• Dr. Christopher Chapman

    Lead researcher

    Chris is the lead researcher in the CARClab. He has significant experience in the development and deployment of bioelectronic devices.

    He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from University of California - Davis (2017) and bachelors degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from North Carolina State University (2012).

  • Ester Clarisse Do Couto Lopes

    PhD student

    Ester started her PhD in the CARClab in October 2024 on the development of materials and implanted devices for cancer bioelectronics.

    She holds an MEng in Biomedical engineering from Imperial College London (2021).

  • Joshua Paul Ali Daoud

    PhD student

    Joshua started his PhD in the CARClab in January 2025 on the development of in vitro cancer recurrence models.

    Joshua holds an MSc from Queen Mary University of London (2024) and a bachelors degree from St. George’s in Biomedical Science (2023).

  • Joshua Killilea

    PhD student

    Joshua started his PhD in the Green Group at Imperial College London in 2022. He is now also affiliated with the CARClab as a co-supervised PhD student.

  • Karolina Tomiczek

    MSc student

    Karolina is currently undertaking her MSc project research in the CARClab on the synthesis of self-doping conductive elastomers.

  • Prashanthi Bhaskaran

    MSc student

    Prashanthi is currently undertaking her MSc project research in the CARClab on the development of biosensor functionalised in vitro models.

  • Jashmine Arulchelvan

    MSc student

    Jashmine is currently undertaking her MSc project research in the CARClab on the in vitro culture of human glioblastoma spheroids.

  • Marvin Urban

    MSc student

    Marvin is currently undertaking his MSc project research in the CARClab on the fabrication of wearable motion sensors.

  • Halle Izzet

    MEng student

    Halle is currently undertaking her MEng final project research in the CARClab on the development of an implantable drug delivery device for local anesthesia.

  • Franziska Rietbrock

    MEng student

    Franziska is currently undertaking her MEng final project research in the CARClab on the development of an implantable drug delivery device for local anesthesia.

  • Ayaan Jasani

    MEng student

    Ayaan is currently undertaking his MEng final project research in the CARClab on the development of an implantable drug delivery device for local anesthesia.

  • Jamal Mohamoud

    MEng student

    Jamal is currently undertaking his MEng final project research in the CARClab on the development of an implantable drug delivery device for local anesthesia.

  • Fatima Mohamed

    Undergraduate student

    Fatima is currently undertaking research in the CARClab as part of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research on the topic of bioimpedance measurements using clinical ECoG arrays.

  • Sheena Varghese

    Undergraduate student

    Sheena is currently undertaking research in the CARClab as part of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research on the topic of creating brain tissue phantoms to simulate tissue properties changes in brain cancer.

  • Aleena Asif

    Undergraduate student

    Aleena is currently undertaking research in the CARClab as part of the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research on the topic of developing a wearable EMG sensor for student outreach.

Previous students

MSc students:

  • Ariadni Georgiannakis (2023-24)

  • Mayuree Chipthammakhun (2023-24)

  • Joshua Daoud (2023-24)