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He is currently working at University of Warwick as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He hold a PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology. His expertise includes nano/micro electrochemistry and in situ characterisation techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1766412847576-EG3Z67T4C8AY38F5EEGS/DavidePreso.jpg Team - Davide Preso Dr. Davide Preso joined the Phisical Acoustics Lab in 2024 on a EPSRC-funded project about catalytic sonochemical processes for green hydrogen production from ammonia. He obtained his BSc and MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bologna (Italy). After a short stay as a Scientific Assistant at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), working on the development of an ammonia-based CO2-capture process, he joined EPFL (Switzerland) as a Doctoral Assistant. Here, he received his PhD in Mechanics with a work on the effect of gas and vapor on the dynamics of single cavitation bubbles. His current interests include sonochemical conversion of water, ammonia, and carbon dioxide, and phase change effects in cavitation bubbles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1766412771403-XUIA3GAMWYY3NEW2L431/Dong+Xia.jpg Team - Dong Xia Dr Dong Xia received his PhD degree from University of Leeds (2020). He then joined the National Institute for Materials Science as a postdoctoral fellow in Japan focusing on utilizing conductive metal-organic frameworks for electrocatalytic hydrogen production (2022). Currently, he is a joint postdoctoral research fellow in Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Oxford (2023), where he focuses on exploring the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction and the sonoelectrochemical carbon dioxide reduction. His interests are in constructing nanocarbon-based aerogels for Joule heating studies and synthesizing various nanocatalysts for thermocatalytic/electrocatalytic implications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1766412620217-JUZWK3UH74BVAP25LOZF/Tanvi+Kaku.jpg Team - Tanvi Sushil Kaku Tanvi completed her BSc in Biotechnology from the University of Mumbai and her MSc in Biotechnology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. She is currently a PhD student at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore working under the supervision of Prof. James Kwan and Prof. Sierin Lim. She is working on the development of ultrasound-responsive protein nanoparticle encapsulated microbubbles, for MRI detection of early stage atherosclerotic lesions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1766412563204-3JFVXKBJGHQNNEIIX82V/blank+silhouette_5.png Team - Ronan Poots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1766412534787-ASHISW6MT7YHBLTXK7SF/blank+silhouette_5.png Team - Ioan Evans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1766412503480-4JM42EWNUP61FHMMWI65/blank+silhouette_5.png Team - Kate Erskine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1766412399033-2P3CLCI8I7H09WV8M1WD/blank+silhouette_5.png Team - Caleb Mbanaso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1713178938728-VGNE2B21GN2NG4XZIKXW/Website+Photo.jpg Team - Justin Morton Dr. Justin Morton obtained a BSc degree in physics from the University of Kent and later pursued a materials science MSc degree at University College London. Thereafter, he joined the EcoUltra 2D project as a PhD student at Oxford Brookes University under the supervision of Prof. Iakovos Tzanakis specialising in two dimensional materials exfoliation utilising ultrasonic cavitation. Recently, he published in Materials Today with a paper entitled “New insights into sono-exfoliation mechanisms of graphite: In situ high-speed imaging studies and acoustic measurements”, focusing on the fundamentals of cavitation bubble interactions with bulk layered materials during exfoliation. He is currently working as a PDRA at the University of Oxford in the Physical Acoustics Laboratory under the supervision of Prof. James Kwan, focusing on ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery for peripheral artery disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1713178944965-10M7BLWWVPZ9DEQ5NJ1O/Xuelan+Hou.jpg Team - Xuelan Hou Dr. Xuelan Hou earned her B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Hebei University of Technology, China; her M.Sc. degree in Industrial Catalysis from Tianjin University, China, in 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Yongdan Li, on a topic of ‘Photocatalytic overall water splitting and photoelectrochemical water oxidation reaction’; and her Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from Aalto University, Finland, in 2022 under the supervision of Prof. Peter D. Lund, worked on ‘Solar cells and solar driven green hydrogen production’. After obtaining her Ph.D., she joined the Kwan’s Research Group led by Prof. James Kwan at the Department of Engineering Science and the Prof. Edman Tsang’s group at the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory as a Post-doc Research Assistant at the University