Meet the Team

Academics

Prof Steven Conlan

Personal Chair

Steve Conlan is Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at Swansea University Medical School. His research interests are cancer functional genomics and advanced thearpies including antibody drug conjugates and nanomedicines.

Prof Deya Gonzalez

Personal Chair

Deya’s research focuses on gene expression and function in the uterus and its relationship to fertility and cancer. Her clinical interests are Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, unexplained infertility and gynaecological cancers (endometrial, ovarian and cervical cancer).

Prof Lewis Francis

Professor

Lewis is a Professor in the Medical School and leads the groups Biophysics and Epigenetics research programmes. Lewis is an expert in molecular biophysical measurements, and has developed tissue, cell and biochemical research approaches for functional cell and molecular analysis.

Dr Lavinia Margarit

Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician in Cwm Taff University Health Board.

Honorary Professor, Swansea University Medical School

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Dr Kadie Edwards

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dr Kadie Edwards’ work currently is focusing on the continued development of her nanoparticle drug delivery system as part of her RWIF Impact Fellowship. Building on Innovate UK iCURE programs with Texas Medical Center Innovations to understand the potential market for this intervention in a US patient population.

Dr David Howard

Postdoctoral Research Associate

David is working on the UK-Qatar precision healthcare collaboration in precision cancer care. His research interests lie in the development of targeted therapies for endometrial and ovarian cancers.

Dr Natalia Sikora

Postdoctoral Research Associate

PhD Students

Sindhuja Krishnamoorthy

SWBio funded Joint PhD student with Bath University

Project: Advanced therapeutics development and characterisation

Gianmarco Melone

Swansea University & Houston Methodist Research Institute, Texas, Collaborative PhD

Project: Overcoming transport barriers for multistage delivery of extracellular vesicles in oncology

Joana Perestrelo-Biscaia-Sousa-Esteves

Swansea University & Houston Methodist Research Institute, Texas, Collaborative PhD

Project: Therapeutic opportunities to tackle Ovarian Cancer Chemoresistance: addressing the Crosstalk between Adipocytes and tumours.

Luke Golby

AIMLAC funded Swansea University PhD

Project: AI based approaches multi-dimensional functional genomics

Jordan Turney

Bruker and EPSRC funded Swansea University PhD

Project: Analysing the forces, biomechanics and molecular mechanisms that drive cancer metastasis in vitro

Rebecca Rees

AIMLAC funded Swansea University PhD

Project: AI based approaches to multi-dimensional functional genomics in cancer patients.

Agne Pociute

EPSRC funded Swansea University & Houston Methodist Research Institute, Texas, Collaborative PhD

Project: Epigenomic and transcriptomic plasticity Investigations of solid tumour cancers; computational frameworks for mapping temporal, intratumour phenotypes