Professor Mohan Edirisinghe
Biomaterials Processing Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University College London
NEWS
July 2025
7th
Save the date: Lunch Hour Lecture | From Waste to Wonder. Professor Mohan Edirisinghe to present lecture on how pressure spinning can be used for eco-friendly materials - UCL News
June 2025
23rd
Professor Mohan Edirisinghe interviewed over cellulose that can be extracted from manure using pressurised spinning - FarmWorld
May 2025
7th
Feat of ‘dung-gineering’ turns cow manure into one of world’s most used materials - UCL News - Podcast (listen here)
Reports:
Frontiers in polymer science (English) -
Frontiers in polymer science (Mandarin)
Manufacturing-grade cellulose made from cow dung - The Engineer
Feat of ‘dung-gineering’: How your clothes could soon be made from cow manure - Daily Mail
March 2025
19th
PhD Student Fanjin Wang Wins 3 Minute Thesis Award - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
December 2024
16th
Professor Mohan Edirisinghe gives a talk on "Hot Topics in Science and Technology" at PRIMA 2024 - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
12th
UCL Mechanical Engineering celebrates a historic milestone with Professor Mohan Edirisinghe's 50th UCL PhD Success - UCL Mechanical Engineering News
June 2024
23rd
PhD Students Ahmed and Nanang Present Work at UCL Mechanical Engineering Conference - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
14th
PhD Student Hamta Majd Wins Multiple Awards - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
April 2024
Join us for the Clifford Paterson Prize Lecture 2024 given by Professor Mohan Edirisinghe - The Royal Society
March 2024
25th
Professor Mohan and colleagues publish landmark book about biomaterials in healthcare - European Academy of Sciences - IOP Publishing - Amazon
December 2023
7th
Omar Shafi Passes PhD Viva - Our 47th Success - twitter
August 2023
29th
Professor Mohan Edirisinghe OBE FREng awarded the Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture - UCL News - The Royal Society - European Academy of Sciences
Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture winner 2023: Professor Mohan Edirisinghe - The Royal Society - UCL Mechanical Engineering News
July 2023
Protein used as weight-training supplement ‘may also speed up wound healing’: Dr. Ahmed and Prof. Edirisnghe - The Independent - Evening Standard - Mirage News - Technology Networks - Jersey Evening Post - earth.com - Wales Online - Hindustan Times - Medicalxpress - myscience
26th
Protein found in milk speeds up wound healing: Dr. Jubair Ahmed and Prof. Edirisinghe test casein for its wound healing capabilities - UCL News.
June 2023
2nd
Professor Edirisinghe announced as winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Colin Campbell Mitchell Award 2023 - Royal Academy of Engineering News - UCL News - European Academy of Sciences
May 2023
12th
Hamta Majd Wins Maryam Mirzakhani Persia Scholarship - UCL News
7th
Professor Edirisinghe gives plenary speech at The First International Biomaterials Conference in Qatar entitled as “Biomaterial, Biosensor and Microfluidics Technologies for Medical Applications” on May 6th 2023 – May 7th 2023 at Qatar University.
March 2023
27th
Professor Edirisinghe presents at BIOMAT-Sheffield on 'A New Generation of Biomaterials: Processing, Forming and Sustainable Manufacturing Research for Healthcare' - Edirisinghe Lab Blog - Twitter
8th
Dr. Ayda Afshar succeeds her PhD to become the 46th of Edirisinghe Group - Edirisinghe Lab Blog - Twitter 1, Twitter 2.
February 2023
4th
Professor Edirisinghe is the 3rd highest cited author of all time for the Journal of the Royal Society Interface - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
3rd
Edirisinghe Lab Publication Top 5 Cited: The Royal Society - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
January 2023
9th
Edirisinghe Lab Recognised in Canvas at UCL Cloisters - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
October 2022
10th
Watch Professor Edirisinghe's Keynote Lecture at MS&T2022 (USA) on 10th October 2022 - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
August 2022
23rd
UCL Mechanical Engineering PhD successes: number 43, 44 and 45 PhD graduates from Edrisinghe Labs:
Jubair (43rd): Twitter Phoebe (44th): Twitter Hussain (45th): Twitter
May 2022
19th
PhD Student Ayda Afshar announced as Maryam Mirzakhani Persia Scholarship winner - UCL News, Persia Educational Foundation
13th
PhD Student Omar Shafi Wins Departmental 180 Second Thesis Presentation - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
12th
Watch PhD Student Jubair Ahmed give a tour of UCL - YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter
11th
Professor Mohan Edirisinghe receives his OBE for services to Biomedical Engineering at Buckingham Palace - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
April 2022
14th
PhD student Mehmet and group publishes on the front cover of Advanced Science - Advanced Science
January 2022
21st
Variants of SARS-CoV-2 and preventive strategies - referring to our lab work on Covid-19 and Coronavirus - Medical News
December 2021
11th
Watch PhD Student Jubair Ahmed talk about undergraduate vs. postgraduate life - UCL YouTube - UCL Twitter
10th
Read about "Coronavirus and surfaces" on The Royal Society Blog
1st
PhD Student Hussain Alenezi publishes headline paper in Applied Physics Reviews - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
June 2020
3rd
Spotlight on Dr Rupy Matharu - Meet Dr Rupy Matharu! - UCL News
May 2020
5th
Researcher Phoebe Heseltine snatches faculty 3 Minute Thesis title - Edirisinghe Lab Blog.