of Oxford in December 2022. She will be working on the research topic: Producing green hydrogen via sonocatalytic cracking of Ammonia. She is also interested in solar energy conversion and storage into solar fuels such as NH3, H2O2 and hydrocarbon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1713178926858-O7C0L388UAYEVITB7DCD/Usadi_Headshot1.JPG Team - Lillian Usadi Lillian Ngo Usadi graduated and commissioned from the United States Naval Academy with a BSc in electrical engineering. Awarded the Rhodes Scholarship, Lillian joined the Physical Acoustics Lab reading for an MSc in Engineering Science (by research) under the direction of Dr. Ronald Roy and Dr. James Kwan. Following her time at Oxford, Lillian will go on to join the United States Navy as a submarine officer. Her long term career goals include her pursuit of the advancement of naval science and technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1696516040680-NQLP8FVXC20XNKTJLWCT/blank+silhouette_5.png Team - Emma Gilbert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1696515970069-Z7CWS9RWX5NYVJXC2LFZ/Summer+Su.jpg Team - Xiaoqian "Summer" Su Summer received her B.S. degree in Bioengineering from Huaqiao University, China and M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. She graduated with a Ph.D. in 2021 under the supervision of James Kwan at NTU. She is now a Research Fellow at NTU in Prof Manojit Pramanik’s lab in collaboration with Kwan’s research group at Oxford. Her research interests include acoustic cavitation agents for biomedical and industrial applications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1674743823375-9PKGIYJHCL8ULZSG7X7L/Deepika+Lakshmi.jpg Team - Deepika Bharatula In 2016, Ms. Deepika Lakshmi completed her B.Tech with specialization in Nanotechnology from SRM University, Chennai, India. She completed her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at NTU in 2021. Her research focused on the effects of acoustics on medical biofilms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1662673944898-2NYDXPG94D9U78WF5CHV/Markus_Baumgartner.jpg Team - Markus Baumgartner Markus Baumgartner is an undergraduate engineering student at Balliol college participating in the lab under the EUROP programme. He joined the lab to study Sonoluminescence and to develop a Sonochemical platform for future studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1662673883354-5WF5RCLGKECXUF076JU6/Laila_Yachkouri.jpg Team - Laila Yachkouri Laila Yachkouri is a third year undergraduate at Queen Mary, University of London studying Materials Science and Engineering. She is currently an intern working on the acoustic characterisation profile of an intravascular ultrasound device. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1662673790475-UMZ2QHPHUSUWSFSRXWKL/blank+silhouette_5.png Team - Naiyira Naweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1662673719219-JZEE7P01MS2OXG4UPEN3/YihaoHuang.jpg Team - Yihao Huang Yihao Huang is a final-year undergraduate of Oxford in Engineering Science. He is currently working on his fourth-year project (4YP) relevant to laser and acoustic cavitation, supervised by Prof James Kwan, Dr Jason Raymond and Prof Ronald Roy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1662673631201-0DB9Q0NLD2OEP7A2ZMHZ/IMG-20170802-WA0000.jpg Team - Umesh Jonnalagadda Umesh received his BSc in Biomedical Engineering from RPI in 2012, followed by his MEng in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University in 2013. He went to University of Southampton under the Rayleigh Fellowship to pursue a PhD and, subsequently, postdoc in 2016. He joined the Kwan Research Group at NTU in 2017 as a Research Fellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1651750905640-ZTSH8FG7YKLS5LOSRTKI/Sri_Sunku.jpeg Team - Srivatsava Sunku Dr Srivatsava is an emergency physician in Singapore who is pursuing his masters in nanotechnology in healthcare and medicine from Oxford’s Kellogs college. He is interested in translating nanotechnology to applications in emergency medical practice. He is presently in NTU under the supervision of Prof James Kwan and Prof Sierin Lim, working on applications of nano/micro-particles for thrombolysis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1629899107813-MV16VQ0BLSXHZWDELXAZ/Ikrame+Bezzaid+UNIQ.jpg Team - Ikrame Bezzaid My name is Ikrame Bezzaid and I’m currently an aspiring biomedical engineer. I’m highly motivated and hardworking. In the future I would like to further expand my knowledge by undertaking a masters in Tissue engineering and Regenerative medicine which fits perfectly in the scope of what we are currently aiming to achieve in this project. I enjoy my course as it consists of my two favourite subjects: biology and maths. I am delighted to be accepted for the UNIQ+ internship and look forward to all the amazing opportunities, as well as learning and actively participating in shaping the medical field and future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1629899082055-X0EGBSNIEVNEGXJPWVAX/Abbey+Barnard+UNIQ.jpg Team - Abbey Barnard Abbey is currently studying for a Masters in Physics