Post-Doctoral Fellows

Mark Allenby

Nationality: American
E-mail: mark.allenby@imperial.ac.uk
Office: Room C511, Roderic Hill Building, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London
Office Tel:  +44 (0)7411 646 6362
Supervisors:  Prof. Sakis Mantalaris and Prof. Stratos Pistikopoulos 

Research Interests:

  • Mammalian cell culture and modelling
  • Bioprocess systems engineering
  • Culture design and fabrication
  • Analytical biostatistics


Biography

DateRole
 2013-2017

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
Thesis: A bone marrow bioreactor in silico-in vitro platform.

 2012-2013 MSc in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.

Thesis: 3D scaffold cord blood erythropoiesis systems.
 2008-2012 BSc in Mathematics, Pepperdine University, CA, USA

BA in Chemistry, Pepperdine University, CA, USA
 
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Research title


Development of a bio-inspired in silico-in vitro platform: towards personalised healthcare through optimisation of a bone marrow mimicry bioreactor

Publications


Please refer to ResearchGate for publications
 

Teaching


  • 2015: Advanced Bioprocess Engineering Tutor
  • 2014: Knowledge Laboratories - CSTR Conversion Teaching Assistant
  • 2011: General Chemistry (1 Yr) Laboratory Teaching Assistant

Awards/Funding


  • 2014-2017: Imperial College Chemical Enginering Department International Scholarship
  • 2011-2012: Pepperdine University TOOMA and SURP research grants
  • 2010: Natural Science Foundation DMS-0601395 research grant at UCLA
  • 2009: Pi Mu Epsilon Academic Fraternity for Mathematical Excellence

Prior Research


  • 2012: HRL Laboratories Developmental Engineer in the Sensors and Materials Laboratory
  • 2011: Pepperdine University REU in Natural Product Discovery and Multivariate Statistics
  • 2011: Imperial College UROP in Nanoporous Protein Crystallisation Methods
  • 2010: UCLA Applied Mathematics REU in Stochastic Modelling and Prediction
Dr. Ana Luz Quiroga Campano

Nationality: Chilean
E-mail: a.quiroga-campano12@imperial.ac.uk
Office: Room C511, Roderic Hill building, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering.
Office Tel: +44 (0)7411 646 6362
Supervisors: Prof. Sakis Mantalaris

Research Interests:

  • Biotechnology and bioprocess engineering
  • Modelling and optimisation of cell culture processes


Biography

Academic background
DateRole
 2014-2017  PhD in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
 2010-2012  Master of Sciences (Biotechnology). Univeridad de Chile (Chile)
 2004-2010  Chemical Engineering. Univeridad de Chile (Chile)
 2004-2010  Biotechnology. Universidad de Chile (Chile)
 
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Research title


Mathematical modelling and experimental validation for the optimization and control of mammalian cell culture systems


Publications/Presentations


  • M.E. Lienqueo, C. Shene, A. Quiroga, O. Salazar, J.C. Salgado, J.A. Asenjo, “Experimental validation of the predictions of a mathematical model for protein purification and tag selection”, Separation Science and Technology, 45 (2010) 2153.


Teaching


  • 2009-2010: Metabolic Engineering and Fermentation BT52A. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Universidad de Chile.
  • 2010: Workshop of Projects EI2001-24 (March-July, 2010). Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Universidad de Chile.
  • 2011-2012:  Workshop of Process Design. Academic Support in the design of a waste water treatment plant with a group of 4 Chemical Engineering Students. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Universidad de Chile.


Awards/Funding


  • 2012-: Becas-Chile Scholarship, Advanced Human Capital Program, National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT). Government of Chile.
  • 2010-2012: Researcher funding, Master of Sciences, Universidad de Chile.
  • 2009-2012: FONDECYT project N°1080143.“Effects of hydrophobic polypeptide tag fusion on protein purification by Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography”

Contact details

Professor Sakis Mantalaris
Head of BSEL Group

Chemical Engineering Department

Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 5601

 

Email: 

a.mantalaris@imperial.ac.uk