TeQ Team

Our team comprises clinicians, students, and engineers with a broad variety of expertise.

Leads
Co-Investigators
Senior Clinical Research Fellows
Clinical Research Fellows
Engineering students
MRes Students
TeQ Interns (Medical Students)
Affiliated Alumni

Leads

	Hani J Marcus Lead of TeQ group Consultant Neurosurgeon (Pituitary and Anterior Skull Base) - National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Honorary Associate Professor (Robotics and AI) - UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Lead for Neurosurgery and Brain Cancer (North Thames CRN) - National Institute for Health Research Contact: h.marcus@ucl.ac.uk
	William Muirhead Co-lead of TeQ Group Consultant Neurosurgeon - National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Research Fellow - The Francis Crick Institute Research Interests - Neurotechnologies Contact: w.muirhead@ucl.ac.uk
Co-Investigators
	Sophia Bano Assistant Professor of Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence IRIS: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=SBANO36 Contact: sophia.bano@ucl.ac.uk
	MATT CLARKSON Professor of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering IRIS: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=MJCLA42 Contact: m.clarkson@ucl.ac.uk
	ADRIEN DESJARDINS Professor of Biomedical Engineering IRIS: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/29409 Contact: a.desjardins@ucl.ac.uk
	ERWIN Ellis Lecturer in Interventional and Surgical Sciences View on Google Scholar Contact: e.alles@ucl.ac.uk
	Patrick Grover Consultant Neurosurgeon (Neurovascular and Lateral Skull Base) - National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
	EVANGELOS MAZOMENOS Lecturer of Interventional and Surgical Sciences IRIS: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=EMAZO45 Contact: e.mazomenos@ucl.ac.uk
	george prezerakos Consultant Neurosurgeon (Complex Spine) - National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
	Parag sayal Consultant Neurosurgeon (Complex Spine) - National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
	Andreas Schaefer Professor of Neuroscience Principal Group Leader - Schaefer Lab Assistant Research Director (Francis Crick Institute) Contact: Andreas.Schaefer@crick.ac.uk
	DANAIL STOYANOV Professor of Robot Vision IRIS: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=DSTOY26 Contact: danail.stoyanov@ucl.ac.uk
Senior Clinical Research Fellows
	James Booker Junior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2022-2023 Expertise - Statistics Contact: j.booker@ucl.ac.uk
	John Hanrahan Senior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2021-2022 Expertise - Economic Evaluations Contact: j.hanrahan@ucl.ac.uk
	Danyal Khan Senior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow WEISS Fellow 2020-2021 Expertise - Global Surgery, AI (Computer Vision) View Work on Google Scholar Contact: d.khan@ucl.ac.uk
	Austin Koh Senior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - West Midlands Deanery PhD Candidate - AI-assisted Spine Surgery WEISS Fellow 2020-2021 Expertise - Statistics Contact: austin.koh@ucl.ac.uk
	Hugo Layard Horsfall Senior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2020-2021 Expertise - Patient & Public Involvement, Neurotechnology View Work on Google Scholar Contact: hugo.layardhorsfall@ucl.ac.uk
	Siddharth Sinha Junior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2022-2023 Focus - Lateral Skull base Surgery Contact: siddharth.sinha@ucl.ac.uk
	Simon Williams Senior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2021-2022 Expertise - Ethics Contact: s.c.williams@ucl.ac.uk
Clinical Research Fellows
	oliver burton Junior Clinical Research Fellow WEISS Fellow 2023-2024 Focus - Simulation, Spinal Surgery Contact: o.burton@ucl.ac.uk
	Jonathan Funnell Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2021-2022 Expertise - AI (Natural Language Processing) Contact: jonathan.funnell.13@ucl.ac.uk
	Abhiney jain Topol Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery Expertise - Anterior Skullbase Contact: abhiney.jain@alumni.ucl.ac.uk
	Jigishaa Moudgil-Joshi Junior Clinical Research Fellow WEISS Fellow 2023-2024 Focus - Neurotechnology, Lateral Skull base Surgery Contact: j.moudgil-joshi@ucl.ac.uk
	Nicola Newall Junior Clinical Research Fellow UCL MRes Neurosurgery WEISS Fellow 2022-2023 Focus - Robotics, Simulation, Anterior Skull base Surgery Contact: n.nicola@ucl.ac.uk
	Olatomiwa Olukoya Junior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery MRes Neurosurgery 2022-2023 Contact: olatomiwa.olukoya.22@ucl.ac.uk
	jack penn Topol Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery Contact: jack.penn@ucl.ac.uk
	Joachim starup-Hansen Junior Clinical Research Fellow WEISS Fellow 2023-2024 Focus - Robotics, AI, Anterior Skull base Surgery View on Google Scholar Contact: j.starup-hansen@ucl.ac.uk
	Alexandra Valetopoulou Junior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery UCL Clinical Neuroscience AFP 2022-2024 Focus - AI, Priority setting Contact: alexandra.valetopoulou.21@ucl.ac.uk
	Joseph Shehata Junior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery Focus - Robotics Contact: joseph.shehata@nhs.net
Engineering Students
	Jake Chatburn PhD Candidate - Neural Engineering (Francis Crick Institute)
	Adrito Das PhD Candidate – Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence Contact: adrito.das.20@ucl.ac.uk
	Jia-En Chen PhD Candidate Expertise - 3D Printing Contact: jia-en.chen.22@ucl.ac.uk
	Aure Enkaoua PhD Candidate - Augmented Reality for Endonasal Endoscopic Surgery Contact: aure.enkaoua.17@ucl.ac.uk
	Kendall Feeny-Williams PhD Candidate Contact: c.feeny-williams@ucl.ac.uk

MRes Students
	Emalee Burrows MRes Neurosurgery 2023-2024 Focus - AI, Anterior Skullbase Contact: emalee.burrows.23@ucl.ac.uk
	Maryam Hussain MRes Neurosurgery 2023-2024 Focus - AI Contact: maryam.hussain.23@ucl.ac.uk
	Sumayyah Ishfaq MRes Neurosurgery 2023-2024 Focus - AI Contact: sumayyah.ishfaq.23@ucl.ac.uk
TeQ Interns
	sanchit aapan TeQ Intern 2024 Focus - Simulation and Training
	Udhay Cheema TeQ Intern 2024 Focus - Simulation and Training
	Jasneet Dhaliwal TeQ Intern 2024 Focus - Skull base surgery
	Tomas ferreira TeQ Intern 2024 Focus - Digital Surgery
	amir rafati fard TeQ Intern 2024 Focus - Digital Surgery
	ANCA-MIHAELA VASILICA TeQ Intern 2024 Focus - Digital Surgery
	Honglin (IVY) ZHU TeQ Intern 2024 Focus - Digital Surgery