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Research Staff

Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers, scientists and clinicians are developing novel robotic systems and the underpinning technologies with the aim of improving people’s lives and satisfying human curiosity. Centred in engineering, and stretching through psychology, biological sciences and medicine, our diverse research strengths mean we are able to bring together a wealth of expertise and resources to develop innovative robotic systems.

Research Staff

Name	School	Areas of expertise
Dr Ali Alazmani	School of Mechanical Engineering	Assistive and Rehab Robotics; Medical Humanities; Sensing Technologies; Soft Systems; Surgical Robotics & Technologies
Dr Sharib Ali	School of Computer Science	Biomedical image analysis; computer vision; machine learning; computational endoscopy and surgery; early cancer detection and intervention; (multi-instance) segmentation; 3D reconstruction; Pathology
Tim Amsdon	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Comminucation & Networks; Sensing Technologies
Dr Graham Askew	School of Biomedical Sciences	Soft Systems
Dr Sarah Astill	School of Biomedical Sciences
Dr James Avery	School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Dr Subhajit Basu	School of Law
Professor Andrew Bayly	School of Chemical and Process Engineering	Robot Manufacturing; Sensing Technologies
Dr Almut Beige	School of Physics and Astronomy
Dr Richard Bourne	School of Chemical and Process Engineering
Dr Andy Bulpitt	School of Computing	Robotic Learning; Robotic Perception; Surgical Robotics & Technologies
Dr Samit Chakrabarty	School of Biomedical Sciences	Assistive and Rehab Robotics, Bio-Robotic Control
Professor Netta Cohen	School of Computing	Bio-Robotic Control; Exploration Robotics; Infrastructure Robotics; Robotic Perception
Professor Anthony Cohn	School of Computing	Infrastructure Robotics; Representation & Reasoning; Robotic Learning; Robotic Manipulation; Robotic Perception; Service Robotics
Dr David Cowell	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Comminucation & Networks; Ultrasonics & Embedded Systems
Prof Pete Culmer	School of Mechanical Engineering	Sensing Technologies; Soft Systems; Surgical Robotics & Technologies
Dr Amelia DeFalco	School of English	Medical Humanities
Professor Abbas A. Dehghani-Sanij	School of Mechanical Engineering	Assistive and Rehab Robotics; Bio-Robotic Control; Exploration Robotics; Infrastructure Robotics; Service Robotics; Soft Systems
Dr Mehmet Dogar	School of Computing	Robotic Learning; Robotic Manipulation; Robotic Perception; Service Robotics
Gary Dymski	Leeds University Business School	Infrastructure Robotics
Dr Craig A. Evans	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Ultrasonics & Embedded Systems
Professor Steven Freear	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Ultrasonics & Embedded Systems
Professor Mounir Ghogho	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Richard Hodgett	Leeds University Business School
Professor David Hogg	School of Computing	Robotic Learning; Robotic Perception
Dr Raymond Holt	School of Mechanical Engineering	Assistive and Rehab Robotics
Dr Yanlong Huang	School of Computing	Imitation learning; motion planning; optimal control; reinforcement learning; robotics.
Dr Andrew Jackson	School of Mechanical Engineering	Comminucation & Networks; Exploration Robotics; Sensing Technologies; Service Robotics
Dr George Jackson-Mills	School of Mechanical Engineering
Dr Domonic Jones	Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Dr Andrew Kemp	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Comminucation & Networks; Exploration Robotics; Sensing Technologies; Service Robotics; Soft Systems
Dr Jaemin Lee	School of Mechanical Engineering	Manufacturing; Stretchable electronics; Materials engineering
Professor Martin Levesley	School of Mechanical Engineering
Simon Lewandowski	School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
Dr James McLaughlan	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Surgical Robotics & Technologies; Ultrasonics & Embedded Systems
Dr Des McLernon	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Comminucation & Networks; Robotic Perception; Sensing Technologies
Dr Vincent C. Müller	Interdisciplinary Ethics Applied Centre
Dr Faisal Mushtaq	School of Psychology	Surgical Robotics & Technologies
Dr Rory O’Connor	Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine	Assistive and Rehab Robotics
Professor Alan Pearman	Leeds University Business School	Representation & Reasoning
Professor Megan Povey	School of Food Science and Nutrition	Infrastructure Robotics; Robot Manufacturing; Sensing Technologies; Ultrasonics & Embedded Systems
Professor Robert Richardson	School of Mechanical Engineering	Assistive and Rehab Robotics; Bio-Robotic Control; Exploration Robotics; Infrastructure Robotics; Robot Manufacturing; Soft Systems
Professor Kevin Roberts	School of Chemical and Process Engineering
Dr Duygu Sarikaya
Dr Natasha Shakhlevich	School of Computing
Dr Nabil Shaukat	School of Mechanical Engineering	aerial robotics; underwater robotics; navigation; Bayesian filtering; machine learning; sensor fusion
Dr Nutapong Somjit	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Comminucation & Networks; Robot Manufacturing; Sensing Technologies
Dr D Paul Steenson	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Assistive and Rehab Robotics
Dr Konstantinos Daniel Tsavdaridis	School of Civil Engineering
Professor Pietro Valdastri	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Robot Manufacturing; Sensing Technologies; Surgical Robotics & Technologies
Professor Shane Xie	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Assistive and Rehab Robotics; Bio-Robotic Control; Medical Humanities; Robot Manufacturing; Robotic Learning; Robotic Manipulation; Sensing Technologies; Service Robotics; Soft Systems; Surgical Robotics & Technologies
Dr Syed Ali Raza Zaidi		Comminucation & Networks; Robotic Learning; Sensing Technologies; Service Robotics
Dr Zhiqiang Zhang	School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Assistive and Rehab Robotics; Exploration Robotics; Sensing Technologies