Associate Fellows

Aditya Singh

Dr Aditya Singh is a Research Fellow in the Department of Physics, a position he has held since September 2025. Prior to this, he was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics and at the Institute of Advanced Study at Warwick until August 2025. His research focuses on engineering domain walls in functional oxide materials, which are emerging as promising platforms for next-generation nanoelectronic devices.

Before joining Warwick, Dr Singh was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, from 2022 to 2023. He completed his PhD in 2022 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India, where his doctoral research was supported by several prestigious fellowships. These include the Fulbright–Nehru Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, USA (2021), the Raman–Charpak Fellowship at IPCMS–CNRS, France (2020), as well as the UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and the INSPIRE Fellowship.

Miles Postings

Dr Miles Postings is a Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick, specialising in both drug discovery and developing new materials for industrial chemistry applications. His drug-discovery work focuses on supramolecular iron-based systems which show antimicrobial and anticancer activity, whilst his industrial work involves synthesising materials for battery, antioxidants and alternative fuel applications. He has experience collaborating across disciplines and with industry partners and is committed to developing innovative solutions to real-world challenges. Through IAS, he aims to increase his collaborative network and develop leadership skills that will support progression towards an independent academic career.

Barbora Oudova-Rivera

I am a postdoctoral researcher who completed my PhD in Biomolecular Science at the University of East Anglia in 2023, where I have also worked as a postdoc since. In September 2025, I joined the University of Warwick. I previously obtained an MSc in Biology and Chemistry of Soil and Water from Wageningen University. My research focuses on archaea and their role in diverse environments, with a broader interest in the human archaeome. Beyond research, I am committed to improving academic culture, with a strong interest in management training, mental health, inclusion and diversity, and creating supportive environments for parents/carers.

Kesley Cremin

I completed my PhD in single-cell analysis using scanning electrochemical microscopy methods in 2022, in a collaborative project between Chemistry and Life Sciences, University of Warwick. Since 2022 I worked as a post doctoral researcher in Life Sciences, University of Warwick. Firstly, as part of a GBMF project researching interactions with a complex microbial community. In 2025 I began an exciting new project studying metabolic dynamics at the single-cell level, awarded by the Leverhulme Institute.

Previously, my research focussed on the use and development of nano-scale electrochemical scanning probe platforms for performing analysis of single living cells. However, through my postdoctoral studies, this has increasingly shifted to the use of different analytical methods for metabolite analysis, both at the single cell level and as part of complex biological systems.

Yangzi Zhou

Dr Yangzi Zhou completed her PhD in Theatre Studies at Warwick in 2024. She then held the 2024/2025 Early Career Teaching Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning and the Institute of Advanced Study.

She currently supports doctoral research and PGR training in the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences as a Doctoral Training Programmes Coordinator, while remaining research active through three ongoing projects based on collaborative, doctoral, and postdoctoral research.

Central to her research is how different modes of mediums and artistic forms work with and against each other to shape our cultural life. Her doctoral project concerns the intermedial strategies of National Theatre Live which reconstruct encounters with theatre for the screen. Other fields of interest include affect theory, diaspora narratives on stage and screen, intermediality, and adaptation studies.

Katy Stokes

Dr Katy Stokes is an interdisciplinary researcher with a background spanning biomedical science, engineering, and public health policy, with experience in international research projects. She is currently a Research Fellow on the CONTAIN project, modelling zoonotic disease transmission in Ghana and Thailand. Alongside academic work, she has contributed to science-policy initiatives with the UK Parliament, Academy of Medical Sciences, and WHO. Through the IAS, she aims to expand collaborative networks, develop community- and policy engaged research, and support interdisciplinary early-career researcher connections across Warwick.

Nils Hertl

Dr Nils Hertl is a Marie-Curie Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick.

Kristian Romano

Dr Kristian Romano is a Research Fellow in the Applied Statistics and Risk Unit at the University of Warwick, where he collaborates on interdisciplinary projects, such as food system sustainability. He supports the university-wide Statistical Advisory Clinic, offering statistical guidance to PhD students from various disciplines. His PhD research focused on applied statistical modelling, particularly in digital health and personalised medicine. Passionate about public engagement, he chairs the Royal Statistical Society’s West Midlands Local Group, organising events to promote statistics and its applications. His work bridges academic research, real-world applications, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Marianna Patrick

I am a sociolinguist exploring language use in everyday life. Currently, I am a Research Fellow on a project that explores the evolving practices, motivations, and experiences of students and academics in the age of AI. Previously, I was part of a collaborative research project supported by the Monash Warwick Alliance to uncover practical strategies that help multicultural cricket teams foster inclusivity. In my doctoral thesis, I looked at storytelling and how individuals construct their identities when they talk about places. I am excited to be part of the IAS interdisciplinary, international community of researchers and to develop new, impactful research collaborations.

