Our people

Ai Lyn Tan, Associate Professor (Consultant); early inflammatory arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis

Deborah Stocken, Professor (Clinical Trials); early phase and late phase clinical trials

Maisoon Al-Jawad, Professor of Biological Physics and Biomineralisation; biomineralisation; biomimetic materials

Rory O'Connor, Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine; rehabilitation medicine; restorative rehabilitation technologies

David Brettle, Chief Scientific Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust; medical physics; image processing

Stephen D. Evans, Professor of Molecular and Nanoscale Physics; lipid membranes; microbubbles; drug delivery

Alison Jones, Lecturer in Computational Biomechanics; improvement of surgical devices and interventions for musculoskeletal pain and degeneration

Geoff Hall, Professor of Digital Health and Cancer Medicine; gynaecological cancer; cancer informatics and data analytics

Simone Wilkes, Research Innovation and Development Manager – Health Technologies; builds partnerships that address unmet clinical needs and attract funding

Ibrahim Khot

Oguz Can Eren

Kate Absolom, University Academic Fellow; quality of life; patient reported outcome measures (PROMs); cancer

Paolo Actis, University Academic Fellow; single-cell nanosurgery; intracellular biosensing; nanopores

Peter Adams, Associate Professor; biophysics; photosynthesis; light-harvesting proteins

Ali Alazmani, University Academic Fellow; soft materials for sensing and actuation; morphable soft-bodied robotics

Ane Appelt, Associate Professor; radiotherapy; medical physics; clinical oncology

Julie Aspden, University Academic Fellow in Pervasive Transcription; RNA; mRNA translation; ribosomes

Marc Bailey, Associate Professor of Vascular Medicine; abdominal aortic aneurysm; vascular smooth muscle; pre-clinical imaging

David Barton, Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering; automotive braking systems; medical engineering

Al Benson, Lecturer in Cardiovascular Science; computational modelling; cardiac arrhythmias; exercise intolerance

Helen Berry, University Academic Fellow; regenerative medical devices; tissue engineering; decellularised biological scaffolds 

John Biglands, Clinical Scientist; quantitative MRI in rheumatoid arthritis

William Bonass, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology; gene structure and expression

David Broadbent, Clinical Scientist; MRI physics

Claire Brockett, Associate Professor; biomechanics; musculoskeletal modelling; tribology 

Steven Brookes, Senior Lecturer; oral biology; Amelogenesis Imperfecta

Nigel Bubb, Lecturer in Dental Materials; dental materials; mechanical testing; glass

David Buckley, Professor of Medical Physics; quantitative MRI; tracer kinetic analysis

Richard Bushby, Research Professor (Physics); lipid-stabilised microbubbles as theranostic agents; high-spin polymers

Matteo Castronovo, Lecturer in Biochemistry; DNA and RNA self-assembled nanosystems; biomolecular physics; nanoscience

Samit Chakrabarty, Lecturer; sensory motor neurophysiology; medical technology; closed loop stimulation systems

Thomas Chamberlain, Associate Professor; carbon nanomaterials; electron microscopy; chemistry in confinement

Caroline Chilton, University Academic Fellow; clostridium difficile infection (CDI); antibiotic resistance; intestinal microbiota

Paul Chumas, Consultant Neurosurgeon; paediatric neurosurgery; craniofacial surgery; brain tumours

Louise Coletta, Senior Lecturer; cell biology; cancer research

Fiona Collinson, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant; GI oncology; brain tumours

Michael Colman, University Academic Fellow; human physiology; computational modelling; cardiac arrhythmias

Philip Conaghan, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine; pathogenesis; improving therapies for common arthritides 

Gordon Cook, Professor (Clinical); tumour immunology and immunotherapy

Kevin Critchley, Associate Professor; nanoscience; quantum dots; bionanotechnology

Richard Cubbon, University Academic Fellow and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist; vascular biology; metabolism; diabetes

Peter Culmer, Associate Professor in Healthcare Technologies; mechatronics systems; robotics; load sensing

Erica Dall-Armellina, Associate Clinical Professor; cardiology; cardiovascular imaging; MRI

Andrew Davies, Lecturer; medical X-ray imaging; image analysis

Francesco Del Galdo, Associate Professor (Consultant); biomarkers; immunopathogenesis of disease; clinical trial design

Mehmet Dogar, Associate Professor; robotics; manipulation planning; motion planning

Lorna Dougan, Professor of Physics; hierarchical biomechanics; extreme biophysics; water and aqueous solutions

