Team

Faezeh Arab Hassani (BSc, MSc, PhD, SMIEEE, FHEA) received her PhD in Electronics Engineering from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, in 2012. Dr Arab Hassani then joined the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan, for her Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) post-doctoral fellowship (2012-2013). She continued her research career at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (2013-2014), University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (2014-2016), and the N.1 Institute of Health (former Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology), NUS, Singapore (2016-2019). Dr Arab Hassani received a JSPS invitational fellowship to conduct research at the University of Tokyo, Japan (2019-2020). She joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, as a lecturer in 2020. She is the Programme Director of MSc Advanced Microelectronic Systems Engineering at the University of Bristol. Her research interests include micro/nano-electronics, micro/nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) hybrid devices, sensors, actuators, and energy harvesters for healthcare and environmental applications.

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 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 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.  

Zhihua Jiang received her BEng in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China, in 2020, and her MSc in Biomedical Engineering with Distinction from the Department of  Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2022. 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 the development of biosensors for healthcare monitoring applications.

Qingyu Zhang received his BSc in Optical Electronic Information Science and Technology from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2020. He is pursuing his MSc in Advanced Microelectronic Systems Engineering from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, the United Kingdom. His research interests include energy harvesting and flexible sensor systems.