People

The ICOS group is led by Professors Krasnogor and Wipat and includes 14 academics, 11 researchers, 1 software engineer and 34 PhD students.

Photo	Member	Location	Position	Research Areas
	Alaa Alahmadi alaa.alahmadi	Room ? School of Computing	Lecturer		a c a d e m i c s
	Jaume Bacardit +44 (0)191 208 7784 jaume.bacardit	Room 5.020 School of Computing	Professor of Artificial Intelligence	Bioinformatics Evolutionary Computation Machine Learning Large-scale Data Mining
	Gizem Buldum gizem.buldum	Room ? School of Computing	Lecturer
	Harold Fellermann +44 (0)191 208 5036 harold.fellermann	Room 5.015 School of Computing	Lecturer	Complex Systems Synthetic Biology Computational Modelling Origins of Life
	Katherine James +44 (0)191 208 8213 katherine.james	Room 5.018 School of Computing	Lecturer	Bioinformatics Systems Biology Synthetic Biology
	Natalio Krasnogor +44 (0)191 208 5035 natalio.krasnogor	Room 5.021 School of Computing	Co-director of the Group Professor of Computing Science and Synthetic Biology	Evolutionary Algorithms and Metaheuristics Bioinformatics Systems and Synthetic Biology Complex Systems
	Jichun Li +44 (0)191 208 8064 jichun.li	Room 5.013 School of Computing	Senior Lecturer	Robotics and Automation Instrumentation and Control Machine Learning Nanotechnology
	Phillip Lord +44 (0)191 208 7827 phillip.lord	Room 5.012 School of Computing	Senior Lecturer	Ontologies Bioinformatics
	Tim Rudge +44 (0)191 208 8161 tim.rudge	Room 5.019 School of Computing	Lecturer	Synthetic Biology
	Peter Taylor +44 (0)191 208 7975 peter.taylor	Room 5.016 School of Computing	Reader	Network Analysis Computation Modelling Epilepsy
	Emanuela Torelli emanuela.torelli	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	Lecturer	Synthetic Biology
	Yujiang Wang +44 (0)191 208 4141 yujiang.wang	Room 5.017 School of Computing	Reader	Computational Neuroscience
	Paweł Widera +44 (0)191 208 3859 pawel.widera	Room 5.014 School of Computing	Lecturer	Bioinformatics Data Analysis and Visualisation Evolutionary Algorithms and Metaheuristics Machine Intelligence
	Anil Wipat +44 (0)191 208 8213 anil.wipat	Room 5.018 School of Computing	Co-director of the Group Professor of Integrative Bioinformatics	Bioinformatics Data Integration Systems and Synthetic Biology Molecular Biology of Bacillus subtilis
	Guillermo Besne guillermo.besne	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Associate		r e s e a r c h e r s
	Sonja Fenske sonja.fenske	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Associate
	Gerard Hall gerard.hall	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Associate	Network & Image Analysis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Epilepsy Neurological Pathology
	Diego Jimenez diego.jimenez-jimenez	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Associate
	Bethany Little bethany.little	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Associate	Computational Neuroscience Cognitive Neuropsychology Neuropsychiatric Disorders
	Silvia Navarro silvia.navarro	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Associate	Synthetic Biology DNA/RNA Nanostructures
	Lenka Pelechova lenka.pelechova	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Assistant	Society and Emerging Technology Family Studies Domestic Work
	Nadia Rostami nadia.rostami1	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Associate	Molecular Biology
	Gabrielle Schroeder gabrielle.schroeder	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Associate	Computational Neuroscience Computational Modelling Time Series Analysis Neurological Disorders
	Chris Thornton chris.thornton	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Associate
	José Verdú Díaz jose.verdu-diaz2	Biosciences Institute	Research Assistant	Medical Image Processing Machine Learning
	Leanne Hobbs leanne.hobbs2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Research Software Engineer	Web Applications
	Aoesha Alsobhe a.g.m.alsobhe2	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	PhD Student (started in Sep 2019 with AW)		P h D   s t u d e n t s
	Nida Alyas nida.alyas	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2023 with YW)
	Bradley Brown b.bradley2	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	PhD Student (started in Sep 2017 with AW)	Synthetic Biology Multicellular Systems Biosensors
	Matt Burridge m.burridge1	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2022 with KJ)	Synthetic Biology Bio-design Automation Bioinformatics
	Harry Clifford h.j.clifford1	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2023 with PT)
	Ethan Collinson e.collinson	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2022 with HF)	Synthetic Biology Computational Modelling Neural Networks
