People

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L-CAS Away Day 2021

Academic Staff

Prof Marc HanheideDirector of L-CAS / Director of AgriFoRwArdS CDT – Professor of Intelligent Robotics & Interactive Systems, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Prof Grzegorz CielniakProfessor in Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Prof Simon ParsonsGlobal Chair in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence / Head of School of Computer Science, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Prof Elizabeth SklarProfessor in Agri-Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Paul BaxterSenior Lecturer in Computer Science (Autonomous Systems), School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Petra BosiljSenior Lecturer in Computer Science (Imaging/Vision), School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Marcello CalistiAssociate Professor in Agri-Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Heriberto CuayahuitlSenior Lecturer, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Gautham DasSenior Lecturer in Agri-Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Francesco Del DuchettoLecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Charles FoxSenior Lecturer in Computer Science / MSc RAS Programme Leader, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Leonardo GuevaraLecturer in Agri-Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Helen HarmanLecturer in Artificial Intelligence, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Mohammed Al-KhafajiySenior Lecturer in Computer Science, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Alexandr KlimchikAssociate Professor in Robotics, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Riccardo PolvaraLecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Athanasios PolydorosSenior Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Zied TayebSenior Lecturer in Brain-Robot Interfaces, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Associated Academics

Prof Tom DuckettFounder & Former Director of L-CAS
Prof Dionysis BochtisProfessor in Agri-Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Prof Simon PearsonDirector, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Nicola BellottoVisiting Professor of Robotics, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Faiz IqbalLecturer in Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Saeid Pourroostaei ArdakaniSenior Lecturer in Computer Science, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Amir BadieeSenior Lecturer, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Shaun CouttsAssociate Professor, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Sepehr MalekiSenior Lecturer, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Bashir Al-DiriAssociate Professor/Programme Leader, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

 Research Fellows

Research Associates

Dr Abdurrahman YilmazPDRA in Autonomous Navigation for Agri-robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Andrey PosnikovPDRA in Intelligent Systems, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Jaspreet SinghPDRA in Computer Vision, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Jonathan CoxPDRA in Robotics Control and Vision Systems, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Dr Usman ZahidiPDRA in Robotic Perception, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Andreas XydisPDRA in Intelligent Systems, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Zhuoling HuangPDRA in Safety for Autonomous Robots, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Ollie HardyPDRA in Intelligent Systems, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Dr Obinamuni De SilvaPost Doctoral Research Associate in Robotics Perception and Navigation, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Ionut MoraruPDRA in Intelligent Robotics and AI, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Geesara KulathungaPDRA in Autonomous Navigation for Agri-robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Katherine JamesResearch Assistant in Agri-Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Mahmoud AbdulsalamPDRA in Computer Vision, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Muhammad Ahmad FarazResearch Associate in Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Manu NairResearch Associate in Space and Fusion Robotics, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Valerie AndrewsMechatronics Integration Engineer, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Mohammad SheikhsoflaPDRA – Soft/Bio-Inspired Robotics, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing

Research Assistants

Muhammad Arshad KhanResearch Assistant in Robot Perception for Robotic Harvesting, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Yu SuResearch Assistant in Agri-Robotic Systems, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing

Engineers

Dr Rob LloydSenior Mechatronics Engineer, AgriFoRwArdS CDT
Andrew HamSenior Mechatronics Engineer, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Ibrahim HroobResearch Software Engineer, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Josh CooperComputing Technician, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Postgraduate Research Students (PhD/MSc by Research)

Alex EliasPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Amie OwenPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Andy PerrettPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Benjamin NichollsPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Bradley HurstPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Callum LennoxPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Elliot SmithPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Emlyn WilliamsPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Emmanuel SoumoPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Grey ChurchillPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Jacob SwindellPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
James HeseldenPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Karoline HeiwoltPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Katherine JamesPhD Student, School of Agri-Food Technology & Manufacturing
Kiyanoush NazariPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Laurence Roberts-ElliotPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Luca CastriPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Madeleine DarbyshirePhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Mu HuaPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Nikolaus WagnerPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Omar AliPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Prabuddhi WariyapperumaPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Robert StevensonPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Roopika RavikannaPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Sarah ReadePhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Srikishan VayakkattilPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Tian LiuPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Willow MandilPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Xumin GaoPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences (AgriFoRwArdS)
Yicheng ZhangPhD Student, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Interns

[Remote] 

Administration

Kate SmithProject Manager for Centre for Doctoral Training
April CadzowAdministrator for Centre for Doctoral Training and L-CAS

Visiting Researchers & Students

Alumni (click to see our former members)