Our Team

We are curious about the translation of optical methods into the clinic. Curious too?
Get in touch!

Dr Ir Akhil Kallepalli

Chancellor’s Fellow (Lecturer/Assistant Professor) in Medical Devices,
University of Strathclyde


Staff

Kai Blain,
Research Assistant (Summer ’26)

Summer Interns

Emelie Conway.
2026 EPSRC Vacation Scholar

Emillie Galbraith,
2026 Rank Prize Vacation Scholar

Doctoral Students

Emma Curati-Alasonatti

Graduate Students

Fiona Higgins

Visitors

Dr Nathan Gemmell (Imperial College London)

Noémie Gaudard (ISIFC – Génie Biomédical)

Emma Speh (WashU, St Louis)

Ari Segel (WashU, St Louis)

Prof Adam Eggebrecht (WashU, St Louis)

Joshua Reynolds (Stanford University)

Collaborators and Partnerships

Prof Rupert Oulton

Dr Emma Pearce

Dr Nathan Gemmelle

Prof Adam Eggebrecht

Dr Andrew Kerr

Mr Chris Rao

Dr Akyana Britwum

Prof Mark Kasevich

Joshua Reynolds

Dr Lawrence Chen

Prof Joseph Culver

Dr Filipe Ferreira

Dr Manlio Tassieri

Prof Matthew Brookes

Prof Simon Schultz

Dr Laura Clark

Dr Pieter Neethling

Mr Richard Pilkington

Mr Ajay Wilson

Prof Miles Padgett

Dr Graham Gibson

Prof Andrew Forbes

Prof Caroline Boudoux

Dr Amanda Foust

Partners and Research Support

Alumni

Alan Mollins, Rank Prize Summer Intern (2025)

Frida Ramirez Ortiz

Emillie Conway

Kai Blain

Emillie Galbraith

Hanifia Sajida

Cormack McKenzie

Harry Brown

John Samuel

Sankhonil Mukhopadhyay

Group Project, Imperial College London

Renata Cia Sanches Loberto

Andrea Jannina Fernandez

Robert Archibald

Matthew Anderson

Fraser Eadie

Mark Main

Harriet Bishop

Minas Stavrinou