	Matthew Crowther m.crowther1	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	PhD Student (started in Sep 2019 with AW)	Synthetic Biology Computational Modelling
	Alex Escasinas a.escasinas2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2023 with KJ)	Bioinformatics Systems Biology Synthetic Biology Machine Learning
	Nathan Evans n.evans5	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2022 with YW)
	Sarah Gascoigne s.gascoigne	Room 4.052 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2021 with YW)	Computational Neuroscience Epilepsy Statistical Analysis
	Phoenix Gater p.gater2	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	PhD Student (started in Sep 2020 with AW)	Machine Learning Drug design Viral immunology
	Lewis Grozinger l.grozinger2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student	Synthetic Biology
	Alexander Hawes a.hawes2	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	PhD Student (started in Feb 2020 with HF)
	Jonny Horsley j.horsley2	Room 4.052 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2020 with PT)	Network Analysis Epilepsy
	Vyte Janiukstyte v.janiukstyte2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2021 with PT)	Computational Neuroscience Neurological Disorders
	Hyeyun Jung h.jung3	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Oct 2023 with HF)	Nanotechnology DNA nanosensors Bio-design
	Luiza Konkina l.konkina2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2023 with TR)	Bio-computing Genetic Design and Modelling
	Csaba Kozma c.a.kozma2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2022 with PT)	Computation Neuroscience Epilepsy Consciousness Statistical analysis
	Knectt Lendoye L'Eyebe k.p.lendoye-l'eyebe2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Feb 2023 with JB)	Machine Learning Medical Imaging Bioinformatics
	Marco Lewis m.j.lewis2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2020)	Quantum Computing Software Verification
	Mingpei Li m.li53	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	PhD Student (started in Dec 2019 with AW)
	Jiajie Luo j.luo26	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2023 with JL)	Artificial Intelligence Neural Networks Bioinformatics
	David Markham d.markham2	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	PhD Student (started in Sep 2019 with AW)
	Carlo Masaia c.masaia2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2018 with HF)
	Chi Ng c.k.ng2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Feb 2024 with JL)
	Zhen Ou z.ou3	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	PhD Student (started in Sep 2021 with AW)	Synthetic Biology
	Ayesha Sahar ayesha.sahar	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Mar 2020 with PL)	Data Science Machine Learning Bioinformatics
	Sneha Sharma s.r.sharma2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2023 with JB)
	Callum Simpson c.simpson5	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2021 with PT)	Computational Neuroscience Network Analysis Epilepsy
	Billy Smith b.smith16	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2023 with YW)	Computational Neuroscience
	Sofía Sorbet Santiago s.sorbet-santiago2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Sep 2022 with PW)	Bioinformatics Machine Learning Biomarkers
	Daniel Todd d.todd2	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	PhD Student (started in Sep 2020 with NK)	Synthetic Biology Molecular Biology Genetic Engineering
	Gonzalo Vidal g.a.vidal-pena2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Mar 2022 with TR)	Synthetic Biology Genetic Design and Modelling Data Science
	Guillermo Yạñez g.yanez-feliu2	Room 5.008 School of Computing	PhD Student (started in Feb 2022 with TR)	Synthetic Biology
	Aurelie Guyet aurelie.guyet	Floor 1 Devonshire Building	Visiting Researcher
	Graham Smith graham.smith3	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Visiting Researcher	Computational Modelling
	Monica Toft Hannani mth@n.o.s.p.a.m.nordicbio.com	Room 5.008 School of Computing	Visiting PhD student	Biomarker Analysis Machine Learning

Former members

• Dr. Sara Friedl, Research Director in Portabolomics project
• Dr. Yiming Huang, ICOS PhD Student, defended thesis on machine learning for knowledge discovery in synthetic biology
• Dr. Neil Mackenzie, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on the development of a queue data structure with DNA molecules
• Dr. Christian Taylor, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on machine learning strategies for the forecasting of pig growth in industry
• Dr. Conor Turner, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on dermatologically inspired face analysis with deep learning
• Dr. Martin Sidaway, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on delta-complete linear programming
