Diagram represents a network of applications by Institute for Life Sciences Members for collaborative projects.
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 Robert Read

Chair of Infectious Diseases
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Dr Rodolphe Herve

Senior Research Fellow
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Professor Rohan Lewis PhD, FTPS

Prof of Placental&Integrative Physiology

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Roxi Carare

Head of School

Research interests

  • Causes and new therapeutic strategies for dementias and other neurodegenerative diseases
  • New early diagnostic measures in dementia based on biomarkers from the nose
  • Drug delivery to the brain

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Ruben Sanchez-Garcia

Professor

Research interests

  • Network modelling and analysis
  • Applied Topology

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Ruihua Hou MD, MSc, PhD, SFHEA

Associate Dean International

Research interests

  • 1) Psychoneuroimmunology studying how psychological processes, the central nervous system, and the immune system interact and impact mental health;          
  • 2) human psychopharmacology focusing on the role of the locus coeruleus in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, and novel interventions targeting the locus coeruleus-noradrenergic pathway;
  • 3) neuroinflammatory mechanisms underlying anxiety and affective disorders as well as comorbid anxiety, depression, and fatigue in inflammatory and autoimmune conditions.

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Rujie Sun

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Medical Robotics (Micro/Nano Robotics, Soft Robotics)
  • Flexible Electronics
  • Sensors and Biosensors

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Russel Torah BEng, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor
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Dr Ruth Turk

Head of Department
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Dr Sajjad Taravati

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Metamaterials/metasurfaces/antennas
  • Electromagnetics/telecommunications
  • Superconducting quantum circuits

Accepting applications from PhD students

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