News
23 January 2025 - Congratulations to Sai, who has passed her viva and is nearly-Dr Liu!
10 December 2024 - Congratulations to Corinna, who has passed her viva and is nearly-Dr Schlosser!
30 September 2024 - Congratulations to Yingchang, who is PhDone and now Dr Ma :)
31 May 2024 - Congratulations to Mark, who has passed his viva and is nearly-Dr Hardmeier!
3 November 2023 - Congratulations to Marwa, who has passed her viva and is nearly-Dr Rizk!
5 October 2023 - Yuhao is now PhDone and Dr Geng! Congratulations to him :)
23 May 2023 - Congratulations to Dr Mary Strimaite, who is now PhDone!
25 October 2022 - Congratulations to nearly-Dr Fatimah, who has just passed her PhD viva :)
1 October 2022 - We are pleased to welcome Sara Elyasi Bakhtiari back to the group, in her new role as a post-doctoral researcher funded by the MRC! We are also shortly to be joined by Mathilde Ullrich, Munjarin Rowshan and Zunoorain Yousaf, who will be working with us for their masters' projects.
14 July 2022 - Congratulations to nearly-Dr Elyasi Bakhtiari, who has just passed her PhD viva :)
16 May 2022 - Welcome to the group to our new MSc students Angeliki, Fangqi, Luke, Shiying, Xiao, Yilin and Yiran, and to our Laidlaw Scholar Mark!
1 April 2022 - We are pleased to welcome Yao Hu from Jiangnan University to the group :). Yao will be with us for a year, funded by the China Scholarship Council.
10 December 2021 - Check out our **new book** on Biomedical applications of inorganic materials, edited by Gareth and with chapter contributions from Mark, Marwa and Mary!! Link here.
26 November 2021 - Congratulations to nearly-Dr Pang and nearly-Dr Zhang - Yuying and Ziwei have both passed their vivas with flying colours :)
29 September 2021 - It's been all change over the last couple of weeks. Yuying and Ziwei have submitted their theses and returned home to China, and we have welcomed three new PhD students, Sai, Tian and Zilan. The MSc students have also finished their projects, and Yuhao is heading off to Prague for a placement at Inocure on Friday! Good luck to everyone :)
15 May 2021 - Lots of new starters in the group in the last few weeks. Welcome to Stephen (research fellow), Jana (visiting researcher), Corinna (new PhD student) and Dimitrios, Matt, Meng, Sai Sandra and Yi (MSc project students)!
18 February 2021 - Congratulations to nearly-Dr Muwaffak, who passed her viva today :)
15 Feb 2021 - It's been a while since we had a new group member, but we are pleased to welcome Yuexin Wang to the group to start her PhD studies in a collaborative project with Dr Linh Nguyen in the Eastman Dental Institute.
27 January 2021 - Congratulations to Dr Egbu and Dr Dziemidowicz, who are both officially PhDone!
27 October 2020 - The last week has been one for hellos and goodbyes. We say hello to Yingchang (new PhD student), Diba and Corinna (CDT mini-project students), farewell to Anabela who leaves us for her next iP-OSTEO secondment, and sort-of-farewell to Fatimah, who is not really leaving but is heading back home to Indonesia to write up her PhD thesis. Welcome to all the new folks, and good luck to those moving on!
28 April 2020 - Seb passed his PhD viva today! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Gurgul :)
23 April 2020 - Lesley passed her PhD viva today! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Onyekuru :)
31 March 2020 - Today is Rita's last day in the group :(. Tomorrow she starts (virtually) with the MHRA. We will have proper leaving drinks when the COVID lockdown is over!
5 February 2020 - Anabela Moreira from Biofabics has joined us for a secondment under our iP-OSTEO grant - welcome Anabela!
5 October 2019 - It's the time of year where we welcome new faces to the group. Welcome to our new MPharm project students Ashton Liu, Eunice Yeow Eu Ning and Francesca Zhu, to our new PhD students Yuhao Geng and Lixiang Zhao, and our visitor from the iP-OSTEO consortium Dr Aiva Simaite :)
31 July 2019 - Haitham passed his PhD viva today! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Bukhary :)
22 March 2019 - Pleased to be part of a team led by Dr James Phillips which has been awarded the UCL Rosetrees Stoneygate Prize for research into improving nerve grafting using biomaterials. Details here.
1 February 2019 - Very excited that the group is part of the iP-OSTEO Marie Curie RISE consortium. This will give us lots of opportunities for interfacing with industry and staff/student exchanges!
