Team

Faezeh Arab Hassani (BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA, SMIEEE) is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Electrical, Electronic, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, where she also serves as Programme Director for the MSc Advanced Microelectronic Systems Engineering programme. Dr Arab Hassani received a PhD degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Southampton in 2012. She then joined the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) for her Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) post-doctoral fellowship (2012-2013). She continued her research career at the National University of Singapore (NUS) (2013-2014), University of Sheffield (2014-2016), and the N.1 Institute of Health (former Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology), NUS (2016-2019). Dr Arab Hassani received a JSPS invitational fellowship to conduct research at the University of Tokyo (2019-2020). Her work spans thin-film and flexible sensors, actuators, energy harvesters, and advanced micro/nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) hybrid devices. In addition to her research, Dr Arab Hassani is Chair of the IEEE UK and Ireland Nanotechnology Council Chapter and Counsellor of the University of Bristol IEEE Student Branch. She is also an associate editor for Sensors International journal and a member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics.

Neshika Wijewardhane received her BSc in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the University of Bristol in 2019 and her MRes in Translational Cancer Medicine from King’s College London in 2020. She then joined the Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health and Care at the University of Bristol to obtain her PhD. Her PhD thesis was entitled ‘Autonomous Light-Based Robotic Control of Cellular Dynamics’ which was conducted under the supervision of Prof Sabine Hauert and Prof Eugenia Piddini. Neshika joined the Arab Hassani lab as a Research Associate in 2025 as part of a Cancer Research UK-funded project to develop a wearable device for the early detection of breast cancer tumours.

Kieran Holmes-Martin received his BEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Exeter, the United Kingdom, in 2017 and his MSc in Biomedical Engineering with Distinction from the University of Bristol, the United Kingdom, in 2021. He is pursuing his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol. His research interests include flexible electronics for biomedical applications.

Shujun Xiao received her BEng in Electrical Engineering and Automation from the Shanghai Maritime University, China, in 2019 and her MSc in Advanced Microelectronic Systems Engineering with Distinction from the University of Bristol, the United Kingdom, in 2021. She is pursuing her PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol. Her research interests include wireless control systems for sensing-actuation devices.  

Minghui Zhu received his BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the South China Agricultural University, China, in 2020 and his MSc in Advanced Microelectronic Systems Engineering from the University of Bristol, the United Kingdom, in 2021. He is pursuing his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol. His research interests include surface electrocorticographic (ECoG) array electrodes for monitoring and direct stimulation applications.    

Marah Alassaf received her BSc in Computer Engineering and Mobile Telecommunications from Al-Shahba University, Syria, in 2017 and her MSc in Advanced Microelectronic Systems Engineering from the University of Bristol, the United Kingdom, in 2019. She is pursuing her PhD in Digital Health and Care at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol. Her research interests include nano-flexible wearable sensors for the early detection of cancer.