Abbas Dehghani-Sanij, Chair in Bio-Mech and Medical Robotics; biomechatronics; biorobotics; assistive technologies

Hazel Fermor, Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine; tissue engineering; decellularised biological scaffolds; self-assembling peptides

Steve Fitzgerald, Associate Professor; crystal defects; dislocations; elasticity

Steven Freear, Professor of Ultrasonics and Embedded Systems; ultrasonics; embedded systems

Joshua Freeman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow; terahertz technology; high power lasers; semiconductor devices

Peter Giannoudis, Professor (Clinical); immune-inflammatory response; mesenchymal stem cells; bone regeneration

Helen Gleeson, Cavendish Professor of Physics; liquid crystals; photonic materials; devices

John P. Greenwood, Professor of Cardiology; MRI; percutaneous coronary intervention; stable coronary artery disease

Marlous Hall, University Academic Fellow; advanced analytical methodology; epidemiology; cardiovascular survivorship and multimorbidity

Stephen Halpin, Senior Research Fellow and Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine; global rehabilitation; chronic pain and sleep; long COVID

Russell Harris; Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering; manufacturing processes; high value manufacturing

Taj Hassan, Consultant in Emergency Medicine; lead for clinical decision units/observation medicine

Brian Henson, Senior Lecturer in Design and Manufacture; affective engineering; kansei engineering; Rasch measurement theory

Anthony Herbert, Lecturer in Medical and Biological Engineering; tissue biomechanics; bioreactors; scaffolds

Jenny Hewison, Professor of the Psychology of Healthcare; relationships between research methods, evidence and policy making in healthcare

Peter Hillmen, Professor (Clinical); paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH); chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)

Raymond Holt, Lecturer in Product Design; rehabilitation technology; mechanics of prehension; inclusive design

Eileen Ingham, Chair of Medical Immunology; acellular biological scaffolds for tissue repair; regeneration in musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems

David Jayne, Clinical Professor; general surgery with coloproctology subspecialisation; robotic & minimally invasive surgery; gastrointestinal oncology; global surgery

Louise Jennings, Associate Professor; bioengineering; biomaterials; biotribology

Animesh Jha, Professor; glass and mineral science; optical fibre, bulk and waveguide lasers; amplific device engineering

Zhongmin Jin, Visiting Professor; tissue re-engineering; joint replacement and substitution; functional spinal interventions

Jamie Johnston, University Academic Fellow; neuroscience; sensory processing; vision

Elena Jones, Associate Professor in Stem Cell Biology; mesenchymal stem cells; bone regeneration; cartilage regeneration

Gin Jose, Chair in Functional Materials; ultrafast laser materials processing; photonic glasses; nanomaterials

Nikil Kapur, Professor of Applied Fluid Mechanics; fluid flow; heat transfer; experimental characterisation

Robert Kay, Associate Professor in Advanced Manufacturing; digital fabrication; additive manufacturing; 3D printing 

Anne-Maree Keenan, Professor of Applied Health Research; musculoskeletal conditions; foot and lower limb pathologies; osteoarthritis

Martin Levesley, Pro Dean for Student Engineering; dynamics and control; rehabilitation robotics; medical robotics

Andrew Lewington, Consultant Renal Physician and Honorary Associate Professor; AKI; kidney transplants

Sarah Mackie, Associate Professor (Consultant); giant cell arteritis; polymyalgia rheumatica

Ryan Mathew, Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon; neurosurgery with brain tumour specialisation

Michael McDermott, Professor of Experimental Rheumatology; autoinflammatory syndromes; cystic fibrosis (CF); biologics in rheumatoid arthritis

Dennis McGonagle, Professor of Investigative Rheumatology; imaging; pathogenic mechanisms of arthritis; tissue microanatomy

James McLaughlan, Associate Professor; diagnostic ultrasound; high intensity focused ultrasound; acoustic cavitation

Marlene Mengoni, Lecturer; non-linear finite element method; computational biomechanics; musculoskeletal tissues

Shona Michael, Clinical Scientist; clinical engineering

Alan Mighell, Senior Lecturer (Consultant) in Oral Medicine; oral medicine; amelogenesis imperfecta; genetics

Paul Millner, Professor in Bionanotechnology; electrochemical biosensors; nanobiosensors, nanocomposites

Louise Murray, Academic Clinical Oncologist; re-irradiation; technical radiotherapy; brain tumours

Faisal Mushtaq, Associate Professor; cognitive neuroscience; psychology; learning