• Dr. Mohammad Halawani, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on methods to support development of biomedical ontologies
• Dr. Aisha Bflegh, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on document-centric workflow for development of ontologies
• Dr. Ben Shirt-Ediss, ICOS Research Associate, working on computational modelling of DNA/RNA nanostructures and nanodevices
• Dr. Jordan Connolly, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on optimisation of DNA origami experiments
• Dr. Mariella Panagiotopoulou, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on fluctuations in EEG band power and seizure evolution
• Dr. Tom Owen, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on structural correlation in brain white matter
• Dr. Jack Jennings, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on agent-based approach to modelling cryopreservation of biological tissues
• Dr. Dinika Paramalingam, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on modelling of immune interaction and epidermal homeostasis in psoriasis
• Dr. Paolo Zuliani, ICOS Reader, working on stochastic model checking and quantum computing
• Dana Wehner, Visiting Student from the Free University of Berlin, Germany
• Dr. Bowen Li, ICOS Research Associate, working on individual-based microbial communities
• Dr. Bill Yang, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on design, simulation, and evolution of synthetic genomes
• Dr. James Skelton, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on computational enzyme discovery for wastewater treatment
• Dr. Wendy Smith, ICOS Senior Research Associate, working on synthetic/molecular biology and bacterial communication systems
• Dr. Polly Moreland, ICOS Research Associate, working on engineering pressure sensing bacteria (Thinking-Soils project)
• Dr. Rahele Kafieh, ICOS Research Associate, working on medical image analysis with deep learning
• Dr. Elisa Anastasi, ICOS Research Associate, working on integrative networks and drug repurposing
• Dr. María Camacho, Visiting Researcher from the University of A Coruña, Spain
• Dr. Matthew Pocock, ICOS Research Associate, working on SBOL, data integration, and knowledge management
• Dr. Konstantinos Georgopoulos, ICOS PhD Student, defended thesis on simulation and benchmarking of quantum computers
• Dr. Lucy Eland, ICOS Research Associate, working on bacterial biofilms and synthetic biology for waste management
• Dr. Artur Sokolovsky, ICOS PhD Student, working on event detection in multidimensional time series
• Dr. Valeria Verrone, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on genetically engineered bacteria biofertilisers
• Dr. Nizal Alshammry, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on development of scalable ontologies
• Dr. Christian Atallah, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on generation of diverse enzyme panels
• Dr. Christoforos Papasavvas, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on modelling the neocortex dynamics leading to epilepsy
• Dr. Federico Angelini, ICOS Research Associate, working on discovery of osteoarthritis endotypes from biochemical markers
• Mohammad alKhawashki, ICOS PhD Student, working on non-invasive deep brain stimulation
• Dr. Nádia Moreira da Silva, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on brain network changes and recovery following acute brain injuries
• Leonard Waldmann, Visiting Student from the Technical University of Munich, Germany
• Dr. Nishant Sinha, ICOS PhD Student, defended a (thesis) on predicting surgical outcomes for epilepsy patients
• Prof. Marcus Kaiser, ICOS Professor of Neuroinformatics
• Dr. Fedor Shmarov, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on formal verification of stochastic systems
• Dr. Owen Gilfellon, ICOS PhD Student, working on design framework for genetic circuits based on Standard Virtual Parts
• Dr. Ramtin Mehraram
• Dr. Sara Friedl, Research Director in Portabolomics project
• Dr. Yiming Huang, ICOS PhD Student, defended thesis on machine learning for knowledge discovery in synthetic biology
• Dr. Neil Mackenzie, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on the development of a queue data structure with DNA molecules
• Dr. Christian Taylor, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on machine learning strategies for the forecasting of pig growth in industry
• Dr. Conor Turner, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on dermatologically inspired face analysis with deep learning
• Dr. Martin Sidaway, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on delta-complete linear programming
