Current members
PhD Students
Primary supervision (2019 - 2023):
Honours' and MSc students (2019-2021) (primary supervision):
Co-supervision:
Dr Hermily-Lourdes Geronimo (PhD part-time; 2019 - 2025)
Project title: "A double-blind, randomised, placebo- controlled trial investigating the effect of Plasmaide supplement on the serum cardiometabolic profile"
Mr Eitan Ben-Sefer (Honours)
Project title: "Determining the role of FKBPL in 3D cardiac spheroids"
Ms Clara Liu Chung Ming (Honours)
Project title: "The Role of the Acetylcholine in Cardiovascular Regeneration."
Ms Sahar Ghorbanpour Diploma Engineering MSc BSc
PhD thesis: Investigating novel angiogenesis mechanism of neovascularisation.
Previous position: Research Assistant at the Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB)
Mr Micheal Chhor BSc (Hons)
PhD thesis: "Determining the Role of the FKBPL Pathway in Endothelial Dysfunction and Cardiac Fibrosis"
Mrs Claire Richards BSc (Hons)
Thesis title: "Elucidating the mechanisms of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells in placental development and preeclampsia"
Miss Ingrid Aneman BSc
Project title: "The role of a novel anti-angiogenic protein, FKBPL, in preeclampsia"
Miss Kimberly Sesperez BSc
Project title: "Pre-eclampsia and cardiovascular disease: evaluating FKBPL and CD44 as biomarkers"
Mr Dillan Pienaar BSc
Project title: "The role of Galectin-3 in preeclampsia"
Mr Hao Chen BSc (Hons)
Thesis title: "Novel Biomarkers for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)"
Mrs Dinara Alfrose
Project title: Emerging therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells in preeclampsia through anti-oxidant mechanism
Past members
PhD students
Primary supervision (2015 - 2019):
Dr Ross McNally PhD BSc (Hons) Genetics
PhD thesis: "The role of a novel anti-angiogenic protein, FKBPL, in
pre-eclampsia"; Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen’s University Belfast (2015 - 2019)
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute for Reproduction and Perinatal Research (Prof. Michael J Soares' lab)
The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Dr Abdelrahim Alqudah PhD BPharm
PhD thesis: "The role of FKBPL in diabetes and associated cardiovascular health"; Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen’s University Belfast (2016 - 2019)
Current position:
Assistant Professor
School of Pharmcy
Co-supervision (2014-2018)
Dr Stephanie Annett
PhD thesis: "The role of FKBPL and its peptide derivatives in targeting stemness"; School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast
Current position:
Postdoctoral Fellow