Mattéa Finelli
Assistant Professor, Group Leader at the Biodiscovery Institute
Deputy Director of the Centre for Dementia
Founder and Co-Lead of the International Network for Neurodegenerative Disease Research and the U21 International Dementia Network
Education:
DPhil in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics – Neurosciences (University of Oxford, 2011)
MRes in Biomedical Research (Imperial College, 2007)
MSc in Bioengineering (SupAgro, 2007)
Research positions:
Assistant Professor (University of Nottingham, 2023-present)
Anne McLaren Fellow (University of Nottingham, 2020-2023)
Honorary Research Fellow/Visiting Researcher (University of Oxford, 2018-2019)
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (University of Oxford, 2013-2018)
Postdoctoral Fellow (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 2011-2013)
Zohaib Hussain
PhD student (2022-2026), Wellcome Trust Drug Discovery and Team Science Doctoral Training Programme
Education:
MSc Pharmacology and Drug Discovery (Coventry University, 2020-2021)
BSc Biomedical Sciences (Coventry University, 2017-2020)
Research positions:
Scientist (UK Health Security Agency, 2021-2022)
CO-SUPERVISED STUDENTS:
Aruba Farooq
PhD student (2023-2027), Wellcome Trust Drug Discovery and Team Science Doctoral Training Programme – Main supervisor: Prof Alan McIntyre
Kelvin Chung
PhD student (2022-2026), MRC Advanced Interdisciplinary Models Doctoral Training Programme – Main supervisor: Prof Chris Denning
Zhicheng He
PhD student (2021-2025), Pharmacy – Main supervisor: Prof Charles Laughton
LAB ALUMNI:
Mathruka Satish Babu (MSc STEM student, 2024-2025)
Dr Tom Brown (Postdoc, Main supervisor: Dr Anto Rajamani, 2023-2024)
Iona Hanson (BMedSci Honours Year student, 2023-2024)
Moremi Loye (BSc/MSci Cancer Sciences student, 2023-2024)
Ruyana Dassu (MSc STEM student, 2022-2023)
Emma Barker (PhD student, BBSRC Doctoral Training Programme – Main supervisor: Prof Cathy Merry, 2019-2023)
Yi Liao (MSc STEM student, 2021-2022)
Laura Abram (MSc STEM student, 2020-2021)
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