Prof Thomas Franz
Principal Investigator
Cell and tissue mechanobiology
Dr Ghodeejah Higgins
Principal Investigator
Cellular biophysics
Prof Georges Limbert
Honorary Professor
Skin mechanobiology, Mathematical modelling in biotribology
Dr Jerry Ochola
Honorary Research Associate
Computational mechanics in cardiovascular therapies
Dr Kevin Sack
Honorary Research Associate
Computational modelling in cardiac diseases and therapies
Dr Tamer Abdalrahman
Honorary Research Associate
Computational mechanobiology
Dr Dodzi Motchon
Postdoctoral Fellow
Intramyocardial biomaterial injections to improve cardiac function and guide functional scar formation in myocardial infarction
Dr Elizabeth Kruse
Postdoctoral Fellow
Physical cell signatures in HIV–associated Burkitt leukaemia and lymphoma
Dr Juliet Nagawa
Postdoctoral Fellow
Investigation of cardiac biomechanics associated with preeclampsia
Dr Majahonkhe Shabangu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mechanical biomarkers of tissues and cells to improve early diagnosis and treatment of cancers
Absalom Maluleke
PhD student
Computational study of the dispersion of therapeutic biomaterials in the acutely infarcted heart
John Nchejane
PhD student
Effect of biomaterial injectates on the structure of scars formed following myocardial infarction
Arthur Ndeh Foute
MSc student
Mechanobiology of HIV–associated Burkitt lymphoma