People

Alumni

Taqi Abrar

Dr Taqi Abrar

PhD Student & Research Assistant

School EECS; Supervisor Prof. Kaspar Althoefer
The Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ)
07564 268713

Robot Control Systems, Soft Robotics, Eversion Robots and Actuators

Ataka Ahmad

Dr Ataka Ahmad

Postdoctoral researcher at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

was postdoctoral researcher and Ph.D. student
with Professor Kaspar Althoefer

Robot navigation, Soft robotics

Faisal Al-Jaber

Dr Faisal Al-Jaber

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science,
Supervisor Prof. Kaspar Althoefer The Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ)

Soft optical-based sensing, Soft Robots, Shape sensing, Waveguide-based sensing

Aleksandra Birn-Jeffery

Dr Aleksandra Birn-Jeffery

Lecturer in Bioengineering

Essex University

Joshua Brown

Mr Joshua Brown

Now: Research Associate at Imperial College London

EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov
Queen Mary University of London

Haptics, Human-Robot Interaction, Mobile Robotics, Assistive Robotics, Manufacturing Engineering, Embedded Sytems

Brice DENOUN

Mr Brice DENOUN

PhD Student

EECS, Supervisors: Miles Hansard and Lorenzo Jamone
Cognitive Robotics and Intelligent Systems for the People

Grasping, Vision, Machine Learning

Angela Faragasso

Dr Angela Faragasso

Project Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo

Was a Ph.D. student with Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Soft Robotics, Service Robots

Jan Fras

Dr Jan Fras

PhD student @ QMUL, Robotics Research Engineer @ Ocado Technology

SEMS, Supervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Soft robotics, Soft locomotion, Grasping, Manipulation, Soft actuators

Hareesh Godaba

Dr Hareesh Godaba

Lecturer

University of Sussex, UK
was with Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Soft Robotics, Actuation and Sensing, Electroactive Technologies, Mechanics of soft active materials

Shohei Hagane

Mr Shohei Hagane

Visiting PhD student from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

EECS, Supervisors: Dr Lorenzo Jamone, Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov

control for robotic systems

Ahmed Hassan

Dr Ahmed Hassan

PhD Researcher

School Of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS)
Supervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer
07472 197790

Soft Robotic gripper, Fabric actuator, Fabric actuator, Robotic gripper, Stiffness controllabilty

Julian Hough

Dr Julian Hough

Lecturer

Swansea University

natural language processing, human-robot interaction, dialogue systems, computational linguistics

Jelizaveta Konstantinova

Dr Jelizaveta Konstantinova

Research Co-ordinator, Ocado Technology

Was a Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Tactile sensing, Morphological computation

Guang Li

Dr Guang Li

now Professor at Manchester University

Queen Mary University of London

Control Systems, Renewable Energy, Energy Storage Management

Wanlin Li

Dr Wanlin Li

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Supervisor: Prof Kaspar Althoefer and Dr Akram Alomainy

Force and tactile sensor, Soft robotics

Min Li

Dr Min Li

Associate Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Was a Ph.D. student with Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Haptic feedback, Rehabilitation robots

Shan Luo

Dr Shan Luo

Lecturer, University of Liverpool

Was a Ph.D. student with Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Computer vision, Robot perception

Yohan Noh

Dr Yohan Noh

Lecturer, Brunel University

Was a Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Tactile sensing, Soft robotics

Bukeikhan Omarali

Mr Bukeikhan Omarali

Now: Research Associate at Imperial College London

EECS, PhD Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov
Queen Mary University of London
+447447947130

Robot teleopeartion, Virtual Reality, Cognitive load, Haptic feedback

Ata Otaran

Mr Ata Otaran

was a PhD Student with Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov

now a postdoctoral researcher at Saarland University

physical human-robot interaction, haptics, virtual reality

Francesca Palermo

Dr Francesca Palermo

Researcher, Imperial College London

EECS, Supervisors: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov, Dr Stefan Poslad
Queen Mary University of London

Haptic Feedback, Machine Learning, Computer Vision

Nuria Pena Perez

Dr Nuria Pena Perez

Now: Researcher at RWTH Aachen University

EECS, PhD Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov
Queen Mary University of London

intelligent games, human neuromotor control, rehabilitation

Huy Phan

Dr Huy Phan

Research scientist

Amazon

machine learning, signal processing, audio/speech analysis, biosignal analysis, healthcare applications

Luis Andres Puertolas Balint

Dr Luis Andres Puertolas Balint

SEMS: Supervisor, Kaspar Althoefer.
Queen Mary University of London

Virtual, Reality, Simulator, Medical, Physical, Examination

Fabrizio Putzu

Dr Fabrizio Putzu

PhD Student, Research Assistant

SEMS; Supervisor: Prof Kaspar Althoefer
Queen Mary University of London

Reconfigurable Robots, Soft Robotics, Inflatable structure

Peng Qi

Dr Peng Qi

Assistant Professor, Tongji University

Was a Ph.D. student with Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Medical robotics, Bio-robotics

Sina Sareh

Dr Sina Sareh

Reader, Royal College of Art

Was a Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Bio-inspired design, Soft robotics

Muhammad Sami Siddiqui

Mr Muhammad Sami Siddiqui

PhD Student

EECS, Supervisor: Dr Lorenzo Jamone
CRISP, Advanced Robotics Center at Queen Mary University of London

Grasp Metric, Computer Vision, Tactile sensing

Francesco Soave

Dr Francesco Soave

EECS, PhD Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov (50%)
Queen Mary University of London

Haptics, Virtual Reality, Sound, Perception, Motion, UX / HCI

Gokhan Solak

Mr Gokhan Solak

PhD Student

EECS, Supervisor: Dr Lorenzo Jamone
CRISP, Advanced Robotics Center at Queen Mary University of London

Robot manipulation, Dexterous robot hands, Machine learning, Tactile sensing, Learning from demonstration

Agostino Stilli

Dr Agostino Stilli

Lecturer in Robotics at UCL

was postdoc researcher & PhD student with Kaspar Althoefer

Soft robotics

Helge Wurdemann

Dr Helge Wurdemann

Lecturer in Robotics at UCL

was postdoc researcher with Kaspar Althoefer

Soft Robotics, Haptics

Esmeralda Ypsilanti

Ms Esmeralda Ypsilanti

Research Engineer

Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
with Professor Kaspar Althoefer

Soft Robotics, Robotics, Grasping

Pilar Zhang Qiu

Miss Pilar Zhang Qiu

UX Engineer, TG0

EECS, Supervisors: Farkhatdinov, Jamone, Althoefer

biomedical engineering, wearable sensing, neurorehabilitation, design engineering