alumni

PhD students 

  • Louis Plunkett, Microfluidic electrochemical biosensors for hormone analysis (co-supervisor with Dr Olga Efremova and Dr Leigh Madden), Hull PhD studentship.
  • Mila Sari, Mapping heavy metal pollution in river water with paper-based devices through citizen science (main supervisor, with Prof. Mark Lorch and Dr Will Mayes), Hull PhD cluster – Sensing and Safeguarding the Water Environment.
  • Samira AlHinai, Paper microfluidic sensors towards on-site environmental analysis of soil nutrients (main supervisor, with Prof. Mark Lorch), Oman Ministry of Eduction funded.
  • Beverly Andrews, Label-free Optical Biosensors for Real-Time Cell Imaging, (main supervisor, with Dr Leigh Madden and Dr Ruchi Gupta).
  • Bradley Doyle, Novel synthesis methods for the production of human circulating metabolites of natural products (co-supervisor with Dr Huw Jones and Dr Leigh Madden).
  • Emily Pyne, Lab-on-a-chip platform for detection of early metastasis biomarkers (co-supervisor with Dr Isabel Pires).
  • Kamil Talar, Wound-on-a-Chip – a new model for mechanistic wound healing and therapy development (main-supervisor, with Prof. Matthew Hardman), PhD cluster Wound Care.
  • Samantha Richardson, Dip Stick-based Analysis for Environmental Pollution Monitoring, (co-supervisor, with Prof. Mark Lorch), Sullied Sediments project, EU Interreg North Sea Region Programme.
  • Lydia Baldwin, Interrogating Interplay between Gut and Brain in a Lab-on-a-Chip Platform (PhD student, co-supervisor, with Dr Charlotte E. Dyer and Prof. John Greenman), Allam studentship
  • Polly Sanders, Microfluidics and 3D Printing of Functional Composites, (co-supervisor, with Prof Jia Min Chin).
  • Nasr Alamrani, Label-free Optical Biosensors with Aptamer Recognition Elements
    (co-supervisor, with Prof. Gillian Greenway and Dr Ruchi Gupta).
  • Martin Gedsted Christensen, Personalised Medicine: a Lab-on-a-Chip Platform for the Maintenance and Real-Time Analysis of Patient Tissues (main supervisor, with Prof. John Greenman, Dr Charlotte E. Dyer and Dr Chris Cawthorne).
  • Thomas Collins, Developing a novel spheroid-on-chip microfludic device for investigations into metastasis, (co-supervisor, with Dr Isabel Pires)
  • Rana Al-Shemary, Label-free Optical Biosensors for cell expression analysis, (main supervisor with Prof. Gillian Greenway and Dr Ruchi Gupta)
  • Asif Muhammad, Microfluidic Paper-based Assays for Veterinary Diseases (visiting PhD student), Commonwealth Scholarship scheme.
  • Bingyuan Lu – Amphiphilic Microgel Synthesis for Drug Delivery (co-supervisor with Dr Theoni K. Georgiou).
  • Ali AlOrabi, On-chip Assembly of Drug and Reagent Delivery Vesicles (main supervisor, with Prof. Vesco Paunov).
  • Addison Marshall, Plasmonic Nano-Sensors with Ultra-High Detecting and Identifying Molecules Capabilities (co-supervisor, with Dr Ali Adawi).
  • Zahra Ghobaei-Namhil, Nanogap Bio-Sensors for DNA Analysis (co-supervisor, with Dr Neil Kemp)
  • Zeid Oiaidha, Development of a Portable Device for Monitoring Toxic Organic Compounds in the Environment (co-supervisor, with Prof. Gillian Greenway).
  • Hayley Bignell, Novel Diagnostic 64Cu and 68Ga PET Radiotracers: from Microfluidic Synthesis to Imaging (co-supervisor, with Prof. Steve Archibald).
  • Kapiraj Chandrabalan, A Microfluidics Approach to Studying the Role of Oxidative Stress in Cellular Transformation and Disease Induction (co-supervisor, with Prof. Ross Boyle and Prof. John Greenman)
  • Anupam Das, Bio-hydrogen Production by using Artificial Symbiotic Biofilms of Cyanobacteria (co-supervisor, with Prof. Vesco Paunov).
  • Mohammad Chowdhury, Engineering Design for Miniature Biochemical Analysis Systems (co-supervisor, with Dr Ian Bell).
  • Chayakom Phurimsak, Clinical Diagnostics in Continuous Flow (main supervisor).
  • Rachel Smith, On-Chip Synthesis of Anti-Cancer Drugs (co-supervisor, with Prof. Steve Archibald)
  • Emily Lumley, Development of a Microfluidic Device for the In Situ Production of Singlet Oxygen for Chemical and Biological Applications (co-supervisor, with Prof. Ross Boyle and Dr Charlotte Dyer).
  • Francesco de Leonardis , Microfluidic Modules for Pre-Concentration of [18F]Fluoride in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Radiotracer Synthesis (main supervisor, with Prof. Paul Watts).
  • Martin Vojtisek, Magnetic Manipulation of Particles for Microfluidic Continuous Flow Processes (main supervisor).
  • Mark D Tarn, Continuous Flow Processes on Single Magnetic and Diamagnetic Particles in Microfluidic Devices (main supervisor).
  • Entesar Al Hetlani, Generation and Manipulation of Magnetic Droplets in Microfluidic Devices (PhD student, co-supervisor, with Prof. Gillian Greenway and Dr Kevin Welham)
  • Sally A Peyman, Bioanalysis on Single Magnetic Particles ( main supervisor).

