Our Team
The Singanayagam Group comprises a set of ambitious and enthusiastic young researchers.
Principal Investigator
Dr Aran Singanayagam
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Charlotte joined the group in
April 2024, her primary research interest is in the role of
viral infection in bronchiectasis
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Dr Charlotte Carter
Clinical PhD Fellow
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Cheng joined the group in
August 2024, her primary research interest is in the role of
ROS on antiviral immunity in COPD
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Dr Cheng Chen
Clinical PhD Fellow
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Millie is a second year PhD candidate in the Singanayagam group having started as a Technician in June 2022.
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Millie Jackson
PhD Student
Joanne has been with the group since June 2024. Her primary interests are understanding
host-viral interactions at
mucosal barriers.
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Dr Joanne McKenzie
Research Associate
Rose joined us in October 2023 and is studying the immune and microbial landscape within chronic lung diseases including COPD and bronchiectasis
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Dr Rose Nixon
Clinical PhD Fellow
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Marina joined the group in
July 2024, her primary research interests lie in how microbiota commensals regulate immune homeostasis and their role in chronic lung diseases.
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Marina Kusumoto
Research Technician
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Nikhil is a 2nd year PhD candidate studying the role of the oral microbiome and mucins in early diagnosis of oesophagogastric cancer.
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Dr Nikhil Patel
Clinical PhD Fellow
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Patrick joined the group in September 2024. His project, PRIVILEGE, focuses on viral exacerbations and immune responses using remote sampling methods.
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Dr Patrick Senior
Clinical Research Fellow
Alumni
Erica Jong (Msc. Immunology project student) - Operations Analyst at Simple Pharma
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Matas Skiotys (MRes. Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection project student) - 2nd rotation of his MRes at Royal Brompton Hospital
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Tasnim Faiez (Research Technician) - PhD candidate at The John Hopkins University
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Faisal Kamal (Clinical PhD Research Fellow) - Consultant Respiratory Physician at Royal Berkshire Hospital
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Fatima Faizi (MSc. Immunology project student) - Research Scientist at Synthace
Ivan Chan (MRes. BPI project student) - PhD candidate at The University of Manchester
Wangmingyu Xia (MRes. Microbiome project student) - PhD candidate at The University of Cambridge
Hamsa Narasimhan (MSc. Immunology project student) - PhD candidate at LMU Munchen
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Orestis Katsoulis (Research Technician) - Biomedical Information Specialist at Causaly
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Oliver Pitts (Research Technician) - PhD candidate at Imperial College London
Collaborators
Internal (Imperial College)
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Prof. Robert Snelgrove (NHLI)
Dr. Thomas Clarke (CBRB)
Dr. Avinash Shenoy (CBRB)
Dr. Anand Shah (School of Public Health)
Dr. Gerald Larrouy-Maumus (Life Sciences)
Dr. David Thomas (Inflammation and Immunology)
Dr. Alexiane Decout (MDR)
Prof. Sebastian Johnston (NHLI)
Dr. Phil Molyneaux (NHLI)
Dr. Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu (Infectious Disease)
Prof. Chris Chiu (Infectious Disease)
Prof. Ajit Lalvani (NHLI)
E​xternal​
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Prof. Nathan Bartlett (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Prof. Sanjay Chotirmall (NTU, Singapore)
Prof. James Chalmers (University of Dundee, UK)
Dr. Peter Cook (University of Exeter, UK)
Prof. Fiona Powrie (University of Oxford, UK)
Prof. Ric Boucher (UNC Chapel Hill, USA)
Prof. Mehmet Kesimer (UNC Chapel Hill, USA)
Dr. Liam Heaney (University of Loughborough, UK)
Dr. Leo Segal (NYU, USA)
Dr. Turki Abujamel (KAU, Saudi Arabia)
Prof. Chris Evans (University of Colorado, USA)
Dr. Vel Ganesan (KMCH, India)
Prof. Tom Wilkinson (University of Southhampton, UK)
Dr. Amelia Shoemark (University of Dundee, UK)