Group members
More information about the current members of the group can be found on the People’s page.
We encourage prospective PhD students or PDRAs to get in touch with Prof Peeters for queries around funding.
PDRAs
Dr Pankaj Singla (April 2021 – current) – PDRA working on USDA funded project
Dr Oliver Jamieson (December 2021 – current) – RA on EPSRC/NIHR project on monitoring of levodopa
Saweta Garg (April 2022 – current) – RA in Biosensors
Dr Josh McClements (2023-2024), EPSRC IAA funded project on detection of cardiac biomarkers.
PhD students
New starters September 2024: Shreya Tiwari, Ahmad Alsholi, Charlie Hutchinson
Xinlu Liu, started July 2024 on electrochemical sensing of levodopa to optimise clinical management of Parkinson’s disease, co-supervisor: Prof Alex Casson (UoM)
Amy Dann, started 1st July 2022 on USDA project for norovirus detection, co-supervisors: Dr Chris Blanford (UoM)
Jack Reeder, EPSRC CDT funded studentship started October 2020, with Dr Elizabeth Heidrich and Dr Matt Unthank from Northumbria University
Co-supervisor of Rachel Lee (PI Prof Mark Geoghegan), started October 2020
Co-supervisor of Callum Johnson (PI Dr Clare Mahon at Durham University), via MosMed CDT, started October 2021
Co-supervisor of Michelle Lim (PI Dr Shoba Amarnath), started in January 2022.
Co-supervisor of Patryk Wojciak (PI Dr Shayan Seyedin), started in October 2022.
MEng/MSc students:
Former: Richard Ferris, Qi Cui, Ellen Kirkup, Chris Robinson, Brandon Clark, Henry Ostler, Thomas McLean
Alumni:
Visiting: Prof Divya Ottoor (Aug 2023 – January 2024) – Savitribai Phule Pune University, visiting via SERB SIRE scheme
Postdoctoral researchers:
Alexander Stokes (Aug 2023- July 2024) – RA in Device Engineering, current PDRA at Newcastle University
Dr Jake McClements (October 2020 – April 2023). Jake is currently a NuAcT fellow at Newcastle University and has established his own group. A short video of Jake’s work can be found here: https://youtu.be/X1mW5a_LSZk
Dr Francesco Mecozzi, working on consultancy and KTP associate (2018 – February 2022)
Dr Patrick Seumo, RSC Research Mobility (October 2020 – February 2021)
Dr Alexander Hudson (July 2018 – September 2020)
Dr Robert Crapnell (2018 – 2019, NC3Rs funded project) currently PDRA working under Prof Banks at Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Kamrul Islam (2018) joint supervision with Prof Slevin and Dr Fang
Masters by Research (1 year research project):
Negar Mansouri (2018) – currently PhD student at the University of Sheffield
Thomas Dunbar (2018) with Dr. Macia-Ruiz as co-supervisor.
PhD students:
Dr Oliver Jamieson, obtained his PhD in summer 2022, currently working as PDRA in the group
Dr Kai Betlem, obtained his PhD in September 2019, currently working at TU Delft
Dr Pankaj Singla (visiting PhD student Guru Nanak Dev University – September until Dec 2018), current PDRA in the group
Sarbjeet Kaur, PhD student frrom Guru Nanak Dev University who was in Newcastle (2022-2023) via the Splitsite Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme
Erasmus students
Timothy Goris, Hogeschool Utrecht (2016), Simone Casadio, University of Bologna (April until July 2016), Sacha Hoksbergen Hogeschool Utrecht (September 2017 – February 2018), Gloria Parokkie (August-December 2021).
Students from University Paris: Francois Nguyen and Taejun Lim (2017), Romain Raimbault and Ismail Sadiki (2018)
Students from Universidade de Sao Paulo: Jorge Ueta Tadashi (2016), Raquel Debroi (2017), Heitor Valarini (2018), Beatriz Andrade de Faria (2018), Thais Soares (2019), Felipe Sousa die Vieira (2020), Leonardo de Faria Figueiredo & Ana Vilalela Strapazon (2021), Milena Schmidt Silva, Luiza Machado Kreti and Henrique Kenichi Noguchi (2022), Gustavo Eiji Kaya and Fernanda Arantes (autumn 2022), Luiza Janeiri, Giovana Luduvice and Isabela Belapetravicius (2023), Elina Wu Gruber and Giulia Aparecida Simoni de Carmo (2024).
Summer students :
RSC Analytical Trust: Louise Ng (2022 – Climate Leadership Scholarship from Newcastle University), Ellen Kirkup (2021 – supervised by Jake McClements), Ella-Louise Handley (2019), Dean Roberts (2018), Jessica Pimlott (2017)
Summer students: Lily Brenann-Jones (2021), Aqib Asghar (2018), Joe Lowdon (2016)