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Dr. Nik Georgopoulos is an Associate Professor in Cell Biology & Transforming Lives Fellow.

He is a cell biologist with expertise in epithelial cell biology and immunology, as well as having a strong interest in understanding the mechanisms of diseases such as cancer. His main research focus is to utilise fundamental cell biology knowledge to design novel therapeutic interventions to combat disease and improve patient quality of life.

https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/nik-georgopoulos#firstSection

Mulualem Gebregiorgis Gebreslassie is an
Associate Professor of Energy and a Transforming Lives Fellow.

He joined the Material and Engineering Research
Institute in January 2024, after working for over 18 years at Mekelle University in Ethiopia.

His academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Mekelle University (2005), a Joint Master's in Management, Engineering of Environment and Energy from UPM, EMN, and KTH (2009), and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Exeter UK (2013).

His research focuses on project management, renewable energy development, energy conservation and management, grid and off-grid energy systems, energy
access, transitions, and policy.


https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/mulualem-gebregiorgis-gebreslassie/

Marta Mirecka is a PhD at Biomedical Research Centre in Sheffield Hallam University, with a passion for cardiovascular science, gut-brain relationship and linguistic.

Knowing the therapeutic effect of exercises on heart
health, and having investigated the topic of testosterone thoroughly, she believes that more research is needed to prove already existing theory, that testosterone treatment and myokines can help combat the diseases such as atherosclerosis. Apart from cardiovascular science, she is passionate about gut-brain axis, its link to mental health and immune response. She is big advocate of targeting you microbiome
approach first, and then If still needed, looking into pharmaceutical solutions.

Dr Viswanathan received his MSc degree in Industrial Mathematical Modelling and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Loughborough University. He held a postdoctoral position at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado on a collaborative research work with Iowa State University, Princeton University and the National Energy Technology Lab in the USA. He started as an Applications Engineer with COMSOL Multiphysics worked for two years, and then worked for Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India as a Technical Leader in the area of Fuel Systems CFD for five years. Dr Viswanathan has authored several papers, has published in prestigious journals including the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Physics of Fluids, and has filed 8 patents with Daimler.

Dr Ronak Janani BEng, PhD completed her PhD focused on sol-gel chemistry and energy storage in 2019 at Sheffield Hallam University. With the use of her background in sol-gel chemistry, she entered the field of biomaterials with a focus on bioactive glass ceramics for healthcare applications. She later joined the iPSpine consortium to contribute to the development of smart biomaterials as part of a non-invasive therapy for disc degeneration.Over the years, She also took part in several Innovate UK and UKRI projects (such as EnviroAsh, Enviroglass 2 and GRIFFIN) helping to address some of the challenges faced by UK’s Foundation Industries. In 2022, she became PI for the HiT OFCs project which aimed to advance the TRL of a developing gas-Raman instrument designed for emission monitoring in several UK Foundation Industries.

Dr Asquith graduated with a degree in Engineering Physics in 2001 and shortly after studied for an MPhil in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sheffield University (2004).

In 2008, he did a PhD in the department of Materials Science, also at the University of Sheffield.

Both projects studied surface engineered aluminium with synchrotron diffraction to understand fatigue performance.

After finishing his studies, David worked as a Post-Doc. at the University of Sheffield on a variety of experimental mechanics projects in the Mechanical Engineering department.

David joined Sheffield Hallam University as a Lecturer in 2010 and now he is a Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering and part of the Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI).