Our investigators

Get in touch with the researchers involved in mechanobiology and mechanotechnology at the University of Leeds.

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Professor Maisoon Al-Jawad, Professor of Biological Physics and Biomineralisation
Professor Robert Ariens, Professor of Vascular Biology
Dr Marc Bailey, Associate Professor of Vascular Medicine
Dr Paul Beales, Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry
Professor David Beech, Professor of Cardiovascular Science
Dr Helen Berry, University Academic Fellow
Professor Karen Birch, Executive Dean and Professor of Exercise Science
Dr Robin Bon, Associate Professor of Chemical Biology
Dr Scott Bowen, Lecturer in Exercise Physiology
Dr Claire Brockett, Associate Professor
Professor David Brockwell, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr Mike Bryant, Associate Professor
Dr Sarah Calaghan, Associate Professor of Cardiac Physiology
Dr Eulashini Chuntharpursat-Bon, Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Professor Philip Conaghan, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine
Dr Simon Connell, Associate Professor
Dr Richard Cubbon, University Academic Fellow and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Erica Dall’Armellina, Senior Lecturer
Dr Robert (Phil) Davies, Research Fellow
Dr Susan Deuchars, Reader in Neuroscience
Professor Lorna Dougan, Professor of Physics and Director of Research and Innovation in Physics
Dr Mark Drinkhill, Senior Lecturer

Professor Stuart Egginton, Chair in Exercise Sciences
Professor Stephen Evans, Professor of Physics
Professor John Fisher, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr Richard Foster, Associate Professor
Professor Steven Freear, Professor of Ultrasonics and Embedded Systems
Professor Peter Giannoudis, Professor in the School of Medicine and Honorary Consultant
Professor Francisco Goycoolea, Chair in Biopolymers
Professor Richard M Hall, Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering
Dr Sarah Harris, Associate Professor of Biological Physics
Dr George Heath, University Academic Fellow
Professor Eileen Ingham, Chair of Medical Immunology
Professor David Jayne, Professor of Surgery
Dr Elena Jones, Associate Professor in Stem Cell Biology
Dr Antreas Kalli, University Academic Fellow
Professor Nikil Kapur, Professor of Applied Fluid Mechanics
Professor Mark Kearney, Interim Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Dr Toni Lassila, Lecturer
Dr Andrew Lee, Research Fellow
Dr Eylem Levelt, Clinical Research Fellow
Dr Mihaela Lorger, Associate Professor
Dr Viktor Lukacs, Lecturer in Neuroscience

Dr Fraser Macrae, University Academic Fellow
Dr Azhar Maqbool, Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor Dennis McGonagle, Professor (Clinical)
Dr Lynn McKeown, Associate Professor in Vascular Cell Biology
Dr James McLaughlan, Associate Professor
Professor Ann Morgan, Professor of Rheumatology
Dr Stephen Muench, Lecturer in Membrane Biology
Professor Brent Murray, Professor of Food Colloids
Dr Emanuele Paci, Associate Professor
Professor Hemant Pandit, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor Michelle Peckham, Professor of Cell Biology
Dr Virginia Pensabene, University Academic Fellow
Dr Sally Peyman, University Academic Fellow
Professor Helen Philippou, Professor of Translational Medicine
Professor Sven Plein, Professor of Cardiology (Clinical)
Dr Christos Pliotas, Lecturer in Integrative Membrane Biology
Dr Aleks Ponjavic, University Academic Fellow
Professor Philip Quirke, Professor of Pathology
Aaron Quyn, Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Professor Sheena Radford, Professor of Biophysics and Royal Society Professor
Professor Michael Rappolt, Chair in Lipid Biophysics
Professor Daniel Read, Professor of Soft Matter
Dr Ralf Richter, Associate Professor
Dr Lee Roberts, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Metabolism

Dr Sikha Saha, Associate Professor of Cerebrovascular Medicine
Dr Ali Sarrami-Foroushani, Research Fellow
Professor Jurgen Schneider, Chair in Biomedical Imaging
Professor Julian Scott, Professor of Vascular Surgery
Dr Jian Shi, University Academic Fellow (Assistant Professor)
Dr Nigel Simpson, Senior Lecturer
Professor Stephen Smye, Professor in the School of Medicine
Professor Paul Stewart, Professor of Medicine and Health Policy Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor
Dr Piruthivi Sukumar, Pro-Dean International, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Dr Zeike Taylor, Associate Professor
Dr Irvin Teh, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Neil Thomson, Reader in Biological Physics and Bionanotechnology
Professor Giles Toogood, Professor of Hepatobiliary Surgery
Dr Giuseppe Tronci, Associate Professor (Healthcare Materials)
Dr Charalampos Tsoumpas, Lecturer in Medical Imaging
Dr Neil Turner, Associate Professor
Professor Christoph Walti, Professor of Bionanotechnology
Professor Ruth Wilcox, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Dr Simon Wilkins, Research and Innovation Development Manager
Dr Klaus Witte, University Academic Fellow (Consultant)