I supervise students in research areas related to biomedical materials and tissue engineering. I'm particularly interested in cell-biomaterial interactions and in strategies to understand changing tissue dynamics in disease and injury in order to optimise functional tissue repair and replacement.
Current PhD Students
Natalia Noriega (2019-2022) Optoelectronic bionanomaterials for ophthalmic biosensing
Grace Cooksley (2019-2022) Optoelectronic nanomaterials to reduce the complications associated with cataract surgery
Neda Hedari (2017-2021)The role of senescence in bioartificial liver design
Emma Ward (2017-2021)A new class of two dimensional optoelectronic materials in accommodating intraocular lens design
Dr Vankata Avadhanam (2013 - current)Clinico-radiological study of OOKP lamina and development of a synthetic lamina
Previous PhD Students
Wulan Koagouw (2017-2021)Integrative Assessment of Marine Pollution - Impact of Pharmaceuticals on Marine Bivalves
Flavia Bonalumi (2017-2020)Engineering a bioartificial liver prototype using cell loaded macroporous hydrogel scaffolds
Tochukwu Ozulumba (2015 - 2019)Nanostructured scaffolds for remediation of environmental and biological tissue contaminants
Elsie Fok (2013) The development of advanced corneal epithelial stem cell delivery systems for the treatment of corneal epithelial defects
Yishan Zheng (2012) Hybrid filtration adsorbent systems for extracorporeal applications