at Lancaster University. She will be completing her internship focusing on designing an ultrasound catheter under the supervision of Professor James Kwan this summer (2021) under the UNIQ+ programme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1624359226080-8CES0MMNBSR8G8FMKFXW/Photo_Janelle.jpg Team - Janelle Ong Janelle Ong received her B.Eng in Engineering Product Development from Singapore University of Technology and Design, specializing in the Healthcare track. She is currently working as a Research Assistant with Asst. Prof James Kwan, to develop a non invasive device that aids in the maturation of arteriovenous fistulas for haemodialysis patients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1620916054831-J35OOOAMQRO2GDSO3M6X/ig_pic.jpg Team - Ipshita Gupta Ipshita Gupta completed Phd In Biomedical Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA in 2018. Prior to this, she did her Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Oxford University, UK. During the course of her PhD, she worked in collaboration with GE Healthcare on a multi-centre clinical trial funded by NIH RO1 grant and developed an ultrasound based, non-invasive pressure monitoring technique for liver pressures based on subharmonic emissions from microbubbles. She has also co-filed a patent for this technique. Post her PhD, she was working as a post doc fellow at the department of Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University during which she undertook multiple teaching and research assignments. Her work has been presented in various international conferences and she has published several articles in peer reviewed journals and written a book chapter as well. She joined the Kwan Research Group in 2019 as a research fellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1571719167374-J5POUNPQMI7Y4IFWCOZ8/NTU+Logo.jpg Team - NTU Singapore FYP Students Jiayi Chen, Lucas Ng, Yu Hao Foo, Smrithi Hariharaputran, Noel Sng, Sara Yip, Charmaine Ng, Xi Yu, Jeremy Wei, Dennis Dharmawan, Janis Lim, Vu Huy Nhat Quang, Yu Xuan Tan, Stacy D Cruz, David Siow, Eugene Wong, Sandy Hui, Je-Taime Tan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1609335009611-E6BC6RP5KL1897EKDJZM/IMG_9739.jpg Team - Amirah Murat Miss Amirah received her BEng (Hons) in Medical Engineering from Cardiff University, Wales, UK in 2018 and a Dip. in Biomedical Engineering specializing in Biomedical Process and Quality Systems from Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore in 2016. She is currently working as a Part-time Research Assistant in NTU, assisting Asst. Prof James Kwan and Dr Willem Van Meurs in designing a new lab for the biomedical engineers in NTU, called “Building your own cardiovascular system”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1571717693013-U50KRW0SI4CSQ2H359U9/Reju_George_Thomasfinal.jpg Team - Reju George Thomas Reju George Thomas received his Btech in Bioinformatics from VIT, Vellore in 2008. After a short stint working in Tata Consultancy Services as a software engineer, he completed Mtech in nanotechnology from ACNSMM, Kochi followed by PhD and, subsequently, postdoc from Chonnam National University. He joined NTU in 2018 in James Kwan Lab as a Research Fellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1549506012373-FZQWC30WH2SSE9BKUOOC/1531021779045+2.jpg Team - Keerti Vajrala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1535098748903-1CG4F817PU5ZOHF24XHO/blank+silhouette_5.png Team - Roshan Akdar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1535098703455-NDHQD99HQUFOWGNFHZQE/blank+silhouette_5.png Team - Sripadh Guptha Yedire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1502789111696-DJE8MDPGDQ4J1W2NFVJB/WhatsApp+Image+2017-05-16+at+11.22.41.jpeg Team - Mona Lo Mona is pursuing her BEng in Biomedical Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and joined the lab of Dr. Kwan in May 2017 as a research intern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1502789056849-5IAQEBDGPPQBHK665868/Yash_Lara.jpg Team - Yash Lara Mr. Yash Lara is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering in the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India. His research interests include Nanomedicine and Bioengineering. Mr. Yash joined the lab of Dr. Kwan in May as a research intern and is supporting Ms. Su with research on developing novel cavitation agents of nanocone superstructures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1509491854321-ZP6YVTGHFZ0RE90NQMDK/IMG_20170815_115024.JPG Team - Jingyao Zhang Jingyao is a medical student from the University of Cambridge. She is working on signal processing algorithms and string test prototypes during her internship at the lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1509491901991-VCTU784S6W42A9OFP731/IMG_6984.JPG Team - Mohammed Tayyib Khan Tayyib is currently completing his Bachelors of Health Sciences in Kinesiology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada. He joined Dr. Kwan’s lab with the hopes of pursuing his research interests of improving cardiovascular disease treatment and increasing quality of living for CVD