17 December 2018 - Dania passed her PhD viva today! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Grant-Serroukh :)
21 November 2018 - Congratulations to Brenda and Rita who passed their PhD vivas today!
10 December 2024 - Congratulations to Corinna, who has passed her viva and is nearly-Dr Schlosser!
30 September 2024 - Congratulations to Yingchang, who is PhDone and now Dr Ma :)
31 May 2024 - Congratulations to Mark, who has passed his viva and is nearly-Dr Hardmeier!
3 November 2023 - Congratulations to Marwa, who has passed her viva and is nearly-Dr Rizk!
5 October 2023 - Yuhao is now PhDone and Dr Geng! Congratulations to him :)
23 May 2023 - Congratulations to Dr Mary Strimaite, who is now PhDone!
25 October 2022 - Congratulations to nearly-Dr Fatimah, who has just passed her PhD viva :)
1 October 2022 - We are pleased to welcome Sara Elyasi Bakhtiari back to the group, in her new role as a post-doctoral researcher funded by the MRC! We are also shortly to be joined by Mathilde Ullrich, Munjarin Rowshan and Zunoorain Yousaf, who will be working with us for their masters' projects.
14 July 2022 - Congratulations to nearly-Dr Elyasi Bakhtiari, who has just passed her PhD viva :)
16 May 2022 - Welcome to the group to our new MSc students Angeliki, Fangqi, Luke, Shiying, Xiao, Yilin and Yiran, and to our Laidlaw Scholar Mark!
1 April 2022 - We are pleased to welcome Yao Hu from Jiangnan University to the group :). Yao will be with us for a year, funded by the China Scholarship Council.
10 December 2021 - Check out our **new book** on Biomedical applications of inorganic materials, edited by Gareth and with chapter contributions from Mark, Marwa and Mary!! Link here.
26 November 2021 - Congratulations to nearly-Dr Pang and nearly-Dr Zhang - Yuying and Ziwei have both passed their vivas with flying colours :)
29 September 2021 - It's been all change over the last couple of weeks. Yuying and Ziwei have submitted their theses and returned home to China, and we have welcomed three new PhD students, Sai, Tian and Zilan. The MSc students have also finished their projects, and Yuhao is heading off to Prague for a placement at Inocure on Friday! Good luck to everyone :)
15 May 2021 - Lots of new starters in the group in the last few weeks. Welcome to Stephen (research fellow), Jana (visiting researcher), Corinna (new PhD student) and Dimitrios, Matt, Meng, Sai Sandra and Yi (MSc project students)!
18 February 2021 - Congratulations to nearly-Dr Muwaffak, who passed her viva today :)
15 Feb 2021 - It's been a while since we had a new group member, but we are pleased to welcome Yuexin Wang to the group to start her PhD studies in a collaborative project with Dr Linh Nguyen in the Eastman Dental Institute.
27 January 2021 - Congratulations to Dr Egbu and Dr Dziemidowicz, who are both officially PhDone!
27 October 2020 - The last week has been one for hellos and goodbyes. We say hello to Yingchang (new PhD student), Diba and Corinna (CDT mini-project students), farewell to Anabela who leaves us for her next iP-OSTEO secondment, and sort-of-farewell to Fatimah, who is not really leaving but is heading back home to Indonesia to write up her PhD thesis. Welcome to all the new folks, and good luck to those moving on!
28 April 2020 - Seb passed his PhD viva today! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Gurgul :)
23 April 2020 - Lesley passed her PhD viva today! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Onyekuru :)
31 March 2020 - Today is Rita's last day in the group :(. Tomorrow she starts (virtually) with the MHRA. We will have proper leaving drinks when the COVID lockdown is over!
5 February 2020 - Anabela Moreira from Biofabics has joined us for a secondment under our iP-OSTEO grant - welcome Anabela!
5 October 2019 - It's the time of year where we welcome new faces to the group. Welcome to our new MPharm project students Ashton Liu, Eunice Yeow Eu Ning and Francesca Zhu, to our new PhD students Yuhao Geng and Lixiang Zhao, and our visitor from the iP-OSTEO consortium Dr Aiva Simaite :)
31 July 2019 - Haitham passed his PhD viva today! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Bukhary :)
22 March 2019 - Pleased to be part of a team led by Dr James Phillips which has been awarded the UCL Rosetrees Stoneygate Prize for research into improving nerve grafting using biomaterials. Details here.
1 February 2019 - Very excited that the group is part of the iP-OSTEO Marie Curie RISE consortium. This will give us lots of opportunities for interfacing with industry and staff/student exchanges!
