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Felice Torrisi is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry of 2D materials in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London. He is also a member of the executive board of the Centre for Processable Electronics and the Institute for Digital Molecular Design and Fabrication.

He previously held a University Lectureship in Graphene Technology in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, where he jointly managed the Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology and the Cambridge Graphene Centre.

He graduated at the University of Catania, Italy, after a research period at the Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems of the Italian National Research Council. Before moving to Imperial College, he worked in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge as a PhD student, then as a Research Fellow and finally as a Lecturer.

His research interests span from printed and flexible electronics to photonics with graphene and related 2D materials, with particular focus on energy, photonics, sensing, wearable electronics and bioelectronics.

He received several Fellowships and awards, such as the Schlumberger Research Fellowship, the Young International Research Fellowship from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Parmee Prize for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise from Pembroke College, Cambridge.

He is the co-founder of three start-ups in the area of graphene, printed electronics and electronic textiles - Cambridge Graphene Platform ltd, Cambridge graphene ltd and Grapholymer ltd, and contributed to the development of the Science and Technology roadmap for Graphene.

 

Post-docs

 

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  • Benji Fenech Salerno

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    Benji Fenech Salerno Research assistant

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    Benji Fenech-Salerno is a post-doctoral researcher within the 2D wearable electronics and biosensors (2DWEB) group at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London. He received his BSc in biology and chemistry from the University of Malta in 2018 and an MRes in nanomaterials from Imperial College London in 2019. He joined the 2DWEB group in 2019 as a PhD candidate on a full departmental scholarship, where he worked at the intersection of graphene and chemical sensing technology. His primary research interest is developing chemical sensing technology for health and environmental monitoring applications. In 2023, Benji was ranked in the CAS Future Leaders Top 100 and has been a member of the London Centre of Nanotechnology Equality, Diversity & Inclusion board since 2020. Outside the lab, Benji is an avid reader and enjoys long treks in the countryside.

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PhD students

 

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  • Anthony Dawson

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    Anthony Dawson Research Postgraduate

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    Anthony Dawson is a PhD candidate within Jonathan Coleman’s group in Trinity College Dublin, and partnered with the 2D wearable electronics and biosensors group at Imperial College London. Anthony completed his BSc degree in Applied Physics in the University of Galway, and has previously worked as a software engineer. Anthony now works in the size selection and characterisation of 2D TMD materials for electronic devices. In his spare time Anthony enjoys rock climbing and the outdoors.

  • Chengning Yao

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    Chengning Yao Research Postgraduate

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    Chengning Yao is a PhD candidate within the 2D wearable electronics and biosensors group at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London. She received her BSc degree in Energy & Power Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University and an MRes degree in Power Engineering & Engineering Thermophysics from Tsinghua University. Her current research work revolves around the development of 2D materials for electronics & energy storage devices. Beyond the lab, Chengning enjoys travelling, playing tennis and swimming. 

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  • Martin Holicky

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    Martin Holicky Research Postgraduate

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    Martin is a 3rd year President’s PhD scholar, developing graphene-based microneedle biosensors for wearable and continuous sensing of targets such as antibiotics or hormones. He has graduated from MRes Nanomaterials and BSc Chemistry from Imperial College. Martin is deeply interested in transferring scientific advances into real-world use, having previously developed an award-winning company creating and manufacturing near-infrared material identification spectrometers for the circular economy. In his free time, he likes to garden and cook/bake.

  • Shuwei Wu

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    Shuwei Wu Research Postgraduate

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    Shuwei is a 1st year PhD student in the 2DWEB group, developing new synthesis methods for transition metal dichalcogenides and MXenes at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London. He received his MRes degree in Nanomaterials at Imperial College in 2021, and BSc degree in Chemistry at Sun Yat-sen University, China. Shuwei enjoys playing the guitar and exploring music outside the lab.

  • Sihui Liu

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    Sihui Liu Research Postgraduate

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    Sihui Liu is a PhD candidate within the 2D wearable electronics and biosensors group at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London. She received her BSc degree in chemistry from the University of Bristol in 2019 and an MRes degree in nanomaterials from Imperial College London in 2020. Her current research work revolves around the development of fibre-based electronics for energy storage and biosensing using 2D materials. Outside the lab, Sihui enjoys growing plants and playing the violin.

  • Tong Wang

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    Tong Wang Research Postgraduate

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    Tong Wang is a PhD candidate within Ultrafast Optoelectronics group and 2D wearable electronics and biosensors group at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, co-supervised by Dr Artem Bakulin and Dr Felice Torrisi. He received BEng in material science and engineering from University of Birmingham and polymer materials and engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2019 and MRes in nanomaterials from Imperial College London in 2020. His current research work focuses on the ultrafast charge dynamics in 2D materials.

Visiting researchers

 

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  • Antonio Alessio Leonardi

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    Antonio Alessio Leonardi Senior Research Fellow

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    Antonio Alessio Leonardi is a senior research fellow (RTDa researcher) within the Two-dimensional materials and printed electronics group at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania. He received his Ph.D. Physics from the University of Catania in 2020 working on photonics and silicon-based sensing devices. He now works on the fabrication of polymer composites involving 2D materials with industrially compatible approaches for smart packaging and sensing application in collaboration with the 2D wearable electronics and biosensors group at the Imperial College. Beyond the lab, Antonio is a technology enthusiast and a gamer but also enjoys doing sports and hanging out with friends.  

