MFL Staff Team

Professor Gary Lye
Biochemical Engineering
Director of MFL

Professor Asterios Gavriilidis
Chemical Engineering

Professor Helen Hailes
Chemistry

Professor Manish Tiwari
Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Diego López Barreiro
Chemical Engineering

Dr Morgan Barnes
Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Maximilian Besenhard
Chemical Engineering

Dr. Daniele Castagnolo
Chemistry

Professor Alex Conradie
Biochemical Engineering

Dr. Michele Crotti
Chemistry

Dr. John Hales
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
Biochemical Engineering

Dr. Jack Jeffries
Biochemical Engineering

Dr Emily Kostas
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
Biochemical Engineering

Professor Gary Lye
Biochemical Engineering

Dr. Martyna Michalska
Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Peyman Moghadam
Chemical Engineering

Dr. Rafael Castrejón Pita
Mechanical Engineering

Dr Vikaramjeet Singh

Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Amita Ummadisingu
Chemical Engineering

Dr. Rana Khalife
MSc Manufacture and Commercialisation

of Stem Cell and Gene Therapies

Dr. Maximilian Besenhard
MSc Digital Manufacturing of Advanced Materials

Dr. Yang Lan
MSc Nature Inspired Solutions

Dr. Daniele Castagnolo
MSc Chemical Sustainability

Dr. Rafael Castrejón Pita
MSc Engineering with 
Innovation and Enterprise

Dr. Eral Bele
MSc Future Manufacturing

and Nanoscale Engineering

Dr. Bernice Wright
Lecturer in Manufacture of Stem Cell & Gene Therapies

Dr. Reza Abbasi
Lecturer in Digital Manufacturing of Advanced Materials

Mr. Solomon Bawa
Lecturer in Digital Manufacturing of Advanced Materials

Dr. David Palomas Dona
Lecturer in Chemical Sustainability

Dr. Liwei Guo
Lecturer in Future Manufacturing and Nanoscale Engineering

Dr Eileen Cheng
MFL Lab Manager and Safety Officer

Sydney Wieckowski
Chemical Technician

Felipe Chaves Montero
MFL Stores Officer

Simon Foinet
Analytical Technician

Daniel Lake
Laser Technician

Syauqi Alias
Electronics Technician

Simon Dawes
Precision Fabrication Workshop Manager

Dr. Erick Mota Pacheco
Fermentation Technician