• Dr. Mohammad Halawani, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on methods to support development of biomedical ontologies
• Dr. Aisha Bflegh, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on document-centric workflow for development of ontologies
• Dr. Ben Shirt-Ediss, ICOS Research Associate, working on computational modelling of DNA/RNA nanostructures and nanodevices
• Dr. Jordan Connolly, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on optimisation of DNA origami experiments
• Dr. Mariella Panagiotopoulou, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on fluctuations in EEG band power and seizure evolution
• Dr. Tom Owen, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on structural correlation in brain white matter
• Dr. Jack Jennings, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on agent-based approach to modelling cryopreservation of biological tissues
• Dr. Dinika Paramalingam, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on modelling of immune interaction and epidermal homeostasis in psoriasis
• Dr. Paolo Zuliani, ICOS Reader, working on stochastic model checking and quantum computing
• Dana Wehner, Visiting Student from the Free University of Berlin, Germany
• Dr. Bowen Li, ICOS Research Associate, working on individual-based microbial communities
• Dr. Bill Yang, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on design, simulation, and evolution of synthetic genomes
• Dr. James Skelton, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on computational enzyme discovery for wastewater treatment
• Dr. Wendy Smith, ICOS Senior Research Associate, working on synthetic/molecular biology and bacterial communication systems
• Dr. Polly Moreland, ICOS Research Associate, working on engineering pressure sensing bacteria (Thinking-Soils project)
• Dr. Rahele Kafieh, ICOS Research Associate, working on medical image analysis with deep learning
• Dr. Elisa Anastasi, ICOS Research Associate, working on integrative networks and drug repurposing
• Dr. María Camacho, Visiting Researcher from the University of A Coruña, Spain
• Dr. Matthew Pocock, ICOS Research Associate, working on SBOL, data integration, and knowledge management
• Dr. Konstantinos Georgopoulos, ICOS PhD Student, defended thesis on simulation and benchmarking of quantum computers
• Dr. Lucy Eland, ICOS Research Associate, working on bacterial biofilms and synthetic biology for waste management
• Dr. Artur Sokolovsky, ICOS PhD Student, working on event detection in multidimensional time series
• Dr. Valeria Verrone, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on genetically engineered bacteria biofertilisers
• Dr. Nizal Alshammry, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on development of scalable ontologies
• Dr. Christian Atallah, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on generation of diverse enzyme panels
• Dr. Christoforos Papasavvas, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on modelling the neocortex dynamics leading to epilepsy
• Dr. Federico Angelini, ICOS Research Associate, working on discovery of osteoarthritis endotypes from biochemical markers
• Mohammad alKhawashki, ICOS PhD Student, working on non-invasive deep brain stimulation
• Dr. Nádia Moreira da Silva, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on brain network changes and recovery following acute brain injuries
• Leonard Waldmann, Visiting Student from the Technical University of Munich, Germany
• Dr. Nishant Sinha, ICOS PhD Student, defended a (thesis) on predicting surgical outcomes for epilepsy patients
• Prof. Marcus Kaiser, ICOS Professor of Neuroinformatics
• Dr. Fedor Shmarov, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on formal verification of stochastic systems
• Dr. Owen Gilfellon, ICOS PhD Student, working on design framework for genetic circuits based on Standard Virtual Parts
• Dr. Ramtin Mehraram, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on brain network changes in dementia patients
• Dr. Jake Cowton, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on the application of deep learning / computer vision to precision farming
• Dr. Jonathan Tellechea Luzardo, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on a version control system for cell line engineering
• Dr. Ruud Stoof, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on modelling gene regulation dynamics with spatial considerations
• Dr. Christopher Hayward, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on brain dynamics and network organisation in healthy and schizophrenic patients
• Dr. Denis Taniguchi, ICOS Research Associate, working on agent-based microbial community simulation (NUFEB project)
• Dr. James McLaughlin, ICOS PhD Student (thesis), working on the Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL)
