Lead researcher

Chris is the lead researcher in the CARClab. He has significant experience in the development and deployment of bioelectronic devices.

He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from University of California - Davis (2017) and bachelors degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from North Carolina State University (2012).

Research Assistant

Alexandra is currently focused on public and patient interaction (PPI) to understand glioma patient interest in implanted bioelectronics for cancer monitoring and treatment.

She holds an MSc in Psychology from Queen Mary University of London (2024) and a bachelors degree from St. George’s in Biomedical Sciences (2023)

PhD student

Ester started her PhD in the CARClab in October 2024 on the development of materials and implanted devices for cancer bioelectronics.

She holds an MEng in Biomedical engineering from Imperial College London (2021).

PhD student

Joshua started his PhD in the CARClab in January 2025 on the development of in vitro cancer recurrence models.

Joshua holds an MSc in Biomedical Engineering from Queen Mary University of London (2024) and a bachelors degree from St. George’s in Biomedical Science (2023).

PhD student

Joshua started his PhD in the Green Group at Imperial College London in 2022. He is now also affiliated with the CARClab as a co-supervised PhD student.

MSc student

Daniya is currently undertaking her MSc project research in the CARClab in collaboration with Prof. Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos (Barts NHS Trust/Blizard Institute) on the measurement of glioma outgrowth in co-culture with healthy neural cells.

MSc student

Karolina is currently undertaking her MSc project research in the CARClab on the synthesis of self-doping conductive elastomers.

MSc student

Prashanthi is currently undertaking her MSc project research in the CARClab on the development of biosensor functionalised in vitro models.

MSc student

Jashmine is currently undertaking her MSc project research in the CARClab on the in vitro culture of human glioblastoma spheroids.

MSc student

Marvin is currently undertaking his MSc project research in the CARClab on the fabrication of wearable motion sensors.

Undergraduate student

Sheena is currently undertaking research in the CARClab as part of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research on the topic of creating brain tissue phantoms to simulate tissue properties changes in brain cancer.