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UC2 Laboratory

People Building Biohybrid Intelligence

From organoid intelligence to wireless biointerfaces, our interdisciplinary cohort designs living technologies that sense, compute, and heal.

Meet the Team Explore Alumni
4 Doctoral research programmes
6 Industry & clinical partnerships
10+ Active MSc/MEng projects each year
3 Continents represented in the lab

Current Researchers

Cross-disciplinary scientists developing the next generation of biohybrid systems.

Joshua Mullet
Doctoral Student

Bioprinted Synthetic Biological Intelligence

Adham Alboukeir
Doctoral Student

xAI for in-vitro synthetic biological intelligence

Ali Pourrouholamin
Doctoral Student

Intelligent Biohybrid Interfaces

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Doctoral Student

MSCA-DN BRAINET 1

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Doctoral Student

MSCA-DN BRAINET 2

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Doctoral Student

MSCA-DN QUESTING

Sneha Harihan
Master's Student

Patient-specific ultrasonic cardiac implant interface

Rakshith Srivatsa
MSc Student

Wirelessly activated biomaterials

Dorcas Ishaya
MSc Student

Cancer-Host Molecular Communication

Cesar Vargas
Undergraduate Student

Design of a multinozzle head for bioprinting

Cezary Wojciechowski
Undergraduate Student

Modelling effects of cell types in synthetic biological intelligence

Lab Alumni

Our graduates lead innovation across academia, industry, and healthcare around the world.

Doctoral Alumni

  • Ligia Borges (PhD, 2018–2022) — Multicarrier Molecular Communication System for Multiuser Nanonetworks. Institute: Federal University of Parana, Brazil Thesis
  • Geoffly Adonias (PhD, 2017–2021) — Synthetic Digital Circuits Using Neuronal Molecular Communications. Institute: Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland Thesis
  • Daniel Martins (PhD, 2016–2019) — Computational Synthetic Biology for Molecular Communications. Institute: Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland Thesis

Additional Masters & Undergraduate Alumni

  • Anand Jayalakshimi (Masters, 2022) — Biocomputing in Plants. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Mihai Mesteru (Masters, 2021) — Novel Bio-inspired Artificial Intelligence. Institute: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (co-supervised with Prof. Nicola Marchetti)
  • Emre Gol (Masters, 2022) — Molecular Communication through Calcium Signalling in Epithelial Tissues. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Kaan Ugurlar (Masters, 2022) — Deep Learning for 3D + T Cell Culture Imaging. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Oliwia Golebiowska (Masters, 2022) — Wireless brain machine interface security. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Charmin Jayalalge (Masters, 2022) — Thought password. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Muhammad Ibrahim (Masters, 2022) — Modelling of Neuronal Epileptic Networks. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Catherine Schoefmann (Masters, 2022) — Biocomputing strategies for pseudo random number generation. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Elmira Rasheki (Masters, 2022) — Computational neuroscience modelling for the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in the tripartite synapses. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Enyetere Ambituni (Masters, 2022) — Living IoT: energy harvesting for neural interfaces implanted to living insects. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Jose Villareal (Masters, 2022) — Miniaturized wireless interfaces for molecular biosensing. Institute: University of Essex, UK

Masters & Undergraduate Alumni

  • Junayed Hossein (Masters, 2022) — Wireless terahertz indoor sensing for 6G. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Giulio Basso (Masters, 2021–2022) — Biocomputing solutions using tripartite synapses. Institute: Politecnic of Turin, Italy
  • Leo Cooke (Masters, 2021–) — Integrated communications and sensing for 6G Terahertz communications. Institute: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (co-supervised with Prof. Nicola Marchetti)
  • Italo Silva (Masters, 2020–2021) — Multi molecule molecular communications systems. Institute: Federal Institute of Paraiba, Brazil (co-supervised with Prof. Danilo Regis)
  • Disha Soloni (Masters, 2021) — Developing nanonetworks for the stimulation of the vagus nerve. Institute: University of Essex, UK
  • Nathan D'arcy (Masters, 2020–2021) — Wireless spectroscopy to detect virus clouds using terahertz communications. Institute: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (co-supervised with Prof. Nicola Marchetti)
  • Hanna Firew (Masters, 2021) — Ultrasound beamforming solutions for selective brain implant powering. Institute: Tampere University, Finland
  • Walisson Silva (Masters, 2018–2020) — Analysis of 3D network topologies of astrocytes with advanced Alzheimer’s. Institute: Federal Institute of Paraiba, Brazil (co-supervised with Prof. Danilo Regis)
  • Rudine Surya (Masters, 2018–2019) — Advanced Feature Engineering of Decision Trees Using Wavelet Transform for the Removal of Daily Activity in EEG Diagnosis of Epilepsy. Institute: Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
  • Peter Muellen (Masters, 2018–2019) — The Network Tomography of Cortical Neuronal Molecular Communication Systems. Institute: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (co-supervised with Prof. Nicola Marchetti)
  • Alaa Ekky (Masters, 2017–2018) — Inferencing Cortical Circuits Topologies with Communication Analysis and Machine Learning. Institute: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (co-supervised with Prof. Nicola Marchetti)