Staff profiles

Dr Pat James

Associate Professor of Life Sciences

Following her PhD in Biochemistry Pat did post doctoral research in the field of endocrinology before moving into teaching. She has been teaching Science subjects for over thirty years in both Further and Higher Education. Although she now primarily teach Bioscience at Birmingham City University a more recent part of her...

Dr Lidia Maryniak

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Lidia obtained a first class, honours degree in Medical and Pharmacological Sciences (2011) and a PhD in Cancer Pharmacology (2012-2016) from Coventry University. Her PhD research was focused on investigating the cytotoxicity and underlying mechanisms of action of artesunate (ART) and dihydroartemisinin (DHA) (potent...

Dr George Oguntala

Course Lead for MSc Medical Engineering and MSc Medical Imaging Technology

Dr George Oguntala PhD, CEng is a Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering. George joined Birmingham City University in 2020. He is the leader for the Interdisciplinary Research Cluster for Healthcare, Technology and Diseases. Before joining the University, George worked as an electronics engineer and consultant, as well as research...

Dr Ashok Patel

Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Ashok has a number of research interests, and is developing research projects with clinicians based in hospitals in Birmingham, as well as colleagues within BCU. He has had a number of published studies in the field of genetic predisposition to complex disease such as diabetic kidney disease and dementia in Down’s syndrome. He...

Dr Andy Powell

Associate Professor and Head of Life Sciences

In 1996 Andy graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Physiology from the University of Manchester; he then completed a PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Bristol where he investigated the Modulation of Neurotransmitter release by Purinoceptors. After completing 3 postdoctoral research positions at the Universities of Bristol and...

Dr Sivaram Nishal Ramadas

Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Ramadas is a passionate engineer, entrepreneur, and educator dedicated to advancing the field of ultrasonic instrumentation, with a special interest towards developing advanced transducers/systems with predictive analytics capabilities. With a distinguished career encompassing numerous leadership roles, Dr. Ramadas has...

Dr Mona Salary

Lecturer

Mona received her M.Eng in Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics) in 2013 and her PhD in Material Science (Biomaterials) in 2019 from University of Birmingham. Mona’s area of expertise and research interest includes biomaterials and tissue Engineering, application of additive manufacturing in healthcare, Design,...

Jack Spencer

School of Health Sciences

Jack is a postgraduate research student (GRTA) at Birmingham City University that assists academic members of staff with their teaching and research responsibilities while also conducting research for his doctorate (PhD). Jack’s research project focuses on a rare paediatric cancer called neuroblastoma that remains poorly...

Dr Martin Vreugdenhil

Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology

Martin studied Biomedical Science at the University of Leiden (The Netherlands) and developed a strong interest in neuroscience, especially in epilepsy. He did his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Amsterdam (focus on changes in cell physiology in a rat model of epilepsy). After a post-doctoral research position at the...