Mamatha Nagaraj, University Academic Fellow; self-assembly, liquid crystals; polymers

Catherine Noakes, Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings; environmental fluid flow problems; indoor air quality

Zhan Huin Ong, University Academic Fellow; nanomedicine; drug and gene delivery; biomaterials

Virginia Pensabene, University Academic Fellow, organs-on-chip; hybrid microfabrication; sensors

Sally A. Peyman, University Academic Fellow; microfluidics; lab on a chip; microbubbles

Helen Philippou, Professor; mechanisms of thrombosis; novel safer antithrombotic therapeutics; drug discovery programmes

Sven Plein, Professor of Cardiology (Clinical); biomedical imaging; MRI; cardiovascular disease

Karen E. Porter, Reader in Cardiovascular Cell Biology; vascular biology; human primary cell culture; cardiovascular complications of diabetes

James Poulter, University Academic Fellow in Molecular Neuroscience; genetics; functional geonomics; neurodevelopment

Nick Preston, Research Fellow; rehabilitation; cerebral palsy; developmental coordination disorder

Mar Pujades Rodriguez, Research Fellow and Senior Clinical Epidemiologist; pharmacoepidemiological studies

Anthony Redmond, Professor of Clinical Biomechanics; biomechanics; imaging; rheumatology; orthopaedics

Robert Richardson, Professor of Robotics; exploration robotics; surgical technologies; prosthetics

Ian Robertson, Centenary Chair in Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits; field robotics; wireless communications; millimetre-waves

Ian Rowe, University Academic Fellow and Honorary Consultant Hepatologist; liver disease; treatment of cirrhosis and HCC

David Russell, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor; diabetic foot disease; wound healing; lower limb revascularisation

Stephen J. Russell, Professor of Textile Materials and Technology; textile engineering; materials and manufacturing; nonwovens technology

Jurgen Schneider, Professor of Biomedical Imaging; MRI, MRS; preclinical imaging

Julian Scott, Professor of Vascular Surgery, abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms; open and endovascular AAA/TAAA repair

Jung-uk Shim, Lecturer in School of Physics and Astronomy; microfluidics; INP; biophysics

Manoj Sivan, Associate Clinical Professor; pain medicine; non-inflammatory musculoskeletal conditions; rehabilitation technology

Steven Sourbron, Visiting Professor; biomedical imaging; imaging biomarkers; quantitative imaging

Paul Steenson, Senior Lecturer; nanotechnology; semiconductor devices

Todd Stewart, Senior Lecturer; orthopaedics; joint replacement; trauma

Zeike Taylor, Associate Professor; medical simulation; computer-assisted interventions; medical image computing

Alan Tennant, Emeritus Professor Rehabilitation Studies; epidemiology; psychometrics; health services research

John Thomson, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist; paediatric cardiology; interventional cardiology; adult congenital heart disease

Darren Tomlinson; Associate Professor; biomolecular engineering; cancer; cell signalling

Giles Toogood, Consultant of Hepatobiliary Surgery; laparoscopic, hepatobiliary and transplantation surgery; gallstones

Giuseppe Tronci, Associate Professor (Healthcare Materials); degradable polymers; biopolymers; medical devices

Charalampos Tsoumpas, Lecturer in Medical Imaging; tomographic imaging; computational modelling; lung diffusing capacity

Pietro Valdastri, Chair in Robotics and Autonomous Systems; surgical robotics; robotic endoscopy; robotic actuators

Mi Wang, Professor of Process Tomography and Sensing; CAT scanning; complex process and multiphase flow measurement and imaging

Nicholas Warren, Associate Professor; polymer synthesis; block copolymer self-assembly; biomaterials

Kevin Watterson, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon; cardiac surgery

Sophie Williams, Associate Professor; medical engineering; orthopaedic engineering

Klaus Witte, University Academic Fellow (Consultant); Vitamin D; heart failure; electronic implantable cardiac devices

Chris Wood, Associate Professor; high-frequency biosensors; cell manipulation technologies; microfluidic systems

David Wood, Professor of Dental Materials; bioceramic; in-vitro testing; tissue engineering

Heiko Wurdak, Lecturer; stem cells; cancer biology; brain tumours

Shane Xie, Chair in Robotics and Autonomous Systems; rehabilitation robotics; exoskeletons and orthotics; robotic mechanisms

Xuebin Yang, Associate Professor; stem cells; tissue engineering; orthopaedics 

Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Associate Professor; wearable/pervasive sensing technologies; wearable human motion analysis