Current Members

Principal Investigator

Ipsita Roy

Principal Investigator
I lead an interdisciplinary group on natural polymers of bacterial origin and their use in medical and environmentally friendly applications.
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Postdoctoral Research Associates

Caroline Taylor

I am a Biomaterials Scientist, working on biomedical materials for nerve repair. I have expertise in materials characterization, in vitro and ex vivo cell culture in 2D and 3D models and have worked in many different areas of tissue engineering, including nerve repair, cartilage regeneration, 3D cardiovascular in vitro models and cancer biology.
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Elbaraa Elghazy


I am a civil engineer with an MSc in concrete retrofitting and PhD in water treatment using microalgae. I’m currently working in the Roy lab on bio 3D printing and on PHAs production and water treatment using microalgae and cyanobacteria.
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David A Gregory


My research is concerned with applied inkjet printing, which contributes to areas as diverse as tissue engineering, printed electronic devices and 3D scaffold printing of e.g. swimming devices for biomedical applications.
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Mahendra P. Raut


I am a biochemical engineer with specialisation in both aerobic and anaerobic microbiology, handling various microbial cultures including bacteria, fungi, and algae. I have established myself as a specialist in mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics, exploiting various microbial systems at proteomics level to identify the potential targets for metabolic engineering and for improved value-added chemicals production via fermentation and anaerobic digestion.LinkedIn

PhD Students

Annabelle TR Fricker

I am a 1st year PhD student with a BSc in Biology and MSc in Stem Cells and Regeneration. My research focuses on bioengineering heart tissue for the treatment of heart failure.
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Emmanuel Asare

My research is on Nerve Tissue Engineering. I am investigating the potential of PHA-based 3D printed Nerve Guide Conduit (NGC) in repairing peripheral nerve injuries with critical gaps between 10 and 20 mm.
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Syed Mohammad Daniel Syed Mohamed

I am a PhD student with a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biotechnology related to biopolymer science. My research in the University of Sheffield focuses on the development of semi-bioartificial of kidney tissue in addressing acute kidney injury and chronic kidney failure.
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Jonathan David Hinchliffe

I am a PhD student with a BmedSci in Biomaterials and an MSc in Biomaterials and regenerative medicine. My current Research at Sheffield focuses on the development of an semi-artificial pancreas for the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
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Andrea Mele

I am a PhD student with a BSc and MSc Biomedical Engineering. My research in the Roy Lab at The University of Sheffield focuses on the investigation of natural polymer based composites with Bioactive Glasses for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications.
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Dila Hatun SAL

I am a scholarship from Ministry of Education of Turkey on biomaterials. I am currently continuing my PhD research on the development of new nerve guidance conduits for vascular regeneration in peripheral nerve tissue at The University of Sheffield under the supervision of Prof John Haycock and Prof Ipsita Roy.
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Rebecca J Hanson

I am a first year PhD student with a BEng in Mechanical Engineeringand an MSc in Bioengineering. My project aimsto develop tissue engineering scaffolds that mimic native mechanicaland structural properties for novel and revolutionary treatment ofosteoarthritis and osteochondral tissue damage.
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Elliot N Amadi

I'm a PhD Material Science student. I'm currently working with the RoyLab completing studies concerning the upscaling and functionalization of Bacterial Cellulose for biomedical applications.

Master's Students

Isabelle Humphreys

I’m a fourth year Materials Science and Engineering student doing my final year project on composite P(3HB) and bio active glass scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications.

Oliwia Zwara

I'm a 4th Year Material

Ming Speyer

I am a Bioengineering Master’s student at The University of Sheffield. The aim of my project is to enhance cell viability of cardiomyocytes in a 3D printed polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) cardiac patch.