TeQ Team

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

Leads
Co-Investigators
Clinical Lecturers
Doctoral Clinical Research Fellows
Senior Clinical Research Fellows
Junior Clinical Research Fellows
Post Doctoral Engineering Fellows
Doctoral Engineering Students
Masters (MRes/MSc) Students
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 Area of interest - 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 ALLES 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
Clinical Lecturers
	ANAND Pandit Clinical Lecturer Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery Area of interest - Data and imaging sciences Contact: a.pandit@ucl.ac.uk
Doctoral Clinical Research Fellows
	Austin Koh Doctoral Clinical Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - West Midlands Deanery PhD Candidate - AI-assisted Spine Surgery WEISS Fellow 2020-2021 Area of interest - Spinal Surgery, Contact: austin.koh@ucl.ac.uk
	Danyal Khan Doctor Clinical Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery PhD Candidate - AI-assisted Pituitary Surgery WEISS Fellow 2020-2021 Area of interest - Global Surgery, AI View Work on Google Scholar Contact: d.khan@ucl.ac.uk
	Hugo Layard Horsfall Doctor Clinical Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery PhD Candidate - Neurotechnology Area of interest - Neurotechnology View Work on Google Scholar Contact: hugo.layardhorsfall@ucl.ac.uk
Senior Clinical Research Fellows
	James Booker Senior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2022-2023 Area of interest - Force sensing technologies Contact: j.booker@ucl.ac.uk
	John Hanrahan Senior Clinical Research Fellow Academic Clinical Fellow - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2021-2022 Area of interest - Digital Surgery (Robotics) Contact: j.hanrahan@ucl.ac.uk
	Jigishaa Moudgil-Joshi Senior Clinical Research Fellow WEISS Fellow 2023-2024 Area of interest - Neurotechnology Contact: j.moudgil-joshi@ucl.ac.uk
	Siddharth Sinha Senior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2022-2023 Area of interest - Lateral Skull base Surgery Contact: siddharth.sinha@ucl.ac.uk
	Joachim starup-Hansen Senior Clinical Research Fellow WEISS Fellow 2023-2024 Area of interest - Digital Surgery (Robotics and AI) View on Google Scholar Contact: j.starup-hansen@ucl.ac.uk
	Simon Williams Senior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2021-2022 Area of interest - Lateral skull base surgery, Gamma knife Ethics Contact: s.c.williams@ucl.ac.uk
Junior Clinical Research Fellows
	oliver burton Junior Clinical Research Fellow WEISS Fellow 2023-2024 Area of interest - Simulation, Spinal Surgery Contact: o.burton@ucl.ac.uk
	MUSA CHINA Junior Clinical Research Fellow TeQ Fellow 2024-2025 Area of interest - Skullbase, Neurotechnology Contact: musa.china.15@ucl.ac.uk
	Jonathan Funnell Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery WEISS Fellow 2021-2022 Area of interest - AI (Natural Language Processing) Contact: jonathan.funnell.13@ucl.ac.uk
	Abhiney jain Topol Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery Area of interest - Anterior Skullbase Contact: abhiney.jain@alumni.ucl.ac.uk
	FRANCESCO MAGNI Junior Clinical Research Fellow TeQ Fellow 2024-2025 Area of interest - Spine & Simulation Contact: francesco.magni.16@ucl.ac.uk
	Nicola Newall Junior Clinical Research Fellow Neurosurgery Trainee - London Deanery UCL MRes Neurosurgery 2023-2024 WEISS Fellow 2022-2023 Area of interest - Digital 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
	GEORGe RICHARDSON Junior Clinical Research Fellow TeQ Fellow 2024-2025 Area of interest - Anterior Skullbase, Artificial Intelligence Contact: rmapgri@ucl.ac.uk
	Alexandra Valetopoulou Junior Clinical Research Fellow UCL Clinical Neuroscience AFP 2022-2024 Area of interest - Digital Surgery Contact: alexandra.valetopoulou.21@ucl.ac.uk

Post-Doctoral Engineering Fellows
	anjana wijekoon Post-doctoral research fellow - Area of interest - Surgical vision, few-shot learning and federated learning
Engineering Students
	Jake Chatburn PhD Candidate - Neural Engineering (Francis Crick Institute)
	Adrito Das PhD Candidate – Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence Area of interest - Digital Surgery (AI) Contact: adrito.das.20@ucl.ac.uk
	Nyma Nassren PhD Candidate - Robot-assisted optical ultrasound for pituitary surgery Contact: nyma.nassren.19@ucl.ac.uk
	Jia-En Chen PhD Candidate Area of interest - 3D Printing Contact: jia-en.chen.22@ucl.ac.uk
	Aure Enkaoua PhD Candidate - Augmented Reality for Endonasal Endoscopic Surgery Area of interest - Simulation Contact: aure.enkaoua.17@ucl.ac.uk
	Kendall Feeny-Williams PhD Candidate Area of interest - Digital Surgery (AI) Contact: c.feeny-williams@ucl.ac.uk

Masters (MRes/MSc) Students
	Freya Knight MRes Neurosurgery 2024-2025 Contact: freya.knight.24@ucl.ac.uk
	Matthew Deehan MRes Neurosurgery 2024-2025 Contact: matthew.deehan.24@ucl.ac.uk
	Rafaay Iqbal MRes Neurosurgery 2024-2025 Contact: raafay.iqbal.24@ucl.ac.uk
	Sho Giersztein MRes Neurosurgery 2024-2025 Contact: sho.giersztein.24@ucl.ac.uk
Interns (Medical Students)
	sanchit aapan TeQ Intern 2024 Area of interest - Simulation and Training
	Udhay Cheema TeQ Intern 2024 Area of interest - Simulation and Training
	Jasneet Dhaliwal TeQ Intern 2024 Area of interest - Skull base surgery
	Tomas ferreira TeQ Intern 2024 Area of interest - Digital Surgery
	amir rafati fard TeQ Intern 2024 Area of interest - Digital Surgery
	ANCA-MIHAELA VASILICA TeQ Intern 2024 Area of interest - Digital Surgery
	Honglin (IVY) ZHU TeQ Intern 2024 Area of interest - Digital Surgery