TEAM
An ultrasound group in the heart of London.

Principal Investigator
Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, PhD
MRC Career Development Award Research Fellow
Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Engineering
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
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
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
Senior 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
Marina Bakarić, PhD
Honorary/Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Marina is working on ultrasound-based thermometry for real-time monitoring of focused ultrasound targeted drug delivery into brain tumours. She is also a Non-Ionising Radiation Physicist within the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

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
Jaime Parra Raad, PhD
Jaime works with Dr Kirsten 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
Chris Payne, PhD
Chris works with Prof. Maya Thanou and Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos on ultrasound-mediated 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
Yi Li
Yi's research focuses on physically-informed learning-based beamforming for multi-transducer imaging.
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Primary supervisor: Dr. Laura Peralta-Pereira
Secondary Supervisors: Prof. Andrew Reader & Prof. Jo Hajnal​

PhD candidate
Tieming Liu
Tieming works on photoacoustic monitoring of ultrasound-mediated brain tumour treatment. Previously he worked on developing a dual-frequency ultrasound transducer array for superharmonic imaging.
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Primary supervisor: Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos
Secondary supervisor: Dr. Wenfeng Xia
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PhD candidate
Daniel Lock
Daniel works on the clinical use of super-resolution ultrasound imaging, investigating micro-scale tissue morphology to characterise tumours.
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Primary supervisor: Dr Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries
Secondary Supervisor: Prof. Mengxing Tang, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

PhD candidate
Margi Patel
Margi works on investigating and establishing radionuclide and ultrasound imaging of biological effects of effective molecular radionuclide therapies on neuroendocrine tumors.
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Primary supervisor: Dr. Samantha Terry
Secondary supervisor: Dr. Laura Peralta Pereira

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.
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Primary supervisor: Prof. Maya Thanou
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Secondary supervisor: Dr. Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries

PhD candidate
Qing Zhang
Qing works on 3D photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging with multi-view ultrasound transducer arrays for guiding minimally invasive surgery.
Primary supervisor: Dr. Laura Peralta Pereira
Secondary supervisor: Dr. Wenfeng Xia