Linda Wanika

I am an early career research fellow based in the School of Engineering, with expertise in clinical and pre-clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PKPD) modelling, rare adverse events, and oncology. My current research interests are mechanistic modelling for rare diseases and making PKPD modelling, AI, and uncertainty analysis, accessible, reproducible, and transparent As a potential associate fellow, I would like to contribute to the creation of workshops and symposia that encourage and foster interdisciplinary activities. My academic background spans two fields (Life Sciences and Engineering) and I understand the importance of being able to have accessible methods and tools for multiple fields for them to be used effectively and accelerate researchers into optimising their projects as well as finding new insights. In my current and past projects, I have had to learn and use a variety of different analyses and implementation methods from Bayesian statistics and AI implementation to optimising models for disease predictions and adverse events. I would like to teach these methods as well as provide tutorial sessions in an accessible way to allow other researchers to benefit from these tools. Moreover, this will provide me invaluable feedback and help me improve my teaching skills. I would also like to be an active member of the community and encourage interdisciplinary collaborations and create networking opportunities. Social interactions are crucial for all researchers regardless of their career stage and oftentimes, the role of a researcher can also be isolating if an individual does not like they are part of their respective research group. To combat this, I would like to help in creating a welcoming and safe environment for researchers to feel comfortable expressing themselves and provide any advice if I feel as though I can help them. Lastly, I would like to take part in the accolades programme. I believe the training sessions and events will help me in establishing myself as an independent researcher and improve my grant, fellowship application writing skills, and understand the panel decision making process. For most fellowship and grant applications, it is imperative to secure the reader's attention within the first few sentences, and it is important to be able to sell project ideas in a way that is concise, effective, and interpretable. I believe that improving on these skills will equip me with the foundation that I need to produce applications that are able to be funded in the future.

Fanfu Wu

Dr Fanfu Wu is a Research Fellow at WMG, University of Warwick, specialising in electromagnetic sensing, non-destructive testing, and steel microstructure analysis for intelligent manufacturing. He has led EPSRC-funded projects and collaborated with major partners including Tata Steel, Liberty Steel, British Steel, and the University of Manchester. His research bridges materials science and sensor technology for Industry 4.0 applications. As Chair of the WMG Researcher Forum, he promotes interdisciplinary engagement across Warwick. Through the IAS, Dr Wu aims to deepen cross-disciplinary collaboration, enhance the impact of his research, and support a thriving postdoctoral researcher community.

Iain Emsley

I am a Research Software Engineer at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies. I teach on the digital media and culture labs and study skills sessions. I am interested in how computation is used to both create cultural objects and methods to study them. My software research engages in developing tools to support cultural research and critical approaches to this same software, which requires new forms of critical thinking and literacy. My particular focus is using sound as a method and using methods on sound. I completed my PhD at Sussex University on a project that used sonification to represent digital humanities data and to be critical of the computational processes involved. I hold an MSc in Software Engineering from Oxford. My previous role was a Research Software Engineer at Oxford on projects that include the Square Kilometre Array, digital musicology, and software sustainability.

Gerard Bree

Gerard Bree is an Assistant Professor in the Battery Materials and Cells (BMAC) research group in WMG at the University of Warwick, carrying out research to better understand how to improve lithium-ion battery performance so that they provide more energy over a longer lifetime at a lower cost. He is interested in the interaction between academia and the battery industry, and work to support companies to build a battery supply chain in Europe. He received his undergraduate degree from trinity College Dublin, and PhD from the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Abida Younas

I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK. My major interest lies in researching newer possibilities and I like to explore new areas related to the current situation of Postcolonial countries (South Asian and Middle Eastern Countries) and their effect on contemporary literature. My monograph reads contemporary Anglo-Arab writing through a critical-theoretical framework of Deleuze and Guattari to revise the concept of minor literature according to the emerging postcolonial literature. Along with publication in different journals, I have delivered talks at different International and National conferences held in Pakistan, the UK, Europe, and the USA.

