Meet the Team - PhD Students

Kieran Sparkes

Kieran's PhD project aims to elucidate the topology of fetal cell free DNA and to translate this knowledge into better non-invasive prenatal testing.

Dan Yan

Dan's PhD project aims to enable the delivery of therapeutic mRNAs and miRNAs to stromal cells, with applications in oncology and cardiovascular medicine.

Jalil Charmi

Jalil's PhD project aims to develop a theranostic approach to radiosensitise tumours, leveraging the FerroTrace core technology.

Tesi Liu

Dan's PhD project aims to enable the delivery of therapeutic mRNAs and miRNAs to stromal cells, with applications in oncology and cardiovascular medicine.

Asad Feroze

Dan's PhD project aims to enable the delivery of therapeutic mRNAs and miRNAs to stromal cells, with applications in oncology and cardiovascular medicine.

Jaco VanRoyen

Dan's PhD project aims to enable the delivery of therapeutic mRNAs and miRNAs to stromal cells, with applications in oncology and cardiovascular medicine.

Esme Broekhuizen

Dan's PhD project aims to enable the delivery of therapeutic mRNAs and miRNAs to stromal cells, with applications in oncology and cardiovascular medicine.

Ahmed Alnagar

Dan's PhD project aims to enable the delivery of therapeutic mRNAs and miRNAs to stromal cells, with applications in oncology and cardiovascular medicine.

Nick Harrington

Nick's PhD project aims to develop novel molecular agents for Fluorescence Guided Surgery with a focus on Indocyanine Green.

Banafshe Abadi

Banafshe's PhD project aims to develop a theranostic approach to sensitise solid tumours to adjuvant therapy.

Bioengineering Research Group

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