17 December 2018 - Dania passed her PhD viva today! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Grant-Serroukh :)
21 November 2018 - Congratulations to Brenda and Rita who passed their PhD vivas today!
17 September 2018 - Check out our new book on electrospun fibres in drug delivery! It's FREE to download here.
7 September 2018 - Another farewell today, as Yasmin is returning home to Cairo - we wish her all the best for the future!
30 August 2018 - We said farewell to Heyu today.... he is returning to Shanghai after two years in the group. We sent him off with some traditional UCL goodies!
30 August 2018 - We said farewell to Heyu today.... he is returning to Shanghai after two years in the group. We sent him off with some traditional UCL goodies!
12 March 2018 - We are pleased to welcome Ziwei Zhang to the group for her PhD :)
27 February 2018 - Laura and I have been working in Sri Lanka for the last week or so, commissioning a new nanofabrication facility at the University of Colombo. We formally handed the facility over to the Vice Chancellor today, and the system has already produced some useful formulations. Thank you to the EPSRC who funded the project!
27 February 2018 - Laura and I have been working in Sri Lanka for the last week or so, commissioning a new nanofabrication facility at the University of Colombo. We formally handed the facility over to the Vice Chancellor today, and the system has already produced some useful formulations. Thank you to the EPSRC who funded the project!
22 January 2018 - We are pleased to welcome Umayangana Godakanda from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka to the group as a visiting PhD student for 3 months!
29 November 2017 - Alex has passed his PhD viva! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Clout :)
27 October 2017 - Ukrit has passed his PhD viva! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Angkawinitwong :)
13 October 2017 - Two of our new CDT students, Clarissa and Kenneth, have chosen to do their mini-projects with us. Welcome both :)
5 October 2017 - We are pleased to welcome three new group members! Yuying has joined us for her PhD, Yuwei will be spending a year in UCL as part of her PhD at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and Laura has arrived to work as a research assistant on our UCL EPSRC Global Challenges Research Fund project. Welcome everyone!
11 September 2017 - Today we bid farewell to our MSc project students. Best of luck for the future to Ben, Kieran, Mayura, Qiaobei and Wenqiu!
2 May 2017 - Some new faces this week - three new CDT students Jugal, Maha, and Raphael will be working with us for their PhD projects. Welcome to the group!
8 March 2017 - Another farewell, as Zeynep is leaving to return to Bilkent today - have a safe trip!
23 February 2017 - We bid farewell to Yanshan, who is off back to China to write her PhD thesis. Happy writing!
3 February 2017 - Charlotte has passed her PhD viva! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Maughan.
10 January 2017 - We are pleased to welcome Dr Zeynep Aytac from Bilkent University to the group as a visiting post-doc!
25 November 2016 - Ukrit has been highly commended by the Anglo-Thai society for his work on electrospun protein formulations! He was presented with his award at a fancy ceremony at the Oriental Club!
29 November 2017 - Alex has passed his PhD viva! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Clout :)
27 October 2017 - Ukrit has passed his PhD viva! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Angkawinitwong :)
13 October 2017 - Two of our new CDT students, Clarissa and Kenneth, have chosen to do their mini-projects with us. Welcome both :)
5 October 2017 - We are pleased to welcome three new group members! Yuying has joined us for her PhD, Yuwei will be spending a year in UCL as part of her PhD at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and Laura has arrived to work as a research assistant on our UCL EPSRC Global Challenges Research Fund project. Welcome everyone!
11 September 2017 - Today we bid farewell to our MSc project students. Best of luck for the future to Ben, Kieran, Mayura, Qiaobei and Wenqiu!
2 May 2017 - Some new faces this week - three new CDT students Jugal, Maha, and Raphael will be working with us for their PhD projects. Welcome to the group!
8 March 2017 - Another farewell, as Zeynep is leaving to return to Bilkent today - have a safe trip!
23 February 2017 - We bid farewell to Yanshan, who is off back to China to write her PhD thesis. Happy writing!
3 February 2017 - Charlotte has passed her PhD viva! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Maughan.
10 January 2017 - We are pleased to welcome Dr Zeynep Aytac from Bilkent University to the group as a visiting post-doc!
25 November 2016 - Ukrit has been highly commended by the Anglo-Thai society for his work on electrospun protein formulations! He was presented with his award at a fancy ceremony at the Oriental Club!
