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Arianna Ferrini graduates with PhD!
Congratulations to Arianna for successfully defending his PhD thesis entitled "Investigating the delivery of IGF-1 with in vitro and in vivo model systems of myocardial infarction".
Prof Molly Stevens formally inducted to the National Academy of Engineering
Prof Molly Stevens has been elected a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Engineering for her work on materials-based approaches to tissue regeneration and biosensing at the 2019 NAE Annual Meeting in Washington DC. The membership acknowledges engineers for outstanding contributions to engineering, research and technology. Only 18 Foreign Members were elected in 2019.
[National Academy of Engineering Induction Ceremony Video] [Imperial news highlight]
Dr Yunlei Xianyu has been appointed Professor
Congratulations to Yunlei for his new position as Professor at Zhejiang University!
Conor Horgan graduates with PhD
Congratulations to Conor for successfully defending his PhD thesis entitled "Multimodal Optical Systems for Clinical Oncology"!
Dr Michael Thomas has been appointed Lecturer
Congratulations to Mike for his new position as Lecturer at University College London!
Katya wins prize for Best Oral Presentation at FIRM
Congratulations to Katya Pchelintseva for winning the award for Best Oral Presentation in the Future Investigators of Regenerative Medicine in Platja d’Aro, Spain. Well done!
Eunjung Kim has been appointed Assistant Professor
Congratulations to Eunjung for her new position as Assistant Professor in the School of Bioengineering at Incheon National University in Incheon, South Korea.
Yiyang Li has been appointed Professor
Congratulations to Yiyang for his new position as Professor at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology!
Michele Becce graduates with a PhD
Congratulations to Michele for his PhD viva with the thesis "Fabrication and development of high-aspect-ratio nanostructures for biointerfacing"!
Maxine Chan wins prize at TCES
Congratulations to Maxine for winning the "Oral Presentation Prize - Runner up 2019" at the Tissue Cell and Engineering Society Conference in Nottingham.
Camille wins poster award at TERMIS-EU
Congratulations to Camille Marijon for winning the 3rd place at the poster competition (out of over 300 posters!) in TERMIS-EU 2019 in Rhodes, Greece. Excellent work!
James Armstrong and Stuart Higgins receive President's Award
Congratulations to James and Stuart for receiving a President’s Award for Excellence in Education for Outstanding Assistant Supervisor – a well deserved recognition for their excellent work!
Prof Molly Stevens wins RSC Surfaces and Interfaces Award
The Royal Society of Chemistry recognised Prof Stevens for the development of smart materials that interface with biological environments for use in biosensing and regenerative medicine.
[National Academy of Engineering press release] [Imperial news highlight]
Worrapong Sam Kit-Anan graduates with a PhD
Congratulations to Sam for his PhD viva with the thesis "The development of a platform to manipulate cardiomyocyte structure and function".
Paper published in Advanced Materials
Our paper investigating the mechanisms behind cargo transfer using porous silicon nanoneedles as minimally invasive drug delivery tools has been published in Advanced Materials. Congratulations to Sahana Gopal for a great first author paper and to the whole team involved!
Brian and Jelle win prizes at Postgraduate Research Day 2019
Congratulations to Stevens Group members Brian Chen and Jelle Penders for winning prizes in the “best poster design” and “best scientific content of a lecture” categories at the Department of Materials Postgraduate Research Day 2019. Congrats to both!
Julia Sero has been appointed Lecturer in the University of Bath
Congratulations to Julia who is now Lecturer in the Centre for Biosensors, Bioelectronics and Biodevices, Department of Biology & Biochemistry at the University of Bath.
Mattias Bjornmalm recognized during 2019 President’s Address
Mattias was recognized for his outstanding achievements in policy engagement during the 2019 President’s Address by Prof Alice Gast. His efforts include a participation in Voice of the Future at the Houses of Parliament to discuss science policy issues.
Buoyancy-driven gradients paper published in Advanced Materials- Oh buoy!
Stevens Group tissue engineers published a great paper in Advanced Materials on buoyancy-driven gradients for osteochondral applications. The work was also featured in the media. Well done Chunching Li and team!
[Advanced Science News]
Molly Stevens delivers distinguished lecture at RCSI
Molly Stevens delivered the John J. Ryan Distinguished Guest Lecture entitled “New materials for regenerative medicine and ultrasensitive biosensing” at the annual Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Research Day 2019.