People
PhD Students
Miss Afsoon Fakhr AbdollahiPhD student School of Engineering and Materials Science a.fakhrabdollahi@qmul.ac.ukSupervisors: Dr. H Shaheed, Prof. K Althoefer and Dr. M Thaha Capsule endoscope, Modelling, Control, Design refinement |
Mr Taqi AbrarPhD Student & Research Assistant School EECS; Supervisor Prof. Kaspar Althoefer 07564 268713The Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ) t.abrar@qmul.ac.uk Robot Control Systems, Soft Robotics, Eversion Robots and Actuators |
Mr Mohammed Al-DubooniPhD Student School of Engineering and Materials Science 07948216474Supervisor: Professor Kaspar Althoefer m.al-dubooni@qmul.ac.uk Eversion Robotics, Soft Robotics, Continuum Robotics |
Mr Faisal Al-JaberPhD Student School of Engineering and Materials Science, 07410316877Supervisor Prof. Kaspar Althoefer The Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ) f.aljaber@qmul.ac.uk Soft optical-based sensing, Soft Robots, Shape sensing, Waveguide-based sensing |
Mr Tayyab AnsariPhD student School of Engineering and Materials Science t.a.ansari@qmul.ac.ukSupervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Prof Hazel Screen Assistive robotics, Rehabilitation robotics |
Mr Eisa AnwarPhD student EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov e.a.m.anwar@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London Robotics, Machine Learning, User Experience (UX) Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Wearable Robotics, Data Science |
Mr. Simone AsciSEMS, Supervisors: Dr. Angadh Nanjangud, Dr. Lorenzo Jamone s.asci@qmul.ac.ukManipulators, Control, Design, Modelling |
Mr Joshua BrownPhD student EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov j.p.brown@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London Haptics, Human-Robot Interaction, Mobile Robotics, Assistive Robotics, Manufacturing Engineering, Embedded Sytems |
Mr Matteo CecamorePhD student EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov m.cecamore@qmul.ac.ukhuman-robot interaction, robot design and control |
Miss Nathalia Cespedes GomezPhD student EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov (50%); Anne Hsu (50%) n.cespedesgomez@qmul.ac.ukCentre for Advanced Robotics, Queen Mary University of London rehabilitation robotics, social robotics |
Mr Zhengqi ChenPhD Student EECS. zhengqi.chen@qmul.ac.ukTeam: Cognitive Robotics and Intelligent Systems for the People (CRISP). Supervisors: Dr Lorenzo Jamone (SEMS), Dr Elisabetta Versace (SBBS), Dr Emmanouil Benetos (EECS). Tactile Sensing, Tactile Robotics, Animal-Robot Interaction, Robotic Manipulation, Cognitive Robotics, Robotics for Farming |
Mr Abu Bakar DawoodPhD Student School of Engineering and Material Sciences a.dawood@qmul.ac.ukSupervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer Soft Robotics, Soft Sensing, Proprioception, Exteroception |
Mr Jan FrasPhD student @ QMUL, Robotics Research Engineer @ Ocado Technology SEMS, Supervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer j.fras@qmul.ac.ukSoft robotics, Soft locomotion, Grasping, Manipulation, Soft actuators |
Mr Shohei HaganeVisiting PhD student from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology EECS, Supervisors: Dr Lorenzo Jamone, Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov s201856u@st.go.tuat.ac.jpcontrol for robotic systems |
Mr Ahmed HassanPhD Researcher School Of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) 07472 197790Supervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer ahmed.hassan@qmul.ac.uk Soft Robotic gripper, Fabric actuator, Fabric actuator, Robotic gripper, Stiffness controllabilty |
Ms Sarah HussainSEMS sarahhussain@qmul.ac.ukProsthetics, Tactile Sensing, Soft Robotics, Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence |
Mr Zhujin JiangSchool of Engineering and Materials Science z.jiang@qmul.ac.ukSupervisors: Dr Ketao Zhang and Prof Kaspar Althoefer artificial muscles, torsional actuators, quadruped robots |
