TEAM
A new ultrasound group in the heart of London.

Principal Investigator
Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, PhD
MRC Career Development Award Research Fellow
Kirsten leads the Super Resolution Imaging group in the QUIIN lab. Her background is in super-resolution ultrasound imaging for quantitative and functional imaging of microvascular associated diseases.

Principal Investigator
Laura Peralta Pereira, PhD
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Lecturer in Physics & Engineering of Medical Ultrasound
Laura leads the Ultrasound for Imaging & Material Characterisation group in the QUIIN lab. Her background is in advanced ultrasound methods for screening, monitoring, and interventional guidance.

Principal Investigator
Antonios Pouliopoulos, PhD
Lecturer in Therapeutic Ultrasound
Antonis leads the Focused Brain Interventions group in the QUIIN lab. His background is in therapeutic ultrasound, targeted drug delivery into the brain, treatment monitoring techniques, and clinical translation of focused ultrasound.

Research Associate
Mohammed Ahmed, PhD
Mohammed works at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences to evaluate ultrasound-mediated paediatric brain tumour treatment using drug-loaded thermosensitive liposomes. Previously, he worked on ultrasound-mediated immunomodulation in glioblastoma.

Research Associate
Paul Dryburgh, EngD
Paul works with Dr Laura Peralta-Pereira on the development of coherent multi-transducer ultrasound (CoMTUS) to improve the field of view and resolution in clinical ultrasound. Previously, he worked on ultrasonic characterisation of materials, measuring their crystal orientation and elasticity by laser ultrasound.

Research Associate
Hasan Koruk, PhD
Hasan works with Dr Antonios Pouliopoulos on quantifying drug delivery using DCE-MRI. Previously, he worked as an assistant and associate professor at MEF University in Istanbul, Turkey. His research interests include acoustics and vibrations, biomedical ultrasound, and acoustic characterization of soft materials.

Research Associate
Jaime Parra Raad, PhD
Jaime works with Dr Christensen-Jeffries on developing 3D super-resolution ultrasound imaging techniques. Previously, he worked on characterising anisotropic materials using ultrasound shear waves, designing ultrasound phased array and electromagnetic probes, and optimising control strategies.

Research Associate
Christopher Payne, PhD
Chris works with Dr Antonios Pouliopoulos on the development of an ultrasound mediated paediatric brain tumour therapy using drug-loaded thermosensitive liposomes. Previously he worked on developing minimally invasive, image-guided therapies for the brain using magnetic particles.

PhD candidate
Rachel Burstow
Rachel works on acoustic holography methods for targeted drug delivery and drug release in brain tumours.
Primary supervisor: Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos
Second supervisor: Dr. Maya Thanou, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

PhD candidate
Amelia Claxton
Amelia is investigating paediatric brain tumour treatment with ultrasound and drug-loaded phase-change nanodroplets.
Primary Supervisor: Dr. Maya Thanou, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Secondary Supervisor: Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos

PhD candidate
Daniel Lock
Daniel works on the clinical use of super-resolution ultrasound imaging, investigating micro-scale tissue morphology to characterise tumours.
Primary supervisor: Dr Christensen-Jeffries
Secondary Supervisor: Professor Mengxing Tang, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

PhD candidate
Zhanchong Ou
Zhanchong works on robot-assisted ultrasound microsurgery for controlled drug delivery in brain tumours.
Primary supervisor: Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos
Second supervisor: Dr. Lukas Lindenroth

PhD candidate
Deniz Vaizoglu
Deniz works on targeted gene therapy of traumatic brain injury using focused ultrasound.
Primary supervisor: Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos

PhD candidate
Yuang You
Yuang works on the development of advanced nanodroplets as a contrast agent for multi-modality brain tumour imaging, including super-resolution ultrasound, MRI, fluorescence, and photoacoustic imaging

PhD candidate
Lauren Gomes
Lauren works on probing the mechanobiology of brain tumours with focused ultrasound.
Primary supervisor: Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos
Secondary supervisor: Professor Jody Rosenblatt, Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics

PhD candidate
Tieming Liu
Tieming works on the photoacoustic monitoring of ultrasound-mediated brain tumour treatment. Previously he worked on developing a dual-frequency ultrasound transducer array for super-harmonic imaging
Primary supervisor: Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos

PhD candidate
Yi Li
Yi's research focuses on physically-informed learning-based beamforming for multi-transducer imaging.
Primary supervisor: Dr. Laura Perlalta Pereira
Secondary Supervisors: Professor Andrew Reader & Professor Jo Hajnal

Research Assistant
Anisia Talianu
Anisia works with Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos on pre-clinical evaluation of ultrasound-mediated paediatric brain tumour treatment using drug-loaded thermosensitive liposomes.

Research Intern - FUSF Fellow
Ana Narvaez Paliza
Ana works with Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos on the treatment of paediatric brain tumour cells using focused ultrasound. She is the recipient of the Charles Steger fellowship from the Focused Ultrasound Foundation for undergraduate researchers.