Meet the team
Current Team
Prof Hadi Heidari
Professor of Nanoelectronics
Professor Hadi Heidari (PhD, SMIEEE, FHEA, MIET) is a Professor of Nanoelectronics in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. His Microelectronics Lab (meLAB) conducts pioneering research on integrated micro/nanoelectronics design for medical (wearables and implantables) and industrial (quantum computing and ultrasound systems) applications. Prof Heidari's research has been funded circa £4m by major research councils and funding organizations, including the UKRI (EPSRC and Innovate UK), European Commission, the Royal Society, British Council, Scottish Funding Council, and Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is a member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) and a member of the eFutures Steering Group (an EPSRC-funded network representing the UK’s electronic systems academic community). He is a member of EPSRC College and reviews proposals for the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ), the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Royal Society of New Zealand. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA). Prof Heidari has been the recipient of a number of awards including the 2020 IET Healthcare Technologies Early Career JA Lodge Award, 2019 IEEE Sensors Council Young Professional Award, the Rewards for Excellence prize from the University of Glasgow (2018), Silk Road Award from the Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC’16), Best Paper Award from the IEEE ISCAS’14 conference, Gold Leaf Award from the IEEE PRIME’14 Conference.
Dr Rami Ghannam
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer)
Dr. Rami Ghannam (BEng, DIC, MSc, PhD, MIET, MIEEE) is a Senior Lecturer in Electronic and Electrical Engineering with research interests in the broad field of photonics. Following his PhD from Cambridge University in 2007, Dr. Ghannam has spent the past ten years in the field of photovoltaics. He has held previous industrial appointments at Nortel Networks, IBM Research GmbH and Starkon S.A.E. He received his BEng degree from King's College (top First Class Honours), as well as his DIC and MSc degrees from Imperial College London. Dr Ghannam is also a member of the Microelectronics Lab, where he is investigating the use of PV cells for energy harvesting applications in wearable and implantable electronic devices.
Dr Rupam Das
Marie Curie Fellow
Dr Rupam Das received the M.Sc. and PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea, in 2013 and 2017, respectively. He was a Post-Doctoral Associate of Electrical Engineering with the University of Ulsan before joining to the meLAB. His current research interests include implantable devices and wireless power transfer.
Dr Finlay Walton
EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow
Dr Finlay Walton hold a PhD in Chemical Physics from University of Glasgow and specialise in nanofabrication, manipulation of matter using electric fields, materials characterisation and nucleation. His research with HERMES involves the design and fabrication of implantable, flexible electronic devices for monitoring and stimulating neural activity.
Dr Meraj Ahmad
Research Associate
Dr Meraj Ahmad received his B.E. degree in electronics and communication engineering in 2012 and recently submitted his (M.Tech. + PhD) dual degree thesis from IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. In 2018, he was a Visiting Scholar with Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA, where he worked on circuits and systems for wearable devices. His research interests include analog & mixed-signal circuit design and embedded system design for industrial and biomedical applications.
Dr Siming Zuo
Research Associate
Dr Siming Zuo is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow. He received his double B.Eng. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the UESTC and the University of Glasgow in July 2017, and his PhD degree from the University of Glasgow in May 2021. He was employed as a Research Technician from February to May 2021 under Wellcome Trust Translational Partnership. His current research focuses on a next-generation wearable myomagnetic device for human-computer interactions. He received the SFB 1261 Fellowship, Germany (2018). His work was recognised by a Best Paper Award from IEEE PrimeAsia’18 and two IEEE Travel Grants to attend ISCAS 2019 and 2020.
Asfand Tanwear
Research Assistant
PhD, University of Glasgow, UK, 2018 - 2022. M.Eng., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK, 2018. Research interests: - Biomagnetic detection - Wearable sensors - Magnetoencephalography
Dr Christos Giagkoulovits
Research Associate
Dr. Christos Giagkoulovits is a Research Associate in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow. His main focus is on analog and mixed-signal circuits, sensor and system design, specializing in CMOS for industrial applications. Prior work of his led to a spin-off diagnostics company (MulticorderDX) and valuable industrial collaborations for the University of Glasgow in the fields of biochemistry and navigation. He is currently working on cryogenic quantum computing interface circuits (CryoCMOS), with research outputs that generate direct impact to an associated industrial consortium.
Dr Roghaieh (Pari) Parvizi
Research Associate
Dr Roghaieh Parvizi received her PhD in fiber-optic optoelectronics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 2012. She is currently a Research Assistant in the Microelectronics Lab at the University of Glasgow. During her career, she has established an advanced nano-photonic research laboratory, emphasizing fiber‐optic sensing. Her research interests include photovoltaic energy harvesting, optical fiber amplifiers, and optical sensors. She received several awards, including the National Third Young Scientist Festival (2019). She is (co‐)author of more than 52 articles and publications in top-tier journals.
Dr Zeeshan Ali
Research Associate
Zeeshan Ali received the B.Tech. degree in electronics and communication engineering from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, in 2011, and the M.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi, New Delhi, in 2017. His specialization in the M.Tech program was control and automation. He is currently working toward a PhD degree at the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. His specialization in the PhD program is microelectronics and chip design. His research interests include analog/digital frequency synthesizers, mixed-signal circuit design, and stability study of frequency synthesizers.
Dr Stavroula Kapoulea
Research Associate
Dr. Stavroula Kapoulea is a Research Associate in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow. She received her BSc degree in Physics with specialization in “Electronics, Computers, and Signal Processing” (2016), MSc degree in Electronics (2018), and PhD degree entitled “Interdisciplinary applications of fractional-order circuits” (2022) from the University of Patras, Greece. Her research interests include analog integrated circuit design for filtering, control systems, and biomedical applications, while she is currently working on the development of Cryo-CMOS circuits for quantum computing applications.
Dr Bhavani Yalagala
Marie Curie Early-Stage Researcher
Bhavani Prasad Yalagala was born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, in 1991. He received the B.Tech. degree in electronics and communication engineering from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kakinada, 2012 and the MTech. degree in VLSI design from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Vellore, 2014 and worked as an assistant professor in the department of electronics and communication engineering till 2018 and pursuing PhD in the Department of Electrical Engineering (Micro & VLSI) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad. Currently working as a Marie Curie Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) at the University of Glasgow, UK. His current research interests include memristors, sensors, and novel device fabrication and characterization. He is a lifetime member of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE).
Postdoctoral Researchers
PhD Students
Amy (Mengyao) Yuan
PhD student (Since Jan 2020)
Antonia Pavlidou
PhD student (Since Oct 2021)
Changhao Ge
PhD student (Since Oct 2021)
Eve McGlynn
PhD student (Since Oct 2019)
Huxi Wang
PhD student (Since Oct 2020)
Jane (Yuqi) Ding
PhD student (Since Oct 2021)
Judy (Jungang) Zhang
PhD student (Since Oct 2020)
Kevin (Yuanxi) Cheng
PhD student (Since Oct 2022)
Maddy Shojaei Baghini
PhD student (Since April 2021)
Maria Cerezo Sanchez
PhD student (Since Oct 2021)
Negin Ghahramani
PhD student (Since Oct 2021)
Priyanka Dhiwa
PhD Student (Since Oct 2021)
Yuanjie Xia
PhD student (Since Oct 2020)
