THE GROUP

1.   Gaetano Burriesci (Lab Director)
   

1.   Selim Bozkurt (Lab Coordinator)
   

1.   Benyamin Rahmani: بنیامین رحمانی (Lab Coordinator)
   

1. Georgia Preston-Maher (Research Student)
   

1.   Rashmi Raju: रश्मि राजू (Research Student)
   

1.   Jake Salmon (Research Student)
   

1.   Wenbo Zhou: 周文博 (Research Student)
   

Members Emeriti

1.   Spyros Tzamtzis: Σπύρος Τζαμτζής
   

     Lab coordinator from 2009 to 2014

Department Collaborators

1.   Andrea Ducci  (Lecturer)
   

     Expert in Experimental Fluid Mechanics & Mixing Dynamics

1. Ryo Torii: 鳥井 亮  (Lecturer)
   

     Expert in Computational Biomechanics and Cardiovascular Systems Simulation

Previous Group Members

1.   Kevin Lau  (Research Student)
   

     Now Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Michigan

1. Constantinos Zervides  (Research Associate)
   

     Now Director at P.K. Zervides Medical Equipment Ltd, Cyprus

1. Hossein Ghanbari  (Research Student)
   

     Now Assistant Professor at Teheran University of Medical Science

UCL/UCLH COLLABORATORS

1.   Giorgia Bosi
   

      Research Student

      UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science

      Collaborating on: Mitral Valve Simulation

1. Gerry Byrne
   

      Principal Research Associate

      UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science

      Collaborating on: Development of Genetically Modified Biological Heart Valves

1.   Claudio Capelli
   

      Research Associate

      UCL Cardiovascular Imaging Group

      Collaborating on: Mitral Valve Simulation; Assessment of Stentless Heart Valves

1.   Mun Hong Cheang
   

      UCL Cardiovascular Imaging Group

      Collaborating on: Mitral Valve Simulation

1. Elisa Chisari
   

      Laboratory Technician

      UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science

      Collaborating on: Development of Genetically Modified Biological Heart Valves

1.   Andrew Cook
   

      Senior Lecturer

      UCL Cardiac Unit, Institute of Child Health

      Collaborating on: Mitral Valve Simulation

1.   Richard Day
   

     Senior Lecturer

      UCL Centre for Gastroenterology & Nutrition

      Collaborating on: Muscle Augmentation Using Magnetic Augmentation

1.   Achala De Mel
   

     Lecturer

     UCL Department of General Surgery

     Collaborating on: TRISKELE Aortic Valve; Development of Polymeric Heart Valves

1.   Anton Emmanuel
   

     Consultant Gastroenterologist

      UCL Department of Internal Medicine

      Collaborating on: Muscle Augmentation Using Magnetic Augmentation

1.   Chris McGregor
   

     Professor and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Director of Surgery

      UCL Heart Hospital

      Collaborating on: Development of Genetically Modified Biological Heart Valves

1.   Mike J Mullen
   

    Consultant Cardiologist

     UCL Heart Hospital

     Collaborating on: TRISKELE Aortic Valve; Development of a Percutaneus Mitral Valve Device

1. Quentin Pankhurst
   

    Professor of Physics / Director Institute of Biomedical Engineering

     UCL Institute of Biomedical Engineering

     Collaborating on: Development of Genetically Modified Biological Heart Valves

1.   Antonis Pantazis
   

     Imaging Consultant Cardiologist

     UCL Heart Hospital

     Collaborating on: Mitral Valve Simulation

1.   Silvia Schievano
   

     Senior Lecturer

     UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science

     Collaborating on: Mitral Valve Simulation

1.   Alex M Seifalian
   

      Professor of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine

      Head of the UCL Centre for Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine

     Collaborating on: TRISKELE Aortic Valve; Development of Polymeric Heart Valves

1.   John Yap
   

     Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

     UCL Heart Hospital

     Collaborating on: TRISKELE Aortic Valve; Development of a Percutaneus Mitral Valve Device

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS

1.   Martin Andreas
   

     Cardiac Surgeon

     Division of Cardiac Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

     Collaborating on: Heart Valve Assessment

1.   Andrea Colli
   

     Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery

     Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences / University of Padua, Italy

     Collaborating on: Endovascular Occluder for Paravalvular Leakage; Heart Valve Assessment

1.   Jay Humphrey
   

     John C. Malone Professor of Biomedical Engineering

     Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, USA

     Collaborating on: A Novel Device for Treating Aortic Stiffening

1. Aymen Laadhari
   

    Resaerch Assistant

    Mathematics Institute of Computational Science and Engineering

    Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    Collaborating on: Heart Valve Hemodynamics

1. Morten ØJ Jensen
   

     Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

     Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark

     Collaborating on: Mitral Valve Simulation

1.   Paolo Peruzzo
   

     Research Associate

     Department of Civil and Environment Engineering / University of Padua, Italy

     Collaborating on: Endovascular Occluder for Paravalvular Leakage

1.   Claus Rath
   

     Cardiac Surgeon

     Division of Cardiac Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

     Collaborating on: Heart Valve Assessment

1.   Farshad Salamat-Zadeh
   

    Technical Director

     Advanced Materials & Processes Group, TWI Ltd, UK

1.   Fabrizio Scarpa
   

     Professor of Smart Materials & Structures
     Innovation & Science, (ACCIS), University of Bristol, UK

     Collaborating on: Application of Smart Materials to Medical Devices

1.   Francesca Maria Susin
   

     Assistant Professor of Fluid and Biofluid Mechanics

     Department of Civil and Environment Engineering / University of Padua, Italy

     Collaborating on: Endovascular Occluder for Paravalvular Leakage

1.   Mehdi Tavakoli
   

    Technical Director of HealthTech and Medicines KTN

     Collaborating on: Joining Technologies for Cardiovascular Implants

1.   George Tellides
   

     Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center

    Professor of Surgery and of Investigative Medicine / Yale School of Medicine, USA

     Collaborating on: A Novel Device for Treating Aortic Stiffening