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Institute for Life Sciences

Our people

Our strength lies in our interdisciplinary collaborative network which is made up of over 430 academic members from across all the University’s faculties.

Professor Adam Prugel-Bennett

Prof of Electronics & Computer Science
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Dr Adriana Wilde PhD

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Safe, inclusive, and secure digital technologies for health to empower people to live independently

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Afaf El-Sagheer

Lecturer in Chemistry

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Professor Age Chapman

Professor of Computer Science
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Dr Al Edwards

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Affordable microfluidic diagnostics and "µMicro" miniaturised microbiology
  • Engineering next generation vaccines: formulation and function

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Alain Zemkoho

Professor of Mathematical Optimization

Research interests

  • Bilevel and hierarchical optimization
  • First and second order numerical methods for continuous optimization
  • Nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Alan Marchant

Professorial Fellow-Education

Research interests

  • My previous research interests centred on the role of auxin transport in plant development and the synthesis and function of the plant cell wall. I use my experience in these research areas to inform the teaching that I deliver.
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Dr Alessio Bellato Ph.D., MSc, BSc, FHEA, PGCHE

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Emotion regulation and dysregulation
  • Psycho-physiology (e.g., heart rate variability)
  • Neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., ADHD, autism)

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Alex Couto Alves

Senior Lecturer in Statistical Genomics
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Professor Alex Dickinson

Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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