Team members
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Ken Keating
Please contact regarding:
• Management and Strategy of Departmental Technical Staff• Oversight, management and strategy of departmental core facilities• Departmental Safety Officer• Management of Bioengineering Estate, research and practical teaching spaces• User coordinator for management of all infrastructure projects -
Miguel Hermida Ayala
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Miguel Hermida Ayala Deputy Technical Operations Manager and Deputy Safety OfficerSend email+44 (0)7594 510 961
Please contact regarding:
• Oversight of all Departmental Biosciences and Imaging Core Facilities.
• Supporting the Technical Operations Manager.
• Departmental Biosafety Adviser -
Marta Garcia Bellmunt
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Marta Garcia Bellmunt Bioengineering Core Facilities ManagerSend email+44 (0)7566 950 911
Please contact regarding:
• Oversight of all South Kensington Departmental Core Facilities
• Management of South Kensington Core Genomics and Microbiology Facilities
• Safety inspections
• SALUS investigations
• Health & Safety Committee secretary -
Sharad Patel
Please contact regarding:
• Tissue and cell culture
• Microscopy
• Biological safety
• Radiation safety
• Laser safety
• Cryostorage
• Biological and GM waste -
Morgan Edmonds
Please contact regarding:
• RCS1 108, Molecular Bioengineering Laboratory support
• Molecular Bioengineering undergraduate teaching support -
Olivier Dubois
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Olivier Dubois Bioengineering Biological Services TechnicianSend email+44 (0) 7729619227
Please contact regarding:
• Home Office designated work, labs and training
• Uren Designated laboratories
• HTA work
• Utilities and PPE stocks
• Histology core -
Florent Seichepine
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Florent Seichepine Bionanofabrication Suite and Clean Room Technical ManagerSend email+44 (0) 7395 248 415
Please contact regarding:
• Bionanocharacterisation
• Atomic Layer Deposition
• Clean room
• Microfluidics
• Labcup -
Shahrzad Forouzanfar
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Shahrzad Forouzanfar Assistant Microfabrication Facility ManagerSend email+44 (0)7923242043
Please contact regarding:
• Microfluidics
• Prototyping SU-8 and PDMS micro-devices
• 'Clean lab'
• Photolithography
• Lab-on-a-chip
• Characterisation and post-process -
Paschal Egan
Please contact regarding:
Departmental electronics laboratories:
• Undergraduate teaching laboratory
• Undergraduate research projects
• Postgraduate/research laboratory
• Electronics design advice, electronics safety testing and advice (departmental safety committee member)
• Departmental PAT testing, 3D printing including imaker makerbots and Objet 3D printer -
Tariq Malik
Please contact regarding:
Departmental electronics laboratories:
• Undergraduate teaching laboratory
• Undergraduate research projects
• Postgraduate/research laboratory
• Electronics design advice
• Electronics safety testing and advice
• Departmental PAT testing
• Faulty equipment diagnosis
• Tensile testing
• 3D printing, including Ultimakers, Boplotter and Objet 30 -
Mr Kanabar
Please contact regarding:
• Consultancy on engineering design, CAD, ELV electronics LV Electrical safety
• Provisions for rapid prototyping, 3D printing, machining
• For more information on how I can assist you, please visit my Sympleptic page. -
T Otten
Please contact regarding:
Assisting Makerspace users with the Mechanical Engineering aspect of their research
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Russell Stracey
Please contact regarding:
• RSM Mechanical workshop enquiries
• Technical workshop staff
• Enquiries regarding available machinery
• Trade union representative -
Greg Casson
Please contact regarding:
• Technical support for Bioengineering laboratories, researchers and Technical Operations Manager
• Supporting infrastructure (including planned preventative maintenance, service contracts, defects, and minor laboratory works or upgrades), laboratory management systems of work and safety provision, PPE stores throughout all Bioengineering laboratories and workshops
• Management of the Infrastructure minor works projects and Chemical Waste disposal
• Unison and Unison H/S representative. -
John Waldock
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John Waldock Departmental Mechanical EngineerPlease contact regarding:
Support Teaching and Research:
• Mechanical engineering consultancy
• Mechanical Workshop machining support
• Advice on designing and building bespoke research equipment
• Teaching and supporting BE2-HSDM Mechanics II Solids lab and Design and professional practice modulesDepartmental Mechanical Laboratories:
• Student supervision in the RSM Workshop (LG04)
• Overall technical support and oversight of the Mechanical Testing Facility (B120)
• Comprehensive technical support and oversight of Bio Mechanical Laboratory (B220)
• Departmental Mechanical H&S -
Nana A. Asamoah-Danso
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Nana A. Asamoah-Danso Bioengineering Core Facility TechnicianSend email+44 (0)7894 329 366
Please contact regarding:
• Synthetic Biology laboratories
• Technical support for Bioengineering laboratories
• Histology facility and departmental laboratory coat laundry services
• PPMS booking systems
• Autoclaving chemical solutions, laboratory equipment and biohazardous waste
• Laboratory instrument servicing
• Laboratory instrument and furniture transfers -
Hamid Samivand
Please contact regarding:
• Technical support and supervision for Makerspace (B220) and the RSM Workshop (LG04).
• 3D printing and laser cutting.
• CAD modelling and prototyping.
• Tensile testing
• Departmental PAT testing. -
Adriana Lobosco
Please contact regarding:
• Bionanocharactierisation and imaging
• Research laboratory support
• Departmental core facility support -
Faisal Mensah-Badoo
Please contact regarding:
• Laboratory core facilities and teaching support
• Part of our joint apprenticeship scheme with The Department of Chemistry -
Jack Gehring
Please contact regarding:
• Laboratory core facilities and teaching support.
• Part of our joint apprenticeship scheme with The Department of Chemistry -
Katie Giles
Please contact regarding:
• Tissue Culture technician
• Providing support for Microscopy and Genomics -
Alisha Hunter
Please contact regarding:
• Laboratory core facilities and teaching support
• Part of our joint apprenticeship scheme with The Department of Chemistry -
Gabrielle Owoh
Affiliations
• Laboratory core facilities and teaching support
• Part of our joint apprenticeship scheme with The Department of Chemistry -
Mandy Mak
Please contact regarding:
• Facilitating Molecular Bioengineering Undergraduate Teaching
• Managing and maintaining the Molecular Bioengineering Laboratory (Bess B615)
• Supporting the Deputy Technical Operations Manager in lab operations
• Providing technical assistance during lab teaching sessions