Summary
Summary
Dr Ali Mohammed is a research associate at the Dyson School of Design Engineering and part of the Advanced Manufacturing Group at Imperial College. He has research experience in tissue engineering, biomaterial synthesis, plant and algal biology, cancer biology, polymer chemistry and additive manufacturing.
Ali completed his bachelors in Chemical Engineering (BEng) at UCL in 2009. After which, he worked as a Process Technologist for 3 years at Royal Dutch Shells' largest Gas To Liquid (GTL) plant to date, based in Ras Laffan (Qatar). There, he helped successfully and safely commission the plant to see it through to its first production of GTL fuel. He was awarded a Special Recognition Award in 2010 for his efforts during the start-up. He then completed his MSc in Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College, with a project supervised by Prof Julian Jones in the Biomaterials Group. He continued onto his PhD in the Jones' Group, and graduated in 2018. His research was based on advanced nanocomposite double network hydrogels for cartilage repair. Upon graduation, he was awarded the Larry Hench Prize for Excellence in Biomaterials Research. During his PhD, Ali also completed an associate degree at Harvard Medical School where he focussed on Cancer Biology Therapeutics.
From 2022, Ali has been the module lead and lectured Solid Mechanics II as a core module for 2nd years at the Dyson School of Design Engineering.
Lectures, Modules & Podcasts
2022 - 2023: Solid Mechanics II – Module lead
MEng 2nd year Design Engineering core module
2022: IMSE Webinar: Green light at the end of the tunnel – a breakthrough in 3D printing using green light
Uploaded on YouTube
2022: Never Lick The Spoon Series - Podcast episode on 3D bioprinting
Episode on Bioprinting
Honours, Prizes & Awards
2022: Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering (IMSE) Seed Funding grant:
Development of a novel 3D printing technology
2022: Innovation Think Tank Certification Program – Run by Innovation Think Tank, Siemens Healthineers
2021: Seeds for Success Grant:
Hassle-free degassing – an enzymatic approach to oxygen free environments
2021: Convergence Science Centre Organoids grant:
Development of a microfluidics platform to 3D print tumour-specific Extra-Cellular Matrices to improve derivation rates of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer patient-derived organoids
2021: IMSE Junior Affiliate
2021: Member of the Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) Peer Review College (PRC)
2019: Bettelheim Award
International Conference of the Lens
2018: Larry Hench Bioengineering & Materials Departmental Prize Excellence in a biomaterials related PhD project
2018: Thanaa Award
For outstanding research during a PhD
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- AA Mohammed, N Groth Merrild, S Li, A Pinna, JR Jones, 2022, Double-Network Hydrogels Reinforced with Covalently Bonded Silica Nanoparticles via 1‑Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide Chemistry, ACS omega, 2022, Vol: x, Pages xxxx−xxxx, ISSN: xxxx-xxx
- FN Barrak, S Li, AA Mohammed, C Myant, JR Jones, 2022, Anti-inflammatory properties of S53P4 bioactive glass implant material, Journal of Dentistry, Vol: 127, Page: 104296, ISSN: 0300-5712
- Mohammed AA, Kalossaka LM, Sena S, Barter L, Myant C, 2021, 3D printing nanocomposite hydrogels with lattice vascular networks using stereolithography, Journal of Materials Research, 36, pages 4249–426, ISSN: 0884-2914
- Li S, Tallia F, Mohammed AA, , 2020, Scaffold channel size influences stem cell differentiation pathway in 3-D printed silica hybrid scaffolds for cartilage regeneration, Biomaterials Science, Vol: 8, Pages: 4458-4466, ISSN: 2047-4830
- Mohammed AA, Pinna A, Li S, , 2020, Auto-catalytic redox polymerisation using nanoceria and glucose oxidase for double network hydrogels, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Vol: 8, Pages: 2834-2844, ISSN: 2050-750X
- X Liao, ND Falcon, AA Mohammed, YZ Paterson, AO Saeed. 2020, Synthesis and Formulation of Four-Arm PolyDMAEA-siRNA Polyplex for Transient Downregulation of Collagen Type III Gene Expression in TGF-β1 Stimulated Tenocyte Culture, ACS omega, 2020, Vol: 5, Pages1496−1505, ISSN: 2470-1343
- Mohammed AA, Aviles Milan J, Li S, , 2019, Open vessel free radical photopolymerization of double network gels for biomaterial applications using glucose oxidase, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Vol: 7, Pages: 4030-4039, ISSN: 2050-750X
- El Ghamrawy A, de Comtes F, Koruk H, , 2019, Acoustic streaming in a soft tissue microenvironment, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol: 45, Pages: 208-217, ISSN: 0301-5629