Aravind Vijayaraghavan
Professor of Nanomaterials, group leader
Graphene and two-dimensional materials for composites, electronics, sensors and biotechnology.
People
People
Researchers
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Maria Iliut
Research Associate · since 2014
Graphene and 2D-material formulations, composites and coatings, biomedical applications, and inks for printed sensors.
ORCID: Maria IliutGoogle Scholar: Maria IliutLinkedIn: Maria Iliut
PhD students
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Naiyu Chen
PhD student · since 2026
MXene hydrogel particles for water purification, extending the group's graphene oxide vortex-ring adsorbents to remove dyes and other pollutants with high capacity and reuse.
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Diany Elim
PhD student · since 2026
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Maryam Ebrahimnia
PhD student · since 2026
ORCID: Maryam EbrahimniaGoogle Scholar: Maryam EbrahimniaLinkedIn: Maryam Ebrahimnia
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Karabi Saha
PhD student · since 2025
Bio-derived polyurethane and rubber-based networks: tailoring molecular design, crosslinking and reinforcement to understand and model viscoelastic and mechanical behaviour for sustainable, high-performance materials.
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Adam Rosillo
PhD student · since 2025
Developing suspended 2D heterostructure membranes, combining 2D material heterostructures with polymers, on MEMS chips for ultrasonic transducers, RF resonators and optical switches.
ORCID: Adam RosilloGoogle Scholar: Adam RosilloLinkedIn: Adam Rosillo
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Yang Cao
PhD student · since 2024
Developing novel graphene-based biosensors with nanobody probes as a universal platform for detecting analytes in both buffer and serum solutions.
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Soumyajit Das
PhD student · since 2024
Designing partially graphitised carbon–silica mesoporous hybrids via surfactant-templated sol–gel synthesis, tuning pore architecture and surface chemistry to create multifunctional fillers for high-performance elastomer nanocomposites.
ORCID: Soumyajit DasGoogle Scholar: Soumyajit DasLinkedIn: Soumyajit Das
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Pai Peng
PhD student · since 2023
Natural rubber and graphene (graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide) nanocomposites for strain sensors, EMI shielding and triboelectric nanogenerator applications.
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Akash Ghosh
PhD student · since 2022
Graphene-based polymer nanocomposite foams: design, fabrication and characterisation to tailor functional properties for electronic applications, including triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding.
ORCID: Akash GhoshGoogle Scholar: Akash GhoshLinkedIn: Akash Ghosh
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Avinash Powar
PhD student · since 2022
Advanced graphene-reinforced polymer nanocomposite films and foams: designing lightweight, high-strength and multifunctional materials for next-generation sustainable engineering applications.
ORCID: Avinash PowarGoogle Scholar: Avinash PowarLinkedIn: Avinash Powar
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Kaiwen Nie
PhD student · since 2018
Graphene oxide-based vortex-ring nanoparticles: formation, properties and applications in adsorptive water purification.
MSc/MEng students
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Shaozhang Qiao
MSc student
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Shengjun Wang
MSc student
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Xinyu Du
MSc student
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Yihao Jiang
MSc student
Alumni
Former researchers and research students, most recent first.
- Daniel Melendrez (ORCID) PhD student, then PDRA
- Mohan Pitchan (ORCID) PDRA, 2019–2022
- Rory Phillips (ORCID) PhD student (earlier MEng project student, 2014–15), 2016–2022
- Yizhen Shao (ORCID) PhD student, 2017–2022
- Lucy McElhone PhD student, from 2021
- Cosimo Ligorio (ORCID) PhD student, 2017–2021
- Kostas Despotelis (ORCID) PDRA, 2019–2021
- Aidan Retallick (ORCID) PhD student (co-supervised), from 2020
- Nutthanun Suphadon (ORCID) PDRA, 2019–2020
- Nicky Savjani (ORCID) PDRA, 2018–2020
- Cian Bartlam (ORCID) PhD student, then PDRA, 2015–2019
- Steffan Llewellyn (ORCID) PhD student, 2016–2019
- Katherine Smith (ORCID) PhD student, from 2018
- Nadiim Domun (ORCID) KTP Associate, then visiting researcher, from 2018
- Piramon Hampitak (ORCID) PhD student, from 2018
- Christian Berger (ORCID) PhD student, 2014–2018
- Michelle Vaqueiro (ORCID) PhD student, 2015–2018
- Pietro Steiner (ORCID) MPhil student, 2017–2018
- Robert McMaster (ORCID) PhD student, from 2017
- Natalie Parsons (ORCID) PhD student, from 2017
- Dai Luan (ORCID) PhD student, from 2017
- Andrea Verre PhD student, then PDRA, 2013–2017
- Jacek Wychowaniec (ORCID) PhD student, 2013–2017
- Lan Nguyen PhD student, 2013–2017
- Nick Clark (ORCID) PhD student, 2012–2016
- Sebastian Heeg (ORCID) PDRA, 2014–2016
- Wentao Zou (ORCID) PhD student (earlier MPhil student), from 2015
- Claudio Silva (ORCID) PDRA, 2014–2015
- Sarah Varey PhD student, 2011–2015
- Wagner Anacleto PDRA, 2015
- Antonios Oikonomou PhD student, 2011–2014
- Patricia Gorgojo PDRA, 2013–2014
- Zachary Coldrick PDRA, 2013–2014
MSc/MEng students
- 2025–26
- Lewis Inskter (MSc), Qinyuan Zhang (MSc), Zainab Al Qubtan (MSc)
- 2024–25
- Bashirunnisa Ananya (MSc), Mengqi Wu (MSc), Nishanth Kamalanathan (MSc), Riley Lugton (MEng), Ruiyan Li (MSc)
- 2023–24
- Adam Ismail (MEng), Chenyu Peng (MSc), Mingyuan Wang (MSc), Zhiyuan Zhu (MSc), Ziyang Lan (MSc)
- 2022–23
- Chang Liu (MSc), Shengqi Sheng (MEng), Xinyun He (MSc), Yunlu Wan (MSc), Yuxin Jia (MSc)
- 2021–22
- Carletta Wong (MEng), Hewen Bai (MSc), Rui Zhu (MSc), Tianyi Zhang (MSc)
- 2020–21
- Fanzhi Su (MEng), Ruoshu Wu (MSc), Shuang Li (MSc)
- 2019–20
- Qingyi Yang (MSc), Zhichao Lu (MSc)
- 2018–19
- Alexander Proudler (MEng), Cong Zhao (MSc), Dongni Zhao (MSc), Shu Xu (MSc), Xiang Fu (MEng), Zhuolun Zhang (MSc)
- 2017–18
- Bowen Shi (MSc), Chao Zhu (MEng), Junyan Wang (MSc), Siwei Cheng (MSc), Tianhe Zhang (MSc)
- 2016–17
- Da Zhao (MSc), Like Ma (MSc), Mengdi Shao (MSc), Shengjie Pang (MSc), Szymon Doszczeczko (MSc), Yujie Peng (MEng), Yun Xiao (MEng)
- 2015–16
- Adil Butt (MSc), Gokhan Hekimoglu (MSc), Hugo Chan (MEng), Junyi Ma (MSc), Peter Sono-Asomani (MSc), Riley Bramley-Dymond (MEng)
- 2014–15
- Jiayu Wang (MSc), Kaustav Dhar (MSc), Minhao Shi (MSc), Rory Phillips (MEng), Seb Leaper (MEng)
- 2013–14
- Martin Kroll (MSc), Patrick Neill (MEng)
- 2012–13
- Monica Alberto (MSc)