Academic Leads

Gary Black Hub Co-Director & Professor of Protein Biochemistry

Ben Bridgens Hub Co-Director & Professor of Regenerative Architecture

Martyn Dade-Robertson Professor of Emerging Technology

Ruth Morrow Professor of Biological Architecture

Darren Smith Professor in Bacteriophage Biology

Meng Zhang Professor in Microbial Biotechnology

Fellows

Matthew Bashton

Rajesh Bommareddy

Paul James

Yunhong Jiang

Shafeer Kalathil

Jane Scott

Angela Sherry

Warispreet Singh

Marin Sawa

Magdalini Theodoridou

Postdoctoral Research Associates & Research Assistants

Thora Arnardottir

Emily Birch

Nicola Brown

Kumar Biswajit Debnath

Prakriti Sharma Ghimire

Katie Gilmour

Joshua Loh

Louise Mackenzie

Bruna Martins Dell’ Agnese

Amias Moore

Polly Noble Newcastle University – Research Associate

Dilan Ozkan

Natalia Pynirtzi

Zak Towle

PhD Candidates

Ellie AshcroftDiscovering novel enzymes functioning under dry conditions for sustainable laundry detergent developments

Anne-Sofie BellingResearching the more-than-human relations of transplanetary imaginaries

Emily Birch Application of biological hygromorphs

Cathal Burns

Beatriz Delgado CorralesThe built environment microbiome and its impact on human health

Matthew Crown

Toby Davies Microbial conversion of domestic waste to value-added compounds 

Dragos-Constantin Dumitrescu

Layla van EllenLarge-scale application of biological architectural materials

Henry Gould

Megan GreyThe discovery of novel carbohydrate active enzymes for improved detergent sustainability 

Jamie Haystead Investigation of microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation for soil improvement

Aileen HoenerlohBio-digital fabrication

Romy Kaiser Knit-Mycelium based Biofabrication: Towards Material Hybrids

Sunbin LeeTuneable bacterial cellulose

Monika Brandic Lipinska Functionally graded, mycelium-based bio-composites for construction of extraterrestrial habitats

Christopher Miller In situ hydrophobic modification of bacterial cellulose

Derrick Mwebaza

Paula Nerlich

Sonia SantosComputational enzyme engineering to convert waste into high-valuable products and energy

Matt RoganBuilding an industrially relevant chassis for the built environment

Kevin Stott

Ahmet TopcuDevelopment of functionally graded mycelium-based materials through fabrication with growth

Ewan Waters

Mandy YauDeveloping biohybrid systems to produce value-added products from waste carbon

Hub Support

Claire Heron Hub Manager

Oliver Perry Technical Support Officer

Associate Members

Jose Munoz

Dima Legeyda

Alumni

Pippa McLeod-Brown

Karolina Bloch

Mahab Aljannat

Armand Agraviador Research Assistant – Responsible Interaction

John Allan Postdoctoral Researcher – Building Metabolism Research Group

Rachel Armstrong Professor of Experimental Architecture

Assia Crawford PhD Cyanobacteria in minimal moisture environments & HBBE Architect

Elise Elsacker Postdoctoral Researcher – Living Construction Research Group / Mycelium Leather

Akram Karimian Research Associate – Thinking Soils Project

Carmen McLeod Newcastle University Academic Track (NUAcT) Fellow

Kaajal Modi Newcastle University – Research Assistant Responsible Interactions

Helen Mitrani Lecturer in Civil Engineering

Roberta Morrow Research AssistantLiving Textiles

Ed Robinson Technical Support Officer

Dana Raslan

Peter Style Hub Co-ordinator

Jianye Wang 

Jennifer Wright Microbial Molecular Biologist for Biomaterials

Heran Yang Research Assistant Responsible Interactions

Gregory R Young