PostDoctoral Fellows

  • Pablo Rodriguez Mateos
    Lab on a Chip for Pathogen Analysis,
    funded through Stockholm University (2022-2025)
  • Amparo Ferrer,
    Paper-microfluidic-based sensors,
    funded through a Carl Tryggers Foundation Fellowship (2024)
  • Bongkot Ngamsom
    Covid-19 Point-of-care Testing in resource-limited settings,
    Newton Prize project with Dr Jesse Gitaka at Mount Kenya University (Thika, Kenya) (2019 – 2022)
  • Lydia Baldwin
    Point-of-use sensing of water quality
    Community for Analytical Measurement Sciences (CAMS) (2020 – 2021)
  • Bongkot Ngamsom
    Water Quality Monitoring in Resource Poor Environments, Nov. 2015 – Oct. 2016, Newton Fund, British Council (main supervisor).
  • Mark D. Tarn
    Lab-on-a-chip based analysis of radiopharmaceuticals, Sep. 2014 – July 2016, Daisy Charity / HEIF (main supervisor)
  • Ping He
    Lab-on-a-Chip based synthesis of PET radiopharmaceuticals, July 2011 – Nov 2017,  Daisy Charity / HEIF (co-supervisor) and
    Clinical Radiopharmaceutical Production
    MRC-funded with Prof. SJ Archibald (Biochemical Sciences) and Andy Beavis (Head of Radiation Physics/ Radiotherapy at Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust) (2018 – 2022)
  • Nasr Esfahani
    Manufacturing of integrated synthesis and analysis platforms for PET radiopharma-ceuticals, Aug. 2014 – July 2016, , Daisy Charity / HEIF (co-supervisor)
  • Bongkot Ngamsom
    Network for Innovation and Learning on Microreactor Technology, 2014 – Mar. 2015, EU-FP7 (main supervisor)
  • Bongkot Ngamsom
    Microbial purification on-chip from industrial matrices, Sep. 2013 – Mar. 2014, industrial sponsor (main supervisor)
  • Martin Vojtisek
    Development of a rapid multiplex Lab on a Chip system for detection of 10 STI pathogens using Biochip Array Technology, Feb. 2013 – Jan. 2014, Technolgoy Strategy Board (co-supervisor)
  • Emily Lumley
    Network for Innovation and Learning on Microreactor Technology    , 2013 – Aug. 2013, EU-FP7 (main supervisor)
  • Mark D. Tarn
    Microscale radiopharmaceutical synthesis, Sep. 2012 – 2013, EU-FP7 (main supervisor).
  • Maria Lopez-Martinez
    Pathogen detection in food-stocks using on-chip isolation and separation methods    , Jan 2012 – Aug. 2013, industrial sponsor (main supervisor)
  • Cordula Kemp
    Identification on-chip of sexually transmitted infected based on urine analysis”,     Jan 2011 – Dec 2013, Technology Strategy Board (co-supervisor)
  • Mark D. Tarn
    Purification module for radiotracer synthesis utilising solid phase extraction methods    , Feb. – July 2011, (EU-FP7 (main supervisor).
  • Victoria Hammond
    On-chip synthesis of FDG and other PET radiopharmaceuticals    , Oct 2008 – Sep 2011, EU-FP7 (co-supervisor)

Master and Bachelor project students

  • Arien Zamani, DNA extraction for microfluidic applications, Bachelor in Chemisry, Stockholm University, 2025.
  • Stamatia Staikoglou, Assembly of sustainable materials, Masters in Sustainable Chemistry, Stockholm University, 2025.
  • Nicolina Priem, On-chip analysis of neglected tropical diseases, Masters in Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 2025.
  • Anton Stolt, On-chip analysis of pathogens, Masters in Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 2023.
  • Athina Galetsa Feindt, Analysis for fluorides in textiles, Masters in Sustainable Chemistry, Stockholm University, 2023.
  • Jacqueline Karlsson, Paper-microfluidics for heavy metal analysis, Bachelor in Chemistry, Stockholm University, 2023.
  • Nicolina Priem, Soil nutrient analysis with paper-microfluidic devices, Bachelor in Chemisry, Stockholm University, 2023.
  • Iris Hättestrand, Paper-based devices for carbonate analysis, Bachelor research project student, Stockholm University, 2022.
  • Eqbal Alshammari, Biosensor for electrochemical readout of drugs (main supervisor, with Leigh Madden), MRes Scholarship, Kuwait, 2021.

visiting research students

  • Dennis Junn Wei Lee, Singapore, 2025.
  • Chloé Créty, France, 2025.
  • Alina Anwadner, Austria, 2024-2025.
  • Fanny Léonardon, France, 2024-2025.
  • Charlie Allouche, France, 2024-2025.
  • Klara Rogella von Bieberstein, Germany, 2023.
  • Lucia Crespo, Spain, 2022-2023.
  • Selina Kern, Germany, 2022-2023.
  • Monica Martinez, Spain, 2022.
  • Samuel Wulfert, Germany, 2022.