• Dr. Roman Bauer, ICOS Research Fellow, working on modelling brain tissue dynamics and cryopreservation
• Dr. Mariia Vasileva, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on probabilistic reachability analysis of cyber-physical systems
• Dr. Angel Goñi Moreno, ICOS Lecturer in Synthetic Biology
• Dr. Ali Alameer, ICOS Research Associate, working on recognition of animal behaviour with deep learning
• Dr. Yuchun Ding, ICOS Research Associate, working on automated analysis of pathology slides
• Dr. Ossama Alshabrawy, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on deep learning-based speech detection for depression diagnosis
• Dr. Craig Sharp, ICOS Research Associate working on neuroimaging analysis
• Dr. Sriharsha Ramaraju, ICOS Research Associate, working on quantitative analysis of MEG/EEG recordings
• Dr. Joe Necus, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on the effect of treatment on brain morphology in bipolar disorder patients
• Dr. Chris Thornton, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on modelling in vitro electrical stimulation of brain tissue
• Xue Chen, Visiting PhD Student from the China University of Petroleum
• Dr. Alexander Wood, ICOS Research Associate, working on genetic circuit design and optimisation for synthetic biology
• Dr. Michael A. White, ICOS Research Associate, working on engineering bacteria for removal of waste hormones
• Dr. Keith Flanagan, ICOS Senior Research Associate, working on genetic data integration and distributed computing
• Dr. Alessandro Ceccarelli, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on synthetic DNA/RNA origami scaffolds
• Dr. Matthew Collison, ICOS Teaching Fellow and PhD Student (thesis), working on data integration for gut microbiome analysis
• Dr. Frances Hutchings, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on modelling effects of electrical stimulation on brain tissue
• Dr. Annunziata Lopiccolo, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on data storage using DNA/RNA devices
• Dr. Jeremy Revell, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on inference of parameters for stochastic chemical reaction networks
• Dr. Shouyong Jiang, ICOS Research Associate, working on improving microbial strain design with dynamic multiobjective optimisation
• Henrike Koehler, Visiting PhD Student from the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
• Simon Reichert, Visiting PhD Student from the University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Germany
• Dr. Sungshic Park, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on design automation in synthetic biology
• Dr. Charles Winterhalter, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on bioengineering methods to study bacterial communication
• Dr. Stephen Matthews, ICOS Research Associate, working on object tracking for precision livestock farming
• Dr. Jonathan Naylor, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on 3D simulation and modelling of multicellular bacterial populations
• Dr. Jerzy Kozyra, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on design of nano structures/devices with synthetic DNA
• Dr. Thomas Ott, Visiting Researcher from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
• Dr. Samuel Danso, ICOS Research Associate, working on cross-population harmonisation of medical data
• Dr. Katherine James, ICOS Research Associate, working on analysis and integration of large scale -omics data
• Dr. Nicola Lazzarini, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on bio-medical data mining
• Dr. Beth Lawry, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on generation/recognition of microbial biomarkers
• James Knight, Visiting Researcher from Imperial College, UK
• Dr. Birgit Koch, ICOS Research Associate, working on hybrid bacteria DNA secretion system
• Antonio Diaz Parra, Visiting PhD Student from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
• Zach Zundel, Visiting Student from the Univeristy of Utah, USA
• Ien Li, Visiting Student from the Princeton University, USA
• Dr. Göksel Misirli, ICOS Research Associate, working on synthetic biology design automation
• Prof. Christopher Myers, Visiting Professor from the University of Utah, USA
• Dr. Joseph Mullen, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on integration strategies to find new use for existing drugs
• Dr. Martin Sim, ICOS Research Associate, working on engineering bacteria for estrogen degradation at wastewater treatment plants
• Linda Anticoli, Visiting PhD Student from the University of Udine, Italy
• Dr. Bart Craenen, ICOS Research Associate, working on detecting criminal activity in the cloud
