Academic Team

Prof Esther Akinlabi

Deputy Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor

esther.akinlabi@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Stephen Akinlabi

Associate Professor

stephen.akinlabi@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Maryam Bayati

Assistant Professor

maryam.bayati@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Prof Martin Birkett

Professor

Thin film materials, coatings, multifunctional materials, nanocomposite materials, manufacturing process optimisation.

martin.birkett@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Matthew Blacklock

Assistant Professor

Fibre composites; additive manufacturing; finite element analysis; damage mechanics and failure analysis.

matthew.blacklock@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Sherry Chen

Assistant Professor

Shape memory alloys, multi-functional gels, mechanics of materials, physics of soft matter, multi-scale multi-field modelling.

sherry.chen@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Chris Connor

Assistant Professor

chris.connor@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Prof Ahmed Elmarakbi

Professor

Advanced nanocomposite materials; graphene related materials and other 2DM; energy materials containing batteries, fuel cell and catalysts, energy conversion/storage systems; multi-functional materials modelling and design; crashworthiness and impact analysis.

ahmed.elmarakbi@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Farnoosh Farhad

Senior Lecturer

farnoosh.farhad@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Hamed Farokhi

Assistant Professor

hamed.farokhi@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez

Assistant Professor

sergio.sanchez@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Tam Ho

Lecturer

Computational nano-mechanics, computational materials, meta-materials, graphene origami, and 2D materials.

ductam.ho@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Hassan Jalali

Assistant Professor

Bolted Joints, Frictional Contact Interfaces, Finite Element Model Updating, Structural dynamics, Uncertainty Modeling.

hassan.jalali@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Jibran Khaliq

Associate Professor

Functional Materials; Additive Manufacturing: Composites; Synthesis; Sensing and Actutation.

jibran.khaliq@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Prof Khalid Lafdi

Professor

khalid.lafdi@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Ken Leung

Assistant Professor

Stress analysis, mechanics and dynamics, finite element and CFD analysis, renewable energies, computer modelling.

ps.leung@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Yifan Li

Associate Professor

yifan.li@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Shahid Rasul

Lecturer

Battery Materials, CO2 recycling, Batteries Recycling, Textile Circular Economy, Batteries Thermal Management System, Artificial Intelligence for Circular Economy.

shahid.rasul@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Yolanda Sanchez Vincente

Assistant Professor

Polymer composite, nanoparticles synthesis, mechanical and electrical properties, numerical simulation.

yolanda.vicente@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Prof Ben Xu

Professor

ben.xu@northumbria.ac.uk

 

Dr Dominika Zabiegaj

Assistant Professor

dominika.zabiegaj@northumbria.ac.uk