The Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre - NIBEC PhD Students
PhD Students


Ms Lindsay Charters (Supervisor - Dr A Boyd)

Real-time evaluation of cellular processes on biomaterial surfaces using advanced spectroscopic techniques

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Mr Kieran Denieffe (Supervisor - Prof P Maguire)

Reactive Plasma Etching of Magnetic Read/Write Transducers

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Mr Thomas Dooher (Supervisor - Dr D Dixon)

Carbon nanotube/high temperature polymer composites

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Mr Cormac Flynn (Supervisor - Prof B Meenan)

Plasma- induced surface functionalisation of medical implants

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Mr Ciaran Fullerton (Supervisor - Prof P Maguire)

Reflective pulse oximetry sensing in the infra red

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Mr James Greenan (Supervisor - Prof P Maguire)

Bio-compatible diamond-like materials: ultra-thin diamond-like carbon films and devices for implantation into the human body

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Mr Eyad Hamad (Supervisor - Prof J McLaughlin)

Impedimetric sensors for label-free Point-of-Care immunoassay cardiac marker systems

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Miss Maria Kerr (Supervisor - Dr A Boyd)

The functionalisation of natural biomaterials for tissue engineering

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Mr Ajay Kumar (Supervisor - Dr P Papakonstantinou)

Electronic structure investigation of Multilayer Graphene Nanoflake Films (MGNFs) and their bio-sensing properties

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Mr Dhiraj Kumar (Supervisor - Dr D Dixon)

Nanostructures from drug and gene delivery

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Miss Emma Magee (Supervisor - Dr T Byrne)

Biological responses to light activated metal oxide surfaces

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Mr Ganesh Manoharan (Supervisor - Prof J McLaughlin)

An investigation of transdermal mechanisms for cardiac stimulation

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Ms Joanne Mansoon (Supervisor - Dr D Dixon)

Therapeutic nanoparticle delivery systems

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Mr Muhammad Manzoor (Supervisor - Dr P Lemoine)

A Study of Metal/ Elastomer Iinterface for Flextronics Applications

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Mr Ashish Mathur (Supervisor - Prof J McLaughlin)

Nanostructuring of nanofluidic/microfluidic devices for enhanced blood filtering and detection of blood analytes associated with biosensors

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Ms Mura McCafferty (Supervisor - Prof B Meenan)

Response of human mesenchymal stem cells to calcium phosphate sputtered thin films

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Miss Fiona McKavanagh (Supervisor - Prof P Maguire)

Surface characterisation and protein interactions on amorphous carbon thin films deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition

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Miss Joanne McKenna (Supervisor - Prof P Maguire)

Microplasmas for biomedical applications and biocompatible coatings

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Mr Mark Millar (Supervisor - Prof J McLaughlin)

Surface design and modification for a rotating valve assembly for dry running

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Mr Muhammad Mughal (Supervisor - Dr P Lemoine)

Electical and mechanical contacts prepared with electron and ion beam methods fro the study of single nanowires and nanotubes

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Mr Subdaheep Mukhopadhyay (Supervisor - Prof J McLaughlin)

Studies on surface driven microfluidic flow through lab-on-a-chip devices

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Miss Isha Mutreja (Supervisor - Dr A Boyd)

Functionalisation of porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

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Mr Anisur Rahman (Supervisor - Prof P Maguire)

Nanotechnology and nanofabrication: special nanostructured materials for the study of cell protein and bio-molecule interactions on surfaces

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Mr Christopher Rea (Supervisor - Prof B Meenan)

Bioactive surfaces for the controlled stimulation of mesenchymal stem cells

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Miss Surbhi Sharma (Supervisor - Dr P Papakonstantinou)

Direct site specific synthesis and characterisation of frontier carbon materials

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Mr Conor Sheeran (Supervisor - Dr A Byrne)

Biological responses to nanostructured titanium dioxide surfaces

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Mr Navneet Soin (Supervisor - Prof J McLaughlin)

Fuel cells: a nanoscale study of the fabrication and characterization of carbon nanostructured surfaces for fuel cell electrodes

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Mr Martin Soutar
(Supervisor - Prof J McLaughlin)

Nanotemplating for the improved immobilisation of biosensing layers

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Mr Alistair Stewart (Supervisor - Dr P Lemoine)

Dynamic nanoindentation to study energy dissipation in nanostructured and nanocomposite materials

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Miss Cristina Tuinea-Bobe (Supervisor - Dr P Lemoine)

Early detection of pressure ulcers using a multiparametric method

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Mr Mark Tweedie (Supervisor - Prof J McLaughlin)

Light and heat emitting carbon nanotubes

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Miss Shikha Wadhwa (Supervisor - Dr T Byrne)

Wet Synthesis of Titania Nanotubes

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Mr Pradeep Yadav (Supervisor - Dr P Lemoine)

Nano-templates with controlled properties for post-Terabit array applications