People
We are an interdisciplinary group of scientists, engineers and clinicians interested in interfacing electronics with living systems. Our aim is to understand the fundamental processes that take place at the abiotic/biotic interface and to develop better tools for healthcare.
Leadership
George Malliaras is the Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge. His interests focus on neurotechnology and medical device translation.
Damiano G. Barone is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Houston Methodist Hospital and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge. He is interested on biohybrid neural interfaces, foreign body reaction, and minimally invasive implantation strategies.
Research
Silan Zhang received her PhD from Linkoping University in Applied Physics. She is a VR (Swedish Research Council) international postdoc fellow working on the the fundamentals and applications of organic mixed conductors in novel wearables.
Zixuan (Henry) Lu received his PhD in Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge. His postdoctoral research focuses biohybrid implants for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Morgane Colom received her Ph.D (2023) in Behavioural Neuroscience from the Open University. She leads the in vivo validation of biohybrid neural implants designed to restore neurological function in rodent models of neurodegenerative disorders.
Yunxia (Sandy) Jin received her PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Fudan University, with joint PhD training at University of California, Los Angeles. She develops multifunctional soft electronics for next-generation neural interfaces.
Yifei Luo is a Senior Scientist at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. Supported by the A*STAR International Fellowship, Yifei is working on organic electrochemical transistor-based biosensing of the nervous system.
Luke Gatecliff completed his integrated MEng in Engineering from the University of Cambridge. His PhD work focuses on the development organic electrochemical transistor-based biosensors and the associated fabrication techniques to enable their use in previously inaccessible applications.
Salim El Hadwe is a neurosurgical trainee who finished his medical education at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His PhD work is on neural electrode interfaces for applications in minimally invasive spinal cord stimulation and recording in physiologic and traumatic settings.
Margaux Forner trained as an engineer at the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, and at the University of Cambridge. For her PhD, she is working on biohybrid neural implants for functional restoration after a traumatic injury.
Christopher Slaughter earned his BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. As a member of the 2023 cohort of the Gates-Cambridge Scholars he develops wearable technologies for the early diagnosis of neuromuscular disease.
Andrew Setley obtained his Master’s of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. As a Cambridge International & Churchill Pochobradsky Scholar, he develops localised drug delivery devices for cancer.
Sydney Swedick earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University at Buffalo, New York. As a 2024 Gates-Cambridge Scholar, she utilises biohybrid implants to restore sensory perception after peripheral nerve injuries.
Erica Olsen holds an MS in Biomedical Informatics for them Stanford University School of Medicine. Her PhD work focuses on developing devices for health monitoring and therapeutic interventions.
Chaeyeon Lee received an MSc degrees in Applied Veterinary Medicine from Konkuk University and in animal behaviour applications for conservation from Anglia Ruskin University. For her PhD, she develops neural implants.
Elle Richardson received an MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge. As a PhD student, she is engineering the next generation of Parkinson's therapeutics, working to develop a biohybrid medical device to rebuild the nigrostriatal pathway.
Alex Greenway received a Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Imperial College London. For his PhD, he is developing sensors for closed loop convection enhanced delivery.
Xiaokang Bai holds a Master’s degree in Bioengineering from the Northeastern University. His PhD research focuses on developing patient-specific spinal cord interfaces through systematic hardware and software solutions.
Rhianne Henderson completed her integrated Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London. As an Industrial Fellow from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, she works with Coherence Neuro on a wearable for the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma.
Sara Taube is an M.Sc. student in Neuroengineering at the Technical University of Munich. During her visit she is working on in vitro models of the nigrostriatal pathway.
Support
Kirsty Sylvester has been working in an administrative role within the University of Cambridge since 2004. She is PA to Prof. Malliaras and coordinates several research projects. She joined the Division of Electrical Engineering early in 2017.
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