nanostructures for biosensing using localised surface plasmon resonance"

*    Wentian Guo (MEng, 2017) - " Interdigitated electrodes with microgaps for biosensing applications"

*    Olumide Sanwo-Olu (BEng, 2017) - "3D printed scaffolds for microfluidic devices"

 

*    Michael Vasdekis (BEng, 2016): "An innovative chip for rapid drug discovery"

 

*    Leroy Grob (MEng, 2015): "Miniaturised potentiostat for electrochemical biosensing"

*    Jawad Irfan (MEng, 2015): "Modelling the electrode/electrolyte interface for biosensors"

*    Sam Lo (MEng, 2015): "Light addressable potentiometric biosensors"

*    Adam Anker (BEng, 2015): "Printed field-effect transistors for biosensing applications"

*    Yousef Chahien (BEng, 2015): "Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies for drug discovery applications"

 

*    David Hoare (MEng project, 2014): "Localised surface plasmon resonance for nanoparticle-based biosensors"

*    Georgia Xenofontos (MEng project, 2014): "Contact angle measuring system for biosensing applications"

*    Nikitas Mansour-Sayegh (BEng project, 2014): "Microfluidic flow cell with integrated temperature sensor for biosensors"

 

*    Ioannis Anastasi (MEng project, 2013): "Comparative analysis of electro wetting actuation for lab-on-a-chip biosensing applications"

*    Jules Hammond (MEng project, 2013): "Localized surface plasmon resonance technique for medical diagnostics"

*    Liam Ray (MEng project, 2013): "Magnetic nanoparticle detection for biosensing applications"

*    Gavin Xu (MEng project, 2013): "Microfluidic devices for coupling with MOSFET biosensor arrays"

*    Abhishek Gokhale (BEng project, 2013): "Use of gold nanoparticles in electrochemical impedance biosensing measurements"

 

*    Cheuk Wan (MEng project, 2012): "Sensors for environmental and defence applications"

*    Long Ding (BEng project, 2012): "Oxygen plasma cleaner instrumentation for micro and nanofabrication"

*    Robert Jenkins (BEng project, 2012): "Investigation of metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors in biosensor systems"

*    Jie Luo (BEng project, 2012): "Equivalent circuits for biologically-sensitive field-effect transistors"

*    Hussein Osman (BEng project, 2012): "Automation of biosensor measurement instrumentation"

*    Xin Yang (BEng project, 2012): "Biosensors for sports performance monitoring"

 

*    Marc Schirmer (MEng project, 2011): "Development of nanobiosensor arrays with carbon nanotubes"

*    Caleb Wong (MEng project, 2011): "Differential voltage instrumentation for potentiometric biosensor arrays"

*    Kylie Khang (BEng project, 2011): "Impedance sensors for detection of contraction of cells"

 

*    Alexis Petridis (BEng project, 2010): "Differential voltage instrumentation for potentiometric biosensor arrays"

 

*    Manos Kolaitis (BEng project, 2009): "Differential voltage instrumentation for potentiometric biosensors"