patients. He is working alongside fellow lab members, focusing his efforts on developing a therapeutic ultrasound-responsive remote implantation device to target atherosclerotic plaque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1494925735665-PHQD5ZB3ZM7B2XQO27ZY/Bild+Website.JPG Team - Sophie Hall Ms. Sophie Hall was a research intern supporting Ms. Su in her doctoral research. [01/17 - 05/17] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1766412819564-KFJKECRW5RNFZT6Z8TB8/D018068_050.jpg Team - Mohamad Salimi Dr. Mohamad Salimi completed a PhD in vibroacoustic condition monitoring at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) at the University of Southampton. Currently, he is working in Kwan's Research Group on the setup of a sonochemical reactor and is closely working under the supervision of Prof. Bañares-Alcántara on technoeconomic models for ammonia cracking and catalytic sonochemistry. 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February 21 2018 We now have an accepted PhD proposal within the Interdisciplinary Graduate School. This is a premier fully funded program for stellar aspiring PhD candidates. Our proposal is Project 112, "Developing Ultrasound Responsive Co-polymers for Noninvasive Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Varicose Veins." If you are interested in our project, then please apply here. See links for details about the PhD Programme and Scholarship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1536223827673-SYEFJIB3POEQAUGJXJFV/180901_SummerSu.jpg Archived News - Sept. 9 2018 Congrats to Summer for successfully defending her proposal in her qualification exam! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1574899695670-0Y3IAGJ63V9WDQJPC4OY/ig_pic.jpg Archived News - October 21 2019 Dr Ipshita Gupta has joined the Kwan Research Group to investigate the acoustic properties of our novel multi-cavity polymer particles as well as their therapeutic efficacy. She joins us from a prestigious background, which includes a Phd in Biomedical Engineering from Drexel University and a Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Oxford University, UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1591949702609-TJSTBNFSQY5U1W2FSEIZ/TOC+FIgure.png Archived News - June 12 2020 Dr Umesh Jonnalagadda just published an amazing article on the sol-gel transition of a copolymer using ultrasound in the journal Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics! Well done Umesh an co-authors! The article can be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1574900007978-7NDSLAI1JMS5FINTD6R9/IMG_20191127_203805_673.jpg Archived News - November 27 2019 Congratulation to Deepika Lakshmi on getting her first paper accepted into publication in the journal “Electrochimica Acta”! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1574900407595-8J62BI37PLBW704K0WI4/ACP+Grant.png Archived News - June 11 2019 The Kwan Research Group has been awarded a grant to build a wearable biomedical device to aid maturation of arteriovenous fistula (AV Fistula) in end stage renal disease patients. We are working with innovative clinicians at Singapore General Hospital and Changi General Hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1516934549393-XCSN2ATD77PO3VGKACKJ/logo_astar.jpg Archived News - October 13 2017 Kwan Research Group in collaboration with A*STAR's Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences and Assoc. Atsushi Goto's lab at NTU's Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry was awarded an Industrial Alignment Pre-positioning Grant in Specialty Chemicals to develop novel dual responsive switch-based polymers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1535099675075-BEB18UGY3KP57UTDNRX8/EdeX+Grant.png Archived News - August 24 2018 Paired with experts in modelling and simulation (Dr Willem van Muers) and the Dean of ANU’s Medical School (Prof Russell Gruen), we are looking to use self-assessment and experience-based learning to improve our ability to teach the cardiovascular system for biomedical engineers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1558176000315-IYOP42AXE0C98EMVPP0I/Langmuir+2019+Paper.jpg Archived News - May 13 2019 Congrats to Dr Reju George Thomas and Dr Umesh Jonnalagadda for publishing a review in Langmuir discussing solid cavitation agents as an emerging technology! Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00795 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1516934265270-0LWCYZ99XRW11Y1OIPE0/NMRC+Logo.png Archived News - August 01 2017 August 1st 2017: NMRC Young Investigator Grant Awarded https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1562218231335-F284JWDVJXDL7NW9LUHE/SciRep+2019+Paper.jpg Archived News - July 04 2019 Congrats to Xiaoqian (Summer) Su for publishing her first paper! This paper reports on the use of ultrasound to remotely implant PLGA drug delivery vehicles into arterial tissue. Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-46022-0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58b50092c534a5d38a80471b/1597062489500-0Y73U2TRGRTBT921OZMK/OxfordUniEngineeringdept-174.jpg Archived News