Dominik Brotherton

I studied Biomedical Science at London Metropolitan University and pursued a PhD at the University of Hertfordshire, studying bacterial membrane vesicles in bacteriophage infection and biofilm formation. I then worked as a postdoc at Aston University's Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME), engineering E. coli strains for optimized recombinant protein synthesis. In 2025, I joined the Webby lab at Warwick, focusing on visualizing E. coli envelope architecture using DNA origami probes and high-resolution cryo-EM. Membership of IAS will allow me to expand my network, hone soft skills, and provide opportunity for others to develop theirs.

Yanyan Li

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher and Associate Fellow at the IAS. I finished my Early-career Fellowship at the IAS during 2025-2026. I hold a PhD in Applied Linguistics and a Postgraduate Award in Interdisciplinary Pedagogy (Distinction) from the University of Warwick. Before I came to Warwick, I completed my MA in Applied Linguistics (Distinction) at the Institute of Education, University College London. My research interests span human-human interaction, human AI interaction, AI in higher education, public, digital and mental health, health behaviour change, as well as research culture.

Jessica Sutherland

I am a Research Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Ethics Research Group in the Department of Politics and International Studies. My research is broadly interested in issues in applied ethics, with a current focus on the ethics and politics of AI and other emerging technologies, their uses, and how to design them ethically. I currently work on various Horizon Europe projects as part of the IERG team, and I am a Researcher Co-I on EPSRC-funded project AiTASHA.

Hande Cayir

Dr Hande Cayir is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at SOAS University of London for an AHRC-funded project. She also works within the Doctoral College’s Researcher Development Team at the University of Warwick. Previously, she completed an Early Career Fellowship at the University of Warwick’s Institute of Advanced Study (IAS). As a filmmaker and researcher, she specialises in arts based research that interrogates the intersections of mental health, documentary studies, ethical representation, and autoethnography. Her multidisciplinary work is rooted in social advocacy and the power of collaborative practice. A committed educator, Dr Cayir is a recipient of the 2024 Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence (WATE) and serves as an Editorial Board Member for the journal Disability & Society. Her contributions to the field have been recognised with honours from the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS, 2024) and the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry (IAANI, 2026). She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Emrah Atasoy

Dr Emrah Atasoy is a Research Support Officer in Research and Impact Services at the University of Warwick and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh (Jan–Jul 2026). His research focuses on speculative fiction, utopian and dystopian literature, digital humanities, and environmental humanities. He is the author of Epistemological Warfare and Hope in Critical Dystopia (2021) and co-editor of Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown: Entangled Futurities (Routledge Environmental Humanities 2024) and Beyond Ageism: Intergenerational Relationships in Utopia and Dystopia (Palgrave Studies in Utopianism forthcoming 2027). His work appeared in journals including Utopian Studies, Studies in the Novel, Science Fiction Studies, and Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. His research has been supported by the Marie Skłodowska Curie Cofund Fellowship and funding from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the British Academy, and TÜBİTAK. Emrah held visiting fellowships at Harvard University, the University of Oxford, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, and Penn State University. Engagement with IAS will further strengthen his interdisciplinary collaborations and research development expertise

Jessica Sutherland

I am a research fellow in Warwick Medical School, investigating the process of cell division in human oocytes and embryos. This research project is performed in collaboration with the Centre for Reproductive Medicine and requires close collaboration with the local NHS Trust, which I contribute to facilitating as an Honorary Research Fellow in UHCW. I completed my PhD in Warwick in 2026, which focused on human oocyte maturation and molecular basis of fertilisation failure. As an IAS Fellow, I hope to join a community of researchers with diverse backgrounds and gain skills to progress towards an independent research career.

Mohammad Tavakol Sadrabadi

I am currently a Research Fellow in Multiphysics Modelling of Battery Systems at the Energy Innovation Centre, University of Warwick. I obtained my PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Coventry University where I worked towards developing a UAV swarm based wildfire propagation forecasting system. generally, I am interested in complex systems and Multiphysics modelling under uncertainty. While the domains varied from environmental to thermal and electrochemical, the underlying methodology of unifying physics-based and AI models has been the constant. In essence, my path is unified by the tools and approaches I bring to complex problems, rather than the specific domain.