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 |
 Ms Rabia AbidSchool of Engineering and Materials Science QMUL r.abid@qmul.ac.ukDrones, Aerospace Engineering, Composites, Robotics, Flapping Wing Drones, Lightning Strikes on Aircraft |
 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 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 |
 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 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 Brice DENOUNPhD Student EECS, Supervisors: Miles Hansard and Lorenzo Jamone b.d.denoun@qmul.ac.ukCognitive Robotics and Intelligent Systems for the People Grasping, Vision, Machine Learning |
 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 |
 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 07913360929Supervisors: Professor Kaspar Althoefer and Professor Benoit Clement 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 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 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 |
 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 |
 Miss Francesca PalermoPhD student EECS, Supervisors: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov, Dr Stefan Poslad f.palermo@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London Haptic Feedback, Machine Learning, Computer Vision |
 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 Fabrizio PutzuPhD Student, Research Assistant SEMS; Supervisor: Prof Kaspar Althoefer f.putzu@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London Reconfigurable Robots, Soft Robotics, Inflatable structure |
 Mr Muhammad Sami SiddiquiPhD student EECS, Supervisor: Dr Lorenzo Jamone m.s.siddiqui@qmul.ac.ukCRISP, Advanced Robotics Center at Queen Mary University of London Grasp Metric, Computer Vision, Tactile sensing |
 Mr Aaron SmilesEngD student EECS, Supervisors: Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov, Dr Changjae Oh a.l.smiles@qmul.ac.ukTelexistence, VR, Ocean robotics, Computer vision |
 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 Gokhan SolakPhD student EECS, Supervisor: Dr Lorenzo Jamone g.solak@qmul.ac.ukCRISP, Advanced Robotics Center at Queen Mary University of London Robot manipulation, Dexterous robot hands, Machine learning, Tactile sensing, Learning from demonstration |
 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 |
 Miss Pilar Zhang QiuPhD student EECS, Supervisors: Farkhatdinov, Jamone, Althoefer p.zhangqiu@qmul.ac.ukbiomedical engineering, wearable sensing, neurorehabilitation, design engineering |
