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Biomedical engineering professors in the United Kingdom

30 biomedical engineering professors in the United Kingdom, at 12 universities. The most represented are Imperial College London, University of Southampton and University of Glasgow. 7 of them are verified faculty: their current appointment was confirmed against their own university's pages or a current faculty record in ORCID, and they are listed first.

The list is built from open publication data (OpenAlex and ORCID), the same data ProfScout uses in the app: actively publishing faculty at the largest research universities in the United Kingdom whose recent work sits in biomedical engineering. Retired, trainee and staff-scientist records are filtered out where the public record identifies them. It is not a prestige ranking: professors are listed by how prominently biomedical engineering figures in their published work, verified faculty first. Reply-fit scores, which weigh how likely each professor is to answer a student's email, are computed for your own profile inside ProfScout. Updated September 2026; the list is rebuilt from the open record a few times a year.

  1. Chris BowenVerified faculty
    University of Bath
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsFerroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsInnovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
  2. Dario FarinaVerified faculty
    Imperial College London
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience and Neural Engineering
    Recent: Disrupted bilateral co‐ordination of soleus motor units during early subacute stroke rehabilitation (2026)
  3. Steve BeebyVerified faculty
    University of Southampton
    Engineering · Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEnergy Harvesting in Wireless NetworksInnovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
  4. Julian R. JonesVerified faculty
    Imperial College London
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research
    Recent: Antimicrobial-laden PerOssal beads display in vitro inhibition and killing of extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria associated with conflict wounds in Ukraine (2026)
  5. Jason Patrick HallettVerified faculty
    Imperial College London
    Chemical Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Ionic liquids properties and applicationsLignin and Wood ChemistryCatalysis for Biomass Conversion
    Recent: Design and Optimization of a New Efficient Furfural Production Technology via a Protic Ionic Liquid at “Quasi-Economic” Viability (2026)
  6. Paul S. FennellVerified faculty
    Imperial College London
    Engineering · Mechanical Engineering
    Carbon Dioxide Capture TechnologiesChemical Looping and Thermochemical ProcessesThermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
    Recent: Design and Optimization of a New Efficient Furfural Production Technology via a Protic Ionic Liquid at “Quasi-Economic” Viability (2026)
  7. Elizabeth J. WantVerified faculty
    Imperial College London
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Molecular Biology
    Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
    Recent: A glycolytic shunt via the pentose phosphate pathway is a metabolic checkpoint for nervous system sensory homeostasis and axonal regeneration (2026)
  8. Nikolaj Gadegaard
    University of Glasgow
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchNanofabrication and Lithography TechniquesBone Tissue Engineering Materials
  9. Abdul W. Basit
    University College London
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchDrug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
    Recent: Microbubbles manufactured using a tissue homogeniser: DoE-guided optimisation for a narrower size distribution and higher yield (2026)
  10. Morgan R. Alexander
    University of Nottingham
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchIon-surface interactions and analysisBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  11. Amparo Galindo
    Imperial College London
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsThermodynamic properties of mixturesProcess Optimization and Integration
  12. Molly M. Stevens
    Imperial College London
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Bone Tissue Engineering Materials3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
    Recent: Revisiting the Gold–Carbon Stretching Frequency: Spectroscopic and Computational Analysis of N -Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Nanostructured Gold Surfaces (2026)
  13. Paul T. Williams
    University of Leeds
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Thermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesCatalysts for Methane ReformingRecycling and Waste Management Techniques
  14. Richard O. C. Oreffo
    University of Southampton
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Bone Tissue Engineering Materials3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchMesenchymal stem cell research
  15. Eduardo Saiz
    Imperial College London
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAdvanced ceramic materials synthesisBone Tissue Engineering Materials
    Recent: Synchrotron-informed process mapping of copper and copper with chemically modified graphene (2026)
  16. Simon Gaisford
    University College London
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchCrystallization and Solubility StudiesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  17. Colin E. Snape
    University of Nottingham
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Thermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisPetroleum Processing and Analysis
  18. William A. Wakeham
    University of Southampton
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsChemical Thermodynamics and Molecular StructureGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
  19. George Jackson
    Imperial College London
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsThermodynamic properties of mixturesMaterial Dynamics and Properties
  20. Etienne Burdet
    Imperial College London
    Engineering · Cognitive Neuroscience
    Muscle activation and electromyography studiesMotor Control and AdaptationTactile and Sensory Interactions
    Recent: Explainable Decoding of Sensorimotor Communication in Joint Object Manipulation (2026)
  21. Poonam Singh Nee Nigam
    University of Ulster
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Biofuel production and bioconversionEnzyme-mediated dye degradationEnzyme Production and Characterization
    Recent: Valorization of Plant-Derived Agri-Food Byproducts in Functional Beverages: Matrix Engineering, Microbiota Modulation, and Translational Challenges (2026)
  22. Hywel D. Morgan
    University of Southampton
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Microfluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsElectrostatics and Colloid Interactions
  23. Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua
    Lancaster University
    Engineering · Mechanical Engineering
    Carbon Dioxide Capture TechnologiesPhase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsBiodiesel Production and Applications
  24. Robert Evans
    University of Bristol
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  25. Martyn Poliakoff
    University of Nottingham
    Chemical Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Catalysis and Oxidation ReactionsPhase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsSubcritical and Supercritical Water Processes
  26. Zhanfeng Cui
    University of Oxford
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchMembrane Separation TechnologiesElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  27. Mohamed M. Pourkashanian
    University of Sheffield
    Engineering · Computational Mechanics
    Combustion and flame dynamicsThermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  28. Jonathan M. Cooper
    University of Glasgow
    Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
    Microfluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsMitochondrial Function and Pathology
  29. Christopher Thomas Freeman
    University of Southampton
    Engineering · Control and Systems Engineering
    Iterative Learning Control SystemsMuscle activation and electromyography studiesStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  30. Matthew John Dalby
    University of Glasgow
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Biomedical Engineering
    Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsBone Tissue Engineering Materials3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Universities on this list: Imperial College London (10) · University of Southampton (5) · University of Glasgow (3) · University of Nottingham (3) · University College London (2) · Lancaster University (1) · University of Bath (1) · University of Bristol (1) · University of Leeds (1) · University of Oxford (1) · University of Sheffield (1) · University of Ulster (1)

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