Dr. Kiana Abolfathi is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Essex (RUMI Lab). She completed her PhD at the University of Essex within the RUMI Lab. She previously earned an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tehran (Iran) and obtained her B.Eng. degree from Sharif University of Technology (Iran) in 2018. Her graduate research focuses on developing a swarm of micro/nano-robots for medical applications.  She is developing a platform for Studies of Different Swarm Modes for Magnetic Nanoparticles.

Dr. Mehrnoosh Kianpour is a researcher at the University of Essex. Her main area of research is the biomedical application of microrobots and emerging therapeutic technologies. She has a multidisciplinary background in cellular and molecular biology and microrobotics, with research experience in South Korea and the UK. She has previously worked on projects involving neuron-loaded microrobots, nanoparticle-based systems, and cancer xenograft models. Her current work focuses on developing and evaluating microrobotic platforms for biomedical and clinical applications.

Dr. Pouya Mallahi Kolahi is an Associate Fellow at the University of Essex. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Dynamics and Control) from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran. His research focuses on the modeling and control of magnetic robots and other nonlinear dynamic systems. His interests include nonlinear control, optimal control, machine learning, and the application of advanced control methods to practical engineering systems.