Experience

Senior Research Scientist
Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine | Bremen, Germany December 2019 – Present
Image-guided therapies group with Prof Tobias Preusser:

Responsibilities include:
- Modelling microwave ablation
- Pharmacokinetic simulations to predict liver regeneration
- Transcranial ultrasound imaging and therapy
Senior Research Scientist
National Physical Laboratory | Teddington, England August 2014 – November 2019
Medical ultrasound group with Prof Bajram Zeqiri:
- Worked on development of proto-type phase-insensitive piezo- and pyro-electric breast imaging system
- Assessed design of ultrasound systems and generated acoustic fields for clinical imaging and therapy system for regulatory approval, via:
  - Measurement-based simulation for nonlinear propagation of ultrasound through complex media
  - Computational tools for ultrasound field characterisation
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Therapeutic ultrasound, Institute of Cancer Research/Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | Sutton, England July 2011 – July 2014
Therapeutic ultrasound group with Prof Gail ter Haar:
- Design and implementation of treatment planning software for large phased-array ultrasound transducer for transcostal thermal ablations
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Mechanical Engineering, University College London | London, England July 2008 – June 2014
Ultrasonics group with Prof Nader Saffari:
- Modelling cavitation activity in tissue during high-intensity focus ultrasound therapy

PhD - Dynamical Systems
Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, University College London September 2004 – June 2008
Thesis entitled Integrability, Localisation and Bifurcation of an Elastic Conduction Rod in a Uniform Magnetic Field. Supervised by Prof Gert van der Heijden.
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MSc - Modern Applications of Mathematics
University of Bath September 2003 – August 2004
BSc - Mathematics with Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Imperial College London September 2000 – August 2003