  • Luca Salemi

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    Luca Salemi Research Postgraduate

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    Luca Salemi is a PhD candidate in materials science and nanotechnology at the University of Catania, Italy. He received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Physics at the University of Pisa. His current research is on plasmonic nanoparticles and their applications in sensing and photonics. At Imperial College London, he collaborates with the 2D wearable electronics and biosensors group in combining nanoparticle plasmonics and 2D materials in order to enhance sensing properties. His main hobbies are cooking and cycling.

  • Yongsong Tan

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    Yongsong Tan Research Postgraduate

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    Yongsong Tan is a visiting PhD candidate within the 2D wearable electronics and biosensors group at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London. He received his MRes degree in College of Textile Science and Engineering, Jiangnan University. His current work focuses on the integration of flexible textile with 2D carbon materials for wearable recharged Zn-air batteries. In his spare time, the research of chess is his main pleasure.

Master students

 

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  • Daniel Ritchie

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    Daniel Ritchie Research Postgraduate

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    Daniel Ritchie is a MSci student in the department of chemistry. He joined the wearable electronics and biosensors group at imperial college London. He is carrying on work in conductive carbon micro fibres for applications in spinal cord repair. His work involves optimising a biocompatible polymer/graphene composite that can be extruded into fibres. Outside the lab he loves rowing and cycling.

  • Ruoyu Gao

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    Ruoyu Gao Research Postgraduate

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    I obtained my Chemistry degree at University of Nottingham as an undergraduate student. Then I continue my postgraduate course as a Nanomaterial student in here. My project focuses on optical control to study temperature dependent carrier dynamics in MXenes. Outside the lab, I am really obsessed with working out in the gym. Besides, playing video games is another entertainment for me.

  • Shize Li

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    Shize Li Research Postgraduate

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    Shize Li is an MRes student majoring in Nanomaterials at Imperial College London. His current research in the 2D wearable electronics and biosensor group is focusing on 2D MoS2 and its photocatalytic application. He received his BSc degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2022. Outside of the lab, he enjoys travelling and listening to music.

  • Xinran Li

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    Xinran Li Research Postgraduate

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    Xinran Li is an Mres student within the 2D wearable electronics and biosensors group at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London. She received her BSc degree in Materials Physics in Jilin University, China and Materials Science and Engineering in University of Manchester, 2022. Her current research work is about the charge transport mechanisms of 2D electronic inks. In her free time, she enjoys painting and is interested in anime and novels.

  • Yue Cao

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    Yue Cao Research Postgraduate

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    Yue Cao is a MRes Nanomaterials student at Imperial College London. She received her BSc degree at Beijing Jiaotong University, China in 2022. Her project is incorporation of 2D materials for ultra-high response speed organic photodetectors. Outside the lab, she likes running and cooking.

  • Ziwei Huang

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    Ziwei Huang Research Postgraduate

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    Ziwei Huang is a MSci students at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London. She has joined 2D wearable electronics and biosensor group to carry out her final year research project on MXene. Her work involves optimizing synthesis recipes and enhancing oxidation stability, with a primary focus on Ti2CTx and Mo2CTx. Outside of the lab, she loves swimming and sprinting.

Former group members

 

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  • Colin Cheng

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    Colin Cheng Research Postgraduate

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    Colin Cheng is a MRes student from Hong Kong in Felice’s group. He received his BSc degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany in 2021 focusing on synthetic inorganic and organic chemistry and is now taking the MRes course in Nanomaterials at Imperial College London. He is currently working on the synthesis of a new class of 2D materials called MXenes. Outside the lab, Colin is a football fan and enjoys learning new languages.

  • Haosen Miao

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    Haosen Miao Research Postgraduate

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    Haosen Miao is an MRes student majoring in Nanomaterials at Imperial College London. He is currently a member of the 2D wearable electronics and biosensor group, and focusing on developing solid-state nanopore biosensors with 2D hBN films. He received his BSc degree in Applied Chemistry from the University of Liverpool in 2021. Outside of the lab, he enjoys watching movies and playing the piano.

  • Jiaqi Chen

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    Jiaqi Chen Research Postgraduate

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    Jiaqi Chen is a MRes student studying Nanomaterials in Imperial College London. She received a BSc degree in Chemistry in University of Manchester in 2021. She is currently focusing on using 2D materials as hole transporting layer in photodetector, especially for MoS2. Outside the lab, she likes travelling and watching musicals.

  • Pepper Yang

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    Pepper Yang Research Postgraduate

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    Pepper is a MRes student majoring in Nanomaterials at Imperial College London. Currently, Pepper is a member of 2D wearable electronics and biosensor group, and she is focusing on developing a biosensor with 2D materials. She received her BSc degree from University of California, Santa Barbara. In her spare time, she enjoys working out and cooking.

  • Wentian Yi

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    Wentian Yi Research Postgraduate

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    Wentian Yi is an MRes student in Soft Electronic Materials at Imperial College London. He received his BSc degree in Chemistry from Renmin University of China in 2021. His current research in the 2D wearable electronics and biosensor group is focusing on the synthesis of polymer composite embedding nanomaterials and the development of fibre-based photodetectors. Beyond the lab, he is keen on landscape photography and espresso.