• Jens Kristian Geyti, Visiting Researcher from the University College London, working on data mining social media for symptoms of influenza
• Dr. Omer Markovitch, ICOS Research Associate, working on modelling prebiotic evolution / origin of life
• Dr. Sol Lim, ICOS Research Associate, working on computational modelling of human brain development
• Dr. John Dawson, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on gesture interactions and immersion into virtual worlds
• Dr. Chien-Yi Chang, ICOS Senior Research Associate, working on synthetic biology
• Dr. Susanne Pohl, ICOS Research Associate, working on engineering bacterial systems for protein production
• Dr. Janetta Steyn, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on computational modelling of crab neurons
• Dr. Curtis Madsen, ICOS Research Associate, working on model checking and the SBOL stack
• Dr. Jennifer Warrender, ICOS Teaching Assistant and PhD Student, defended a thesis on ontological modelling of scientific knowledge
• Dr. Michael Bell, ICOS Teaching Assistant and PhD Student, defended a thesis on quality of biological data annotations
• Dr. Daven Sanassy, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on meta-stochastic simulation for systems and synthetic biology
• Dr. Pablo Suau Perez, ICOS KTP Associate, working on optimisation of circuit boards manufacturing
• Dr. Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mamun, ICOS Research Assistant, working on computational modelling
• Dr. Jennifer Hallinan, ICOS Lecturer in Bioinformatics
• Ismael Rodríguez Fernández, Visiting PhD Student from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Dr. Peter Andras, ICOS Reader in Complex Systems
• Pablo Gutiérrez Pérez, Visiting PhD Student from the University of Granada, Spain
• Ally Vitali, ICOS PhD Student working on data integration and drug design
• Dr. Allyson Lister, ICOS Research Associate working on ontologies, data integration, data visualisation and systems biology , ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on brain network changes in dementia patients
• Dr. Jake Cowton, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on the application of deep learning / computer vision to precision farming
• Dr. Jonathan Tellechea Luzardo, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on a version control system for cell line engineering
• Dr. Ruud Stoof, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on modelling gene regulation dynamics with spatial considerations
• Dr. Christopher Hayward, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on brain dynamics and network organisation in healthy and schizophrenic patients
• Dr. Denis Taniguchi, ICOS Research Associate, working on agent-based microbial community simulation (NUFEB project)
• Dr. James McLaughlin, ICOS PhD Student (thesis), working on the Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL)
• Dr. Roman Bauer, ICOS Research Fellow, working on modelling brain tissue dynamics and cryopreservation
• Dr. Mariia Vasileva, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on probabilistic reachability analysis of cyber-physical systems
• Dr. Angel Goñi Moreno, ICOS Lecturer in Synthetic Biology
• Dr. Ali Alameer, ICOS Research Associate, working on recognition of animal behaviour with deep learning
• Dr. Yuchun Ding, ICOS Research Associate, working on automated analysis of pathology slides
• Dr. Ossama Alshabrawy, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on deep learning-based speech detection for depression diagnosis
• Dr. Craig Sharp, ICOS Research Associate working on neuroimaging analysis
• Dr. Sriharsha Ramaraju, ICOS Research Associate, working on quantitative analysis of MEG/EEG recordings
• Dr. Joe Necus, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on the effect of treatment on brain morphology in bipolar disorder patients
• Dr. Chris Thornton, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on modelling in vitro electrical stimulation of brain tissue
• Xue Chen, Visiting PhD Student from the China University of Petroleum
• Dr. Alexander Wood, ICOS Research Associate, working on genetic circuit design and optimisation for synthetic biology
• Dr. Michael A. White, ICOS Research Associate, working on engineering bacteria for removal of waste hormones
• Dr. Keith Flanagan, ICOS Senior Research Associate, working on genetic data integration and distributed computing
• Dr. Alessandro Ceccarelli, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on synthetic DNA/RNA origami scaffolds
• Dr. Matthew Collison, ICOS Teaching Fellow and PhD Student (thesis), working on data integration for gut microbiome analysis
• Dr. Frances Hutchings, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on modelling effects of electrical stimulation on brain tissue
