Academic
Professor of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
School of Chemical Engineering
Paula M Mendes is a Professor of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology in the School of Chemical Engineering. She leads the Mendes Research Group , which conducts interdisciplinary research in the area of nanoscience and nanotechnology, and develops methods for controlling the structure and functionality of materials at the molecular and nanometer scale.
The research group works at the interface ...
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 121 414 5343
- Email
- p.m.mendes@bham.ac.uk
Post Doc Members
Dr Marcos Fernandez-Villamarin
Molecular imprinting of nanoparticles (2018)
- PhD in Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela
Dr Francia Allabush
Modification of DNA aptamers for sensing applications (2018)
- PhD in Chemistry, University of Birmingham
- MChem in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry, University of Warwick
- Placement project, University of Tasmania
- Research Chemist, MacDermid
Dr Nasim Mahmoodi
The effect of vibration on bacteria (2018)
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering (micro-engineering and nanotechnology), University of Birmingham
- MEng in Mechanical (biomedical) Engineering, University of Birmingham
Dr Joshua Norman
Development of new glycan sensing molecular imprints for cancer biomarkers (2020)
- PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
- MRes Advanced biological sciences (structural biology), University of Liverpool
- BSc(Hons) Applied Biomedical Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University
- HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist
PhD Students
Dario Bazzoli
The effect of vibration on bacteria (2018)
- Bachelor degree in general chemistry at the Università degli studi di Milano
- Master degree in Computational/Inorganic molecular chemistry at the École Normale Supérieure de Paris and UPMC Sorbonne Université
Laura Brooks
Molecularly Imprinted Nanoparticles for Selective Glycan Detection (2018)
- MChem in Chemistry – Cardiff University
Laura Buccoli
Surface-Confined Molecular Logic Gates For Sensing (2018)
- Esrasmus at Akademia im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
- Masters in Chemical Science (university of Cagliari)
Pushpa Patel
Evaluation of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) nanocatalyst on platelets (2018)
- MSc by Research in Molecular Pharmacology, Coventry University
- BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences, Coventry University
Charlie Keene
Development of Smart Surface for Biosensing (2019)
- MChem in Chemistry, University of Lincoln
Miguel Alena-Rodriguez
Development of highly selective and high-affinity glycan-binding entities for early and accurate detection of aggressive Prostate Cancer (2019)
- Placement project, IQAC (Barcelona, Spain)
- MSc in Organic Chemistry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
- BSc in Chemistry, Universidad de Málaga (Malaga, Spain)
Daniel Carroll
Smart switchable biological surfaces for on-demand biosensing (2020)
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University College Dublin
- Academic internship, Synthesis and Characterization of Gelatin Methacrylate to form Hybrid Hydrogels for 3D Printing and Biomedical Applications, University College Dublin
Hannah Williamson
LifETIME CDT Student- Switchable Surface Biosensors for Cell and Gene Therapy Bioprocessing (2020)
- BSc Medical Sciences with Industrial Placement (AstraZeneca), University of Leeds
- Research and Development Graduate Scientist, AstraZeneca
Sohail Vasim Ghani
Development of synthetic glycan affinity reagents to study the capsular structure of fungal pathogens (2020)
- MSc in Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiff University
- BSc (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bath
Daniel Kgautlhe
Glycan Sensing technology for early and accurate cancer diagnosis (2021)
- MEng in Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
Past Members
PhD Students
Cait Costello
Oliver Curnick
Alice Pranzetti
Gaurav Gupta
Minhaj Lashkor
Zarrar Hussein
Nga Yip
Eleonora Cantini
Monika Köpf
Fatima Zia
Barbara Gomes
Philippa Mitchell
Francia Allabush
Alice Di Pasquale
Yazmin Kaur Tagger
Barbara Simoes
Giuseppe Di Palma
James S. Walker
Kamlesh Patel
Joshua Norman
Research Fellows
Dr Paul Yeung (former PhD student)
Dr Frankie Rawson
Dr Parvez Iqbal
Dr Alex Stephenson-Brown
Dr Aaron Acton
Dr Lewis Hart
Dr Eduardo Anaya-Plaza
Dr Craig Ward
Dr Seyed Tabaei
Dr Setareh Vafaei
Dr Joshua Simon Gibson
Dr Stefano Tommasone
Kamlesh Patel (former PhD student)