December 2020
31th
Professor Mohan Edirisinghe given OBE for services to Biomedical Engineering - UCL News, Royal Academy of Engineering, Sunday Times, The Gazette.
13th
Meet the duo behind biotech startup Enteromics - UCL News
4th
PhD student Phoebe Heseltine and Mariam Elgabry awarded £150k for gut health 'smart pill’ - UCL News
1st
Dr. Rupy Matharu becomes 41st to graduate under the supervision of Professor Mohan Edirisinghe - UCL News
November 2020
20th
Phoebe Heseltine at 2020 Autumn Research Symposium- UCL News
12th
Professor Mohan Edirisinghe makes it onto the Achievements of leading UCL academics recognised at Provost’s Annual reception - UCL News
October 2020
14th
Layered hybrid fibers could be used to build anti-viral masks, researchers say, Edirisinghe Lab advances technology on hybrid fibres - UPI, UCL News
13th
Post-doc Sunthar Mahalingam publishes work on novel core-sheath fibre formation for biomedical applications (Impact factor 17) - AIP publishing, Altmetric.
September 2020
9th
PhD Student Jubair Ahmed publishes article analysing the effects of lockdowns, face masks and other healthcare policies on the spread odd Covid-19 in the first initial months of the 2019 coronavirus pandemic - Wiley
2nd
Mohan Edirisinghe elected Fellow of The European Academy of Science - Edirisinghe Lab Blog
April 2020
21st
PhD student Jubair Ahmed publishes Review in Biotechnology Advances (Impact factor 12.83) - Biotechnology Advances.
February 2020
27th:
PhD Student Phoebe Heseltine wins 3MT Departmental Heat - Edirisinghe Lab Blog.
26th:
Watch Professor Edirisinghe's TMS 2020 Conference talk - Edirisinghe Lab Blog.
6th:
PhD Researcher Jubair Ahmed wins 1st place at the London Materials Society Young Person's Lecture Competition Local Heat - Edirisinghe Lab Blog.
January 2020
24th:
PhD Researcher Hussain Alenezi is awarded Outstanding Student and Researcher by the Kuwaiti Embassy. - Edirisinghe Lab Blog.
October 2019
30th:
Great Success of Nanotechnology Center (NBUAM) Researcher - Marmara University
15th:
Creating Miracles with Polymeric Fibers - AIP Publishing, Bioengineer, Sciencedaily, Eurekalert, Top Technology News, Oshniksenva, Agenparl,
Researchers studied the fabrication of polymeric fibers for use in advanced health care - PHYS.ORG, Parallel State.
July 2019
26th:
Early career researchers win support for biotech startup - UCL News
December 2018
3rd:
New EPSRC Manufacturing The Future funding for the Biomaterials Lab - UCL News
November 2018
2nd:
Cutting-edge technology synergy in the personalised nanomedicine space: Focus on pharmaceutical nanomanufacturing - Open Access Government
May 2018
10th:
Royal Society special issue on Biomedical Applications of Graphene organised by Edirisinghe - UCL News
July 2018
23rd:
Pressurized Gyration for the Mass Production of Polymeric Fibers - Advanced Science News
May 2017
3rd:
Edirisinghe wins IOM3’s Chapman Medal - UCL News
9th:
Record-breaking month for Professor Mohan Edirisinghe - UCL News
April 2017
3rd:
New manufacturing methods land Edirisinghe materials prize - UCL News
March 2017
31st:
New EPSRC manufacturing funding for Biomaterials Lab - UCL News
July 2016
13th:
Research grant to design antimicrobial filters awarded - UCL News
September 2015
21st:
Professor Edirisinghe appointed as fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering - UCL News
May 2014
1st:
Pressurised gyration to produce nanofibrous pharmaceutical materials - UCL News
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