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 Miss Jaspreet Kaure, James Watt School of Engineering    

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‘Tunable Multiferroic Architectures for Next-Generation Implantable Systems’  

Dr Mahdieh Shojaei Baghini, James Watt School of Engineering

I work on the design and development of radio-frequency compatible piezoelectric-magnetostrictive devices that push the limits of miniaturization, with a patent-pending platform that engineers spin-orbit coupling at the materials level to actively modulate device-level transmission. My current work targets preclinical implantation of these devices in large-animal models for wireless power and data transfer and I'm keen on bridging the application space across optoelectronics and wireless communications with other researchers. I’m seeking collaborators to accelerate translation, especially colleagues in condensed-matter physics and quantum chemistry to co-design novel multiferroics and 2D heterostructures that integrate seamlessly with passive/active CMOS and emerging non-CMOS technologies.

I aspire to pursue a career in academia where I can secure competitive research funding for large, interdisciplinary projects and lead a team of researchers at the intersection of materials science, RF device engineering, and applied physics. To this end, I am seeking independent fellowships that will allow me to establish my research program under cross-disciplinary mentorship. My long-term goal is to translate fundamental materials-level innovations into device platforms with real-world impact, while training the next generation of scientists at this convergence of fields.

 

‘Life in moving water’

Dr Davide Vettori, James Watt School of Engineering

My main interests are in the mutual interactions between aquatic organisms and moving water: how water motion influences the activities and characteristics of organisms, and how organisms shape the environment and affect the flow properties to their advantage. My goal is to advance fundamental understanding of such interactions to the benefit of applications in different contexts, from individual bacteria up to seagrass canopies. I am an experimentalist at heart, and I seek to establish interdisciplinary collaborations with colleagues and external organisations working on Nature-based Solutions for mitigating flooding risk or on the interactions between complex flows and human-made structures. I am keen to engage with interested colleagues and relevant stakeholders to develop funding proposals stretching from fundamental research to real-world applications.

First published: 15 September 2025

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