Alumni
This page introduces the academic staff, collaborators, research associates (PDRAs), technicians, research assistants, PhD students, MSc students, interns, visiting scholars etc.
Academic Staff
2024-2025 (Imperial)
Team Members
Wen Fan
PhD student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Etienne Burdet
Research Interest:
Optical Manipulation, Human-Robot Interaction
Qingzheng Cong
Part-Time RA
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Tactile Robotics
Robotic Hand Design
Ce Lin Chen
MEng Student, 2024
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Tactile sensor
Denis Zahorovsky
MSc student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Optical Manipulation
Zhimeng Chi
(UoB)
PhD student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Hermes Gadelha
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Microrobot Simulation
Jialin Lin
PhD student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Mengxing Tang
Research Interest:
Magnetic Manipulation
Sim-to-Real Transfer
Ziyuan Dong
Visiting PhD, 2025
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Robot Control
Daniel Carpenter
MEng Student, 2024
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Robot Manipulation
Alexander Timms
MSc student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Optical Manipulation
Lan Wei
PhD student, 2024
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Zongcai Tan
MRes Student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Optical Manipulation
Haptic Guidance
Hongyu Rui
MEng Student, 2024
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Robot Manipulation
Nitirak Rayabphand (UoB)
PhD student, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Dr Sabine Hauert
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Magnetic Manipulation
Microrobotics
2023-2024 (Imperial)
Team Members
Wen Fan
PhD student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Etienne Burdet
Research Interest:
Optical Manipulation, Human-Robot Interaction
Zongcai Tan
MRes Student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Optical Manipulation
Haptic Guidance
Louis Flinn
MSc student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Optical Manipulation
D. Jaya Kumar Sivaraman
MSc student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Optical Manipulation
Jialin Lin
PhD student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Mengxing Tang
Research Interest:
Magnetic Manipulation
Sim-to-Real Transfer
Yudong Mao
MSc student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Microsurgical Robot
Mixed Reality
Zain Hasan
MSc student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Optical Manipulation
Nitirak Rayabphand (UoB)
PhD student, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Dr Sabine Hauert
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Magnetic Manipulation
Microrobotics
Qingzheng Cong
Part-Time RA
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Tactile Robotics
Robotic Hand Design
Zhenyang Tao
MSc student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Optical Manipulation
Julian Ing
MSc student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Optical Manipulation
Zhimeng Chi
(UoB)
PhD student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Hermes Gadelha
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Microrobot Simulation
2022-2023 (Bristol)
Team Members
Wen Fan
Research Assistant, 2021
PhD student, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Weiru Liu
Prof Nathan Lepora
Research Interest:
Deep learning, XAI, Robot Learning, Tactile Perception
Yiwei Shi
PhD student, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Prof. Weiru Liu
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Explainable AI
Reinforcement Learning
Qingzheng Cong
MSc student
PG, BioRobotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Tactile Robotics
Robotic Hand Design
Chenghua Lu
PhD student, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Prof Nathan Lepora
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Inerest:
soft robotics
Ziqi Xiong
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Microrobotics
Frederick Cammegh
MEng student
Engineering Math
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-supervisor:
Daniel Freer
Research Interest:
Deep Learning
Robot Manipulation
Zheng Dong
Research Intern, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Large AI Models
Internet of Things
Natural Language Processing
PhD student, 2020
Main Supervisor:
Prof Nathan Lepora
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Dr John Llyod
Research Interest:
Tactile Robotics,
Robot Learning
Zhimeng Chi
PhD student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr. Hermes Gadelha
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Microrobot Simulation
Peiyang Jiang
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Extended Reality
Robot-Assisted Microsurgery
Reinforcement Learning
Muhuan Wu
MSc student
PG, Biorobotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Robot Learning
Simulation
Jingyi Liu
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Sim2Real Transfer Learning
Tactile Perception
MSc student
Engineering Math
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Robotics
Workspace Analysis
Jialin Lin
Research Assistant, 2022
PhD student, 2023
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Weiru Liu
Research Interest:
Internet of Things
Surgical Training
Ziniu Wu
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Extended Reality
Imitation Learning
Harry Field
PhD student
Interactive AI CDT
Project Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Federated Learening
Imitation Learning
Finn McFall
MEng student
Engineering Math
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research interest:
Multi-Sensor Fusion
Robot-Assisted Microsurgery
Robin Le
Intern
UG, Mechanical Engineering (MEng)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Soft Robotics
Nitirak Rayabphand
PhD student, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Dr Sabine Hauert
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Research Interest:
Magnetic Manipulation
Microrobotics
2021-2022 (Bristol)
Team Members
Wen Fan
Research Assistant, 2021
PhD student, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Weiru Liu
Prof Nathan Lepora
Research Interest:
Deep learning, XAI, Robot Learning, Tactile Perception
Shipeng Xiong
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Prof Nathan Lepora
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Fengrui Zhang
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Nathan Lepora
Pengcheng Gao
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Nathan Lepora
Xuyang Zhang
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Prof Nathan Lepora
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Shyamli Suneesh
MSc student
PG, Biorobotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Virginia Ruiz Garate
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Xiaoqing Guo
PhD student, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Nathan Lepora
Research Interest:
Tactile Robotics,
Haptics,
Yiwei Shi
PhD student, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Prof. Weiru Liu
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Xuehuai Feng
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Jonathan Rossister
Bharath Sajja
MSc student
PG, Biorobotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Chenguang Yang
Enyang Feng
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Prof Nathan Lepora
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Jialin Lin
Research Intern, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Nathan Lepora
PhD student, 2020
Main Supervisor:
Prof Nathan Lepora
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Dr John Llyod
Research Interest:
Tactile Robotics,
Robot Learning
Zhili Yuan
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Weiru Liu
Pengyuan Wei
MSc student
PG, Biorobotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Prof Nathan Lepora
Aaron Asamoah
MSc student
PG, Robotics (MSc)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Virginia Ruiz Garate
Alexandros Floros
Intern
UG, Electrical and Electronic Engineering (MEng)
Main Supervisor:
Dr Dandan Zhang
Nitirak Rayabphand
PhD, 2022
Main Supervisor:
Dr Sabine Hauert
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Dandan Zhang