Mr Danyaal KaleelPhD Student School of Engineering and Materials Science 07913360929Primary Supervisors: Professor Kaspar Althoefer and Professor Benoit Clement, Secondary Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Industrial Supervisor: Dr Adrian Baker d.m.kaleel@qmul.ac.uk Machine learning, Control, Marine/Ocean robotics, Eversion robots, Soft robots, Inflatable robots |
Mr Thomas KaplanPhD student EECS t.m.kaplan@qmul.ac.ukSupervisors: Dr Lorenzo Jamone (CRISP) & Dr Marcus Pearce (Music Cognition Lab) Rhythm Perception, Cognitive Models, Sensorimotor Synchronisation |
Mr Chen LiuPhD Student SEMS, Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Dr Lei Su chen.liu@qmul.ac.ukSmart Actuators, Medical Rehabilitation Robots, Sensing, Exoskeleton Robotics |
Mr David Hernandez LopezSEMS. Supervisor: Dr Hasan Shaheed, Dr Mo Thaha and Prof. Althoe d.hernandezlopez@qmul.ac.ukRobotic retractor, Soft robotics, Design, Modelling, Control, Colorectal surgery |
Mr Thomas MackPhD Student SEMS, Supervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer t.c.mack@qmul.ac.ukARQ, SAPHIR Eversion robotics, Soft robots |
Mr Hassan MirzaPhD Student, Research Assistant and Demonstrator Electronic Engineering and Computer Science m.h.mirza@qmul.ac.ukSoft Actuation, Quadrupedal Systems, Machine Learning, Computational Engineering |
Mr Zain MurtazaEECS, Supervisor: Dr Lorenzo Jamone zain.murtaza@qmul.ac.ukCognitive Robotics and Intelligent Systems for the People (CRISP), ARQ coordinated manipulation, human-robot coordination, handover |
Mr K M Talha NahiyanPhD Student School of Engineering and Materials Science k.nahiyan@qmul.ac.ukSupervisor: Dr Hasan Shaheed, Dr Ranjan Vepa Hand Movement Classification, Prosthetics Control, Machine Learning |
Ms Charlotte NordmoenPhD student EECS, co-supervisor: Dr Andrew McPherson and Dr Ildar Farkhatdin c.nordmoen@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London artist-media and technology interaction, artist-robot interaction and co-creation |
Mr Bukeikhan OmaraliPhD student EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov +447447947130Queen Mary University of London b.omarali@qmul.ac.uk Robot teleopeartion, Virtual Reality, Cognitive load, Haptic feedback |
Mr Navin PatelPhD Student SEMS department, ARQ 07588 670349Primary Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Secondary Supervisors: Professor Henri Huijberts, Professor Kaspar Althoefer navin.patel@qmul.ac.uk Multi Agent modelling, Self Organisation, Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Control theory, Robotics modelling, Network theory |
Ms Nuria Pena PerezPhD student EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov n.penaperez@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London intelligent games, human neuromotor control, rehabilitation |
Mr Aaron SmilesDoctoral Student in Spatial Computing and Computer Vision EECS, Supervisors: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov, Dr Changjae Oh a.l.smiles@qmul.ac.ukMixed Reality, Computer Vision, NeRF, Diffusion, Telerobotics, Diminished Reality |
Mr Francesco SoavePhD student EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov (50%) f.soave@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London Haptics, Virtual Reality, Sound, Perception, Motion, UX / HCI |
Mr Cem SuulkerPhD Student School Of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) c.suulker@qmul.ac.ukSupervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer Soft Robotics, Soft Actuators, Control of Soft Robots, Soft Exoskeletons, Eversion Robots |
Mr Yan WangPhD student SEMS, Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang exx569@qmul.ac.ukRobot mechanisms, Aerial robots, Reconfigurable robots |
Miss Xin YangSEMS. Supervisors: Dr Hasan Shaheed and Prof. Vassili Toropov xin.yang@qmul.ac.ukmicro-drones, swarm, modelling, control |