31 October 2016 - We welcome Jie and Heyu to the group as visitors, Jie for a month and Heyu for nearly 2 years!
25 October 2016 - Yanshan's paper is out in Sci Rep! You can read it for free here.
21 October 2016 - We have lots of new group members who've joined in the last couple of weeks... welcome to Jack (LIDo student), Maha and Jugal (CDT students).
11 October 2016 - Our paper in Chem Commun is on the front cover of the 18 Oct issue.. well, inside front cover - but still, we are very pleased :). Check it out (open access, for free!) here and here.
10 October 2016 - Last week, we were pleased to welcome Lesley Onyekuru to the group as a new PhD student. Also, Kasia passed her PhD viva.... congratulations to the nearly-Dr Morley!
26 September 2016 - It's been a busy week for the group.... we welcome Dr Zeeneh El-Said as our new post-doc, and Fatimah as a new PhD student (jointly with Dr George Pasparakis). Also, Alex's paper was accepted by Analytical Chemistry (online here) and Brenda's by AAPS PharmSciTech. And as if that were not enough, the group won three prizes at the School of Pharmacy research day - congratulations to Alex, Brenda and Rita for their successes!
15 August 2016 - We welcome Sebastian Gurgul to the group as our new industry-funded PhD student :).
12 August 2016 - Work with collaborators in Bradford, Hull and Lincoln Universities is now online in Chem Comm! Check it out here.
5 August 2016 - We bid farewell to Bilal after 2.5 years in the group - best of luck for the future, Dr A!
20 July 2016 - Just over a week left to apply for our post-doc position.... details here.
20 June 2016 - We are pleased to welcome Brigi Bodák from Budpest University of Technology and Economics as a visiting student for one month, funded by the electrospinning COST action.
6 June 2016 - Yanshan is back for her second visit from Beijing Forestry University, this time for a whole year - welcome!
1 June 2016 - Our collaborative work with Prof Yu at Shanghai University of Science & Technology is featured in Materials Today. You can check it out here (if you want to, of course!).
24 May 2016 - Just one more week to apply for our fully-funded PhD studentship [details]!!!!
10 May 2016 - Happily, the group all managed to make it out of the Escape Room!
25 October 2016 - Yanshan's paper is out in Sci Rep! You can read it for free here.
21 October 2016 - We have lots of new group members who've joined in the last couple of weeks... welcome to Jack (LIDo student), Maha and Jugal (CDT students).
11 October 2016 - Our paper in Chem Commun is on the front cover of the 18 Oct issue.. well, inside front cover - but still, we are very pleased :). Check it out (open access, for free!) here and here.
10 October 2016 - Last week, we were pleased to welcome Lesley Onyekuru to the group as a new PhD student. Also, Kasia passed her PhD viva.... congratulations to the nearly-Dr Morley!
26 September 2016 - It's been a busy week for the group.... we welcome Dr Zeeneh El-Said as our new post-doc, and Fatimah as a new PhD student (jointly with Dr George Pasparakis). Also, Alex's paper was accepted by Analytical Chemistry (online here) and Brenda's by AAPS PharmSciTech. And as if that were not enough, the group won three prizes at the School of Pharmacy research day - congratulations to Alex, Brenda and Rita for their successes!
15 August 2016 - We welcome Sebastian Gurgul to the group as our new industry-funded PhD student :).
12 August 2016 - Work with collaborators in Bradford, Hull and Lincoln Universities is now online in Chem Comm! Check it out here.
5 August 2016 - We bid farewell to Bilal after 2.5 years in the group - best of luck for the future, Dr A!
20 July 2016 - Just over a week left to apply for our post-doc position.... details here.
20 June 2016 - We are pleased to welcome Brigi Bodák from Budpest University of Technology and Economics as a visiting student for one month, funded by the electrospinning COST action.
6 June 2016 - Yanshan is back for her second visit from Beijing Forestry University, this time for a whole year - welcome!
1 June 2016 - Our collaborative work with Prof Yu at Shanghai University of Science & Technology is featured in Materials Today. You can check it out here (if you want to, of course!).
24 May 2016 - Just one more week to apply for our fully-funded PhD studentship [details]!!!!
10 May 2016 - Happily, the group all managed to make it out of the Escape Room!
23 November 2015 - The last couple of weeks have been busy ones for doctor creation - Yacine passed his viva on the 9th, and Jennifer hers last week. Congratulations to both the soon-to-be Dr Kaassis and Dr Quirós Jiménez!
22 October 2015 - Eranka has passed his PhD viva!! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Illangakoon :).
14 September 2015 - We are delighted to welcome nearly-Dr Jennifer Quirós Jiménez from the University of Alcala to the group as a visiting post-doc. And Eranka has handed his thesis in!