• Dr. Annunziata Lopiccolo, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on data storage using DNA/RNA devices
• Dr. Jeremy Revell, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on inference of parameters for stochastic chemical reaction networks
• Dr. Shouyong Jiang, ICOS Research Associate, working on improving microbial strain design with dynamic multiobjective optimisation
• Henrike Koehler, Visiting PhD Student from the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
• Simon Reichert, Visiting PhD Student from the University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Germany
• Dr. Sungshic Park, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on design automation in synthetic biology
• Dr. Charles Winterhalter, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on bioengineering methods to study bacterial communication
• Dr. Stephen Matthews, ICOS Research Associate, working on object tracking for precision livestock farming
• Dr. Jonathan Naylor, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on 3D simulation and modelling of multicellular bacterial populations
• Dr. Jerzy Kozyra, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on design of nano structures/devices with synthetic DNA
• Dr. Thomas Ott, Visiting Researcher from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
• Dr. Samuel Danso, ICOS Research Associate, working on cross-population harmonisation of medical data
• Dr. Katherine James, ICOS Research Associate, working on analysis and integration of large scale -omics data
• Dr. Nicola Lazzarini, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on bio-medical data mining
• Dr. Beth Lawry, ICOS Research Associate and PhD Student (thesis), working on generation/recognition of microbial biomarkers
• James Knight, Visiting Researcher from Imperial College, UK
• Dr. Birgit Koch, ICOS Research Associate, working on hybrid bacteria DNA secretion system
• Antonio Diaz Parra, Visiting PhD Student from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
• Zach Zundel, Visiting Student from the Univeristy of Utah, USA
• Ien Li, Visiting Student from the Princeton University, USA
• Dr. Göksel Misirli, ICOS Research Associate, working on synthetic biology design automation
• Prof. Christopher Myers, Visiting Professor from the University of Utah, USA
• Dr. Joseph Mullen, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on integration strategies to find new use for existing drugs
• Dr. Martin Sim, ICOS Research Associate, working on engineering bacteria for estrogen degradation at wastewater treatment plants
• Linda Anticoli, Visiting PhD Student from the University of Udine, Italy
• Dr. Bart Craenen, ICOS Research Associate, working on detecting criminal activity in the cloud
• Jens Kristian Geyti, Visiting Researcher from the University College London, working on data mining social media for symptoms of influenza
• Dr. Omer Markovitch, ICOS Research Associate, working on modelling prebiotic evolution / origin of life
• Dr. Sol Lim, ICOS Research Associate, working on computational modelling of human brain development
• Dr. John Dawson, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on gesture interactions and immersion into virtual worlds
• Dr. Chien-Yi Chang, ICOS Senior Research Associate, working on synthetic biology
• Dr. Susanne Pohl, ICOS Research Associate, working on engineering bacterial systems for protein production
• Dr. Janetta Steyn, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on computational modelling of crab neurons
• Dr. Curtis Madsen, ICOS Research Associate, working on model checking and the SBOL stack
• Dr. Jennifer Warrender, ICOS Teaching Assistant and PhD Student, defended a thesis on ontological modelling of scientific knowledge
• Dr. Michael Bell, ICOS Teaching Assistant and PhD Student, defended a thesis on quality of biological data annotations
• Dr. Daven Sanassy, ICOS PhD Student, defended a thesis on meta-stochastic simulation for systems and synthetic biology
• Dr. Pablo Suau Perez, ICOS KTP Associate, working on optimisation of circuit boards manufacturing
• Dr. Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mamun, ICOS Research Assistant, working on computational modelling
• Dr. Jennifer Hallinan, ICOS Lecturer in Bioinformatics
• Ismael Rodríguez Fernández, Visiting PhD Student from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Dr. Peter Andras, ICOS Reader in Complex Systems
• Pablo Gutiérrez Pérez, Visiting PhD Student from the University of Granada, Spain
• Ally Vitali, ICOS PhD Student working on data integration and drug design
• Dr. Allyson Lister, ICOS Research Associate working on ontologies, data integration, data visualisation and systems biology