People
Current Members
| Affiliation | Role | Years | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stanley E. Strawbridge |
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University of Sheffield | Principal Investigator | — | |
Ben Eames |
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University of Sheffield | MSc Mathematical and Theoretical Physics | 2026-present | Io supervisor: Alexander Fletcher |
Matthew Hankinson |
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University of Sheffield | MSc Mathematical and Theoretical Physics | 2026-present | Io supervisor: Alexander Fletcher |
Aondoyima "Deems" Ioratim-Uba |
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Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter |
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Computational Modelling |
2026-present | Io supervisor: Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova |
Millicent A. Opoku |
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AIMS-RIC, Rwanda; University of Cape Coast |
PhD Mathematics (Mathematical Biology) | 2026-present | Io supervisor: Nick Monk |
Erin Pauley |
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University of Sheffield | MSc Reproductive and Developmental Medicine | 2026-present | Co-supervisor: Emma Lucas |
Agustina Requejo |
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University of Sheffield | MSc Reproductive and Developmental Medicine | 2026-present | Co-supervisor: Mark Fenwick |
Abigail L. Stocks |
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University of Sheffield | MSc Reproductive and Developmental Medicine | 2026-present | Co-supervisor: Emma Lucas |
Samuel Guttridge |
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University of Sheffield | PhD Reproductive Medicine | 2025-present | Io supervisor: Emma Lucas |
Nikolas Stefanidis |
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University of Sheffield | PhD Developmental Biology | 2025-present | Io supervisors: Alexander Fletcher, Anestis Tsakiridis |
Yuze Cao |
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École Normale Supérieure, Paris | PhD Biophysics | 2024-present | Io supervisors: David Holcman, Srinjan Basu |
Collaborators
University of Sheffield
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Ivana Barbaric | School of Biosciences |
| Frederik Claeyssens | School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering |
| Mark Fenwick | School of Medicine and Population Health |
| Alexander G. Fletcher | School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Davina Hulme | Jessop Fertility |
| Emma Lucas | School of Medicine and Population Health |
| Marysia Placzek | School of Biosciences |
| Anestis Tsakiridis | School of Biosciences |
External
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Srinjan Basu | Imperial College London |
| David Holcman | École Normale Supérieure, Paris |
| Marisa Merino | University of Liverpool |
| Nick Monk | African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Ghana |
| Jennifer Nichols | University of Edinburgh |
| Ayaka Yanagida | University of Tokyo |
Past Members
| Affiliation | Role | Year(s) | Next Steps | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cherie Cheung |
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University of Sheffield | BA Biomedical Sciences | 2025 | Sheffield Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Student | |
Gina Penetra |
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University of Sheffield | BA Biomedical Sciences | 2025 | Co-supervisor: Paul J. Gokhale; SURE Student |
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Harriet L. English |
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University of Sheffield | MSc Reproductive and Developmental Medicine | 2025 | Bourn Hall Fertility Clinic | |
Samuel J. Higgins-Aguilar |
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University of Sheffield | MSc Reproductive and Developmental Medicine | 2025 | TFP Thames Valley Fertility | |
Khalid Guma'a |
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Univeristy of Cambridge | MPhil Biochemistry | 2023-2024 | Finance | Io supervisor: Srinjan Basu |
Aimee Preston |
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Univeristy of Cambridge | MSc Systems Biology | 2023-2024 | Consulting | Io supervisor: Srinjan Basu |
Kathryn Bowers |
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Univeristy of Cambridge | MPhil Computational Biology | 2023 | PhD Biostatistics, University of Cambridge | Io supervisor: Srinjan Basu |
Yuze Cao |
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Univeristy of Cambridge | MSc Systems Biology | 2022-2023 | PhD Biophysics, ENS Paris | Io supervisor: Srinjan Basu |
Jenny Zhang |
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Univeristy of Cambridge | Intercalated BA Natural Sciences | 2022-2023 | MB/BChir, University of Cambridge | Io supervisor: Srinjan Basu; Co-supervisor: Gökçe Agsu |
Sebastian Berger |
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Univeristy of Cambridge | MPhil Biological Sciences (Stem Cell Biology) | 2021-2022 | PhD Computational Biophysics, UCL | Io supervisor: Srinjan Basu |
Valentyna Chernova |
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Univeristy of Cambridge | MSc Systems Biology | 2020-2021 | PhD Cell Biology and Biophysics, EMBL Heidelberg | Io supervisor: Srinjan Basu |
Patrick Rericha |
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Univeristy of Cambridge | MRes Rotation Student | 2020 | PhD Stem Cell Biology & Medicine, University of Cambridge | Io supervisor: Srinjan Basu |
Gergő Nikolényi |
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Univeristy of Cambridge | MSc Systems Biology | 2019-2020 | PhD Systems Biology, University of Columbia | Io supervisor: Srinjan Basu |
Ana Luíza Cidral |
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Universidade de São Paulo | Visiting Student, MSc Biotechnology | 2019-2020 | Pharma | Io supervisor: Jennifer Nichols |
Anna Katharina Schrattle |
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IMC Krems | Visiting Student, BSc Engineering |
2018-2019 | PhD, University of Heidelberg | Io supervisor: Jennifer Nichols |



