People

Biography

James Phillips is Professor of Regenerative Medicine at UCL, having been Reader in Regenerative Medicine 2017-2020 and Senior Lecturer in Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering 2013-2017. From 2004 to 2013 he was Lecturer in Health Sciences at the Open University, involved in a range of teaching, research and public engagement activities. His first degree was in Biochemistry at Imperial College London, followed by a PhD in Pharmacology at the School of Pharmacy, University of London, awarded in 2000. He was a postdoctoral researcher on an EU project in the Tissue Repair and Engineering Centre at UCL developing tissue engineered devices for peripheral nerve and spinal cord repair, then worked as a Research Fellow in the Surgery Department at UCL.

James is currently involved in a range of research projects including collaborations with scientists, clinicians and engineers working in academia and industry. He is a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Biomaterials Applications, part of the Executive Committee of the Tissue and Cell Engineering Society and President of the European Society for the Study of Peripheral Nerve Repair and Regeneration. His lab is based in the Pharmacology Department at the UCL School of Pharmacy and his research group is affiliated with the UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering, the Translational Neuroscience research cluster, the London Stem Cell Network and the Network for European CNS Transplantation and Restoration (NECTAR). James is Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Nerve Engineering and Vice-Dean (Innovation & Enterprise) for the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences

Current Research Group

• Dr Victoria Roberton – Senior Research Fellow
• Dr Owein Guillemot-Legris – Research Fellow
• Dr Maxime Berg – Research Fellow
• Dr Holly Gregory – Research Fellow
• Lavaniya Thanabalasundaram – PhD Student
• Itse Onuwaje – PhD Student
• Despoina Eleftheriadou – PhD Student
• Ryan Trueman – PhD Student
• Emily Atkinson – PhD Student
• Poppy Smith – PhD Student
• Anabela Moreira – PhD Student
• Tianyang Liu – PhD Student
• Gedion Girmahun – Research Assistant
• Heng Quan – MRes Student
• Lara Carter – MSc Student

Alumni

• Dr Rebecca Powell – PhD Student (Completed 2023 now Scientist at Mytos)
• Helena Ros – MRes Student (2021-22)
• Alexandros Abdel Massih – MSc Student (2021-22)
• Dr Simão Laranjeira – Research Associate (2018-2022)
• Dr Karolina Dziemidowicz – Research Fellow (2021-2022)
• Titinun Suannun – PhD Student (Completed 2022 now Research Scientist at MTEC, Thailand)
• Charlotte Lee-Reeves – Imperial College London (Completed PhD 2022)
• Dr Simon Kellaway – Research Associate (2021-22)
• Dr Isabel Kingston – Research Technician (2021-22)
• Dr Dunja Gorup – Research Associate (2020-21)
• Jenny Katsouli – BSc Student 2020-21
• Carla Gelle – MSc Student 2020-21
• Matthew Wilcox – PhD Student (Completed 2020 – now medic at Oxford)
• Trang Nguyen – University of Leeds (Completed PhD 2020)
• Katie Timms – University of Leeds (Completed PhD 2020)
• Kulraj Singh Bhangra – PhD Student (Completed 2020 – now Trainee Lawyer, London)
• Papon Muangsanit – PhD Student (Completed 2020 – now Research Scientist at BIOTEC, Thailand)
• Dr Rita Trindade – Research Associate (2019-20 – now Licensing Pharmaceutical Assessor at MHRA)
• Maria Sasaki – BSc Student 2019-20
• Richard Bartlett – PhD Student (Completed 2019 – now medic at Cambridge)
• Rachel Coy – PhD Student (Completed 2019 – now Cloud Engineer at Barclays)
• Mariann Angola Rojas – PhD Student (Completed 2019 – now Senior Associate at BluePrint Research Group)
• Rachael Evans – PhD Student (Completed 2019 – now Clinical Scientist at Roche)
• Céline Kayal – PhD Student (Completed 2019 – now postdoc in Oxford)
• Melissa Rayner – PhD Student (Completed 2018 – now Lecturer at UCL)

• Francesca Busuttil – PhD Student (Completed 2019 – now scientific editor)
• Dr Adam Day – Postdoctoral Research Associate (2014-18)
• Dr Caitriona O’Rourke – Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Tom Quick – MD Student
• Safaaz Mohammed – MClinDent Student (Oral Surgery 2017)
• Argyro Diasakou – MSc Student (Drug Discovery 2017)
• Dr Christina Schuh – Visiting Researcher (2016)
• Dr Tuula Eriksson – PDRA 2016-17
• Charlotte Lee-Reeves – Research Student (2015)
• Dr Helen Lee – University of Leeds (Completed PhD 2016)
• Dr Jenny Smith – University of Leeds (Completed PhD 2016)
• Dr Stephen Goode – University of Leeds (Completed PhD 2017)
• Magdalena Plotczyk – MSc Student (2016)
• Dr Ruth Angus – Visiting Researcher (2015)
• Bianca Vitiello – The Open University
• Piotr Mieczkowski – The Open University
• Jessica Kirk – University of Leeds
• Philippa Clarkson – University of Leeds
• Dr Celia Murray-Dunning – Postdoctoral Research Associate (2014-15)
• Dr Melanie Georgiou – PhD Student (Completed 2013)
• Dr Sarah Mason – PhD Student (Completed 2011)
• Dr Stanley Kimani – PhD Student (Completed 2011)
• Dr Kathleen Wright – PhD Student (Completed 2010)
• Helena Berndl – MSci Student (2015)
• Yazan Al-Fanek – Visiting Researcher (2015)
• Shirin Meghrazian – MSc Student (2014)
• Shakirah Chowdhury – MSc Student (2014)
• Elisabeth Brakkee – Visiting Research Student (2013)
• Alexander Gray – Research Student (2012-13)
• Noémie Johns – Research Student (2011-12)
• Milena Wagner – MSc Student (2012)
• Kurien Abraham – MSc Student (2012)
• Emmanuel Osei – MSc Student (2011)
• Lois Evans – MSc Student (2011)
• Annabel Ola – MSc Student (2011)
• Dr Emma East – Postdoc (2007-2011)
• Dr Stephen Bunting – Visiting Senior Research Fellow
• Alisha Chhatwal – Visiting Research Student (2010)
• Kshitij Srivastava – Visiting Research Student (2009)
• Daniela Oliveira – Visiting Research Student (2008)
• Jasper van der Ree – Visiting Research Student (2007)
• Miguel Ardid Candel – MSc Student (2007)
• Dr Katie Lazenby – Postgraduate Student (2006)
• Ms Seemab Ashraff – MSc Student (2005)