June 2015 - We welcome Rita Trindade (CDT student) and Haitham Bukhary to the group as new PhD students, and Qasim Jaffri as a summer placement student!
12 May 2015 - Miao has passed her PhD viva!! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Jin :).
1 December 2014 - We are very pleased to welcome Alexandra Baskakova from Belgorod State University as a visitor to the group!
14 October 2014 - We are delighted to welcome Prof Deng Guang Yu from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, who will be visiting us for 6 months. We have also been joined by a new PhD student, Brenda Sanchez Vazquez, and two CDT project students (Sean Askin and Dania Grant-Serroukh) will be with the group until Christmas.
13 May 2014 - Work with collaborators in Oxford and Ghent is now in press with the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Read the full paper here.
15 April 2014 - [NOW CLOSED TO APPLICANTS] An EPSRC funded post-doctoral position is currently available to start in June/July 2014! Details can be found here.
31 March 2014 - The group has recently been awarded funding from the EPSRC to investigate new vaccine adjuvants (details here), and by the Royal Society for an exchange programme with the Shanghai University for Science and Technology!!!!
4 March 2014 - We are delighted to welcome Ruizheng Liang from Beijing University of Chemical Technology as a visiting student in the group from March to August 2014.
28 January 2014 - The group has been awaded €368k (£307k) by the European Commission FP7 programme as part of the "TEH-Tube" consortium. This project aims to reduce the impact of congenital heart defects by producing a novel bioresorbable implant. More details will be available on the project website soon!
8 October 2013 - A funded post-doctoral position is currently available to start in January 2014! Details can be found here (applications now closed).
9 August 2013 - We are delighted to welcome Prof Xiaodong Lei and Prof Dongpeng Yan from Beijing University of Chemical Technology as visiting academics in the group.
12 November 2012 - Syed's paper reporting the formulation of hydroxy double salt-drug nanocomposites into tablets has been accepted by RSC Advances. You can read it free here.
24 July 2012 - Our paper on selective intercalation has been highlighted as a "Hot Article" by the Journal of Materials Chemistry! Read it for free here.
22 October 2015 - Eranka has passed his PhD viva!! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Illangakoon :).
14 September 2015 - We are delighted to welcome nearly-Dr Jennifer Quirós Jiménez from the University of Alcala to the group as a visiting post-doc. And Eranka has handed his thesis in!
June 2015 - We welcome Rita Trindade (CDT student) and Haitham Bukhary to the group as new PhD students, and Qasim Jaffri as a summer placement student!
12 May 2015 - Miao has passed her PhD viva!! Congratulations to the soon-to-be Dr Jin :).
1 December 2014 - We are very pleased to welcome Alexandra Baskakova from Belgorod State University as a visitor to the group!
14 October 2014 - We are delighted to welcome Prof Deng Guang Yu from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, who will be visiting us for 6 months. We have also been joined by a new PhD student, Brenda Sanchez Vazquez, and two CDT project students (Sean Askin and Dania Grant-Serroukh) will be with the group until Christmas.
13 May 2014 - Work with collaborators in Oxford and Ghent is now in press with the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Read the full paper here.
15 April 2014 - [NOW CLOSED TO APPLICANTS] An EPSRC funded post-doctoral position is currently available to start in June/July 2014! Details can be found here.
31 March 2014 - The group has recently been awarded funding from the EPSRC to investigate new vaccine adjuvants (details here), and by the Royal Society for an exchange programme with the Shanghai University for Science and Technology!!!!
4 March 2014 - We are delighted to welcome Ruizheng Liang from Beijing University of Chemical Technology as a visiting student in the group from March to August 2014.
28 January 2014 - The group has been awaded €368k (£307k) by the European Commission FP7 programme as part of the "TEH-Tube" consortium. This project aims to reduce the impact of congenital heart defects by producing a novel bioresorbable implant. More details will be available on the project website soon!
8 October 2013 - A funded post-doctoral position is currently available to start in January 2014! Details can be found here (applications now closed).
9 August 2013 - We are delighted to welcome Prof Xiaodong Lei and Prof Dongpeng Yan from Beijing University of Chemical Technology as visiting academics in the group.
12 November 2012 - Syed's paper reporting the formulation of hydroxy double salt-drug nanocomposites into tablets has been accepted by RSC Advances. You can read it free here.
24 July 2012 - Our paper on selective intercalation has been highlighted as a "Hot Article" by the Journal of Materials Chemistry! Read it for free here.