People

PhD Students

Afsoon Fakhr Abdollahi

Miss Afsoon Fakhr Abdollahi

PhD student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisors: Dr. H Shaheed, Prof. K Althoefer and Dr. M Thaha

Capsule endoscope, Modelling, Control, Design refinement

Taqi Abrar

Mr 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

Mohammed Al-Dubooni

Mr Mohammed Al-Dubooni

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisor: Professor Kaspar Althoefer
07948216474

Eversion Robotics, Soft Robotics, Continuum Robotics

Faisal Al-Jaber

Mr Faisal Al-Jaber

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science,
Supervisor Prof. Kaspar Althoefer The Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ)
07410316877

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

Tayyab Ansari

Mr Tayyab Ansari

PhD student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Prof Hazel Screen

Assistive robotics, Rehabilitation robotics

Eisa Anwar

Mr Eisa Anwar

PhD student

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

Robotics, Machine Learning, User Experience (UX) Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Wearable Robotics, Data Science

Simone Asci

Mr. Simone Asci

SEMS, Supervisors: Dr. Angadh Nanjangud, Dr. Lorenzo Jamone

Manipulators, Control, Design, Modelling

Joshua Brown

Mr Joshua Brown

PhD student

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

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

Matteo Cecamore

Mr Matteo Cecamore

PhD student

EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov

human-robot interaction, robot design and control

Nathalia Cespedes Gomez

Miss Nathalia Cespedes Gomez

PhD student

EECS, Supervisor: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov (50%); Anne Hsu (50%)
Centre for Advanced Robotics, Queen Mary University of London

rehabilitation robotics, social robotics

Zhengqi Chen

Mr Zhengqi Chen

PhD Student

EECS.
Team: 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

Abu Bakar Dawood

Mr Abu Bakar Dawood

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Material Sciences
Supervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

Soft Robotics, Soft Sensing, Proprioception, Exteroception

Jan Fras

Mr Jan Fras

PhD student @ QMUL, Robotics Research Engineer @ Ocado Technology

SEMS, Supervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer

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

Gabriele Giudici

Mr Gabriele Giudici

PhD student

EECS, Supervisors: Jamone, Farkhatdinov, Althoefer

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

Mr 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

Sarah Hussain

Ms Sarah Hussain

SEMS

Prosthetics, Tactile Sensing, Soft Robotics, Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence

Zhujin Jiang

Mr Zhujin Jiang

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisors: Dr Ketao Zhang and Prof Kaspar Althoefer

artificial muscles, torsional actuators, quadruped robots

Danyaal Kaleel

Mr Danyaal Kaleel

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Primary Supervisors: Professor Kaspar Althoefer and Professor Benoit Clement, Secondary Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Industrial Supervisor: Dr Adrian Baker
07913360929

Machine learning, Control, Marine/Ocean robotics, Eversion robots, Soft robots, Inflatable robots

Thomas Kaplan

Mr Thomas Kaplan

PhD student

EECS
Supervisors: Dr Lorenzo Jamone (CRISP) & Dr Marcus Pearce (Music Cognition Lab)

Rhythm Perception, Cognitive Models, Sensorimotor Synchronisation

Haiyi Kong

Miss Haiyi Kong

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisors: Dr. Guang Li, Dr. Jun Chen

Chen Liu

Mr Chen Liu

PhD Student

SEMS, Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Dr Lei Su

Smart Actuators, Medical Rehabilitation Robots, Sensing, Exoskeleton Robotics

David Hernandez Lopez

Mr David Hernandez Lopez

SEMS. Supervisor: Dr Hasan Shaheed, Dr Mo Thaha and Prof. Althoe

Robotic retractor, Soft robotics, Design, Modelling, Control, Colorectal surgery

Thomas Mack

Mr Thomas Mack

PhD Student

SEMS, Supervisor: Prof. Kaspar Althoefer
ARQ, SAPHIR

Eversion robotics, Soft robots

Hassan Mirza

Mr Hassan Mirza

PhD Student, Research Assistant and Demonstrator

Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

Soft Actuation, Quadrupedal Systems, Machine Learning, Computational Engineering

Zain Murtaza

Mr Zain Murtaza

EECS, Supervisor: Dr Lorenzo Jamone
Cognitive Robotics and Intelligent Systems for the People (CRISP), ARQ

coordinated manipulation, human-robot coordination, handover

K M Talha Nahiyan

Mr K M Talha Nahiyan

PhD Student

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Supervisor: Dr Hasan Shaheed, Dr Ranjan Vepa

Hand Movement Classification, Prosthetics Control, Machine Learning

Charlotte Nordmoen

Ms Charlotte Nordmoen

PhD student

EECS, co-supervisor: Dr Andrew McPherson and Dr Ildar Farkhatdin
Queen Mary University of London

artist-media and technology interaction, artist-robot interaction and co-creation

Bukeikhan Omarali

Mr Bukeikhan Omarali

PhD student

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

Robot teleopeartion, Virtual Reality, Cognitive load, Haptic feedback

Navin Patel

Mr Navin Patel

PhD Student

SEMS department, ARQ
Primary Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang, Secondary Supervisors: Professor Henri Huijberts, Professor Kaspar Althoefer
07588 670349

Multi Agent modelling, Self Organisation, Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Control theory, Robotics modelling, Network theory

Nuria Pena Perez

Ms Nuria Pena Perez

PhD student

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

intelligent games, human neuromotor control, rehabilitation

Aaron Smiles

Mr Aaron Smiles

Doctoral Student in Spatial Computing and Computer Vision

EECS, Supervisors: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov, Dr Changjae Oh

Mixed Reality, Computer Vision, NeRF, Diffusion, Telerobotics, Diminished Reality

Francesco Soave

Mr Francesco Soave

PhD student

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

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

Yutong Sun

Ms Yutong Sun

PhD student, supervisor James Busfield


Cem Suulker

Mr Cem Suulker

PhD Student

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

Soft Robotics, Soft Actuators, Control of Soft Robots, Soft Exoskeletons, Eversion Robots

Yan Wang

Mr Yan Wang

PhD student

SEMS, Supervisor: Dr Ketao Zhang

Robot mechanisms, Aerial robots, Reconfigurable robots

Xin Yang

Miss Xin Yang

SEMS. Supervisors: Dr Hasan Shaheed and Prof. Vassili Toropov

micro-drones, swarm, modelling, control