Academic staff

Dr Norbert Radacsi is a Senior Lecturer (US equivalent: Associate Professor) at The University of Edinburgh. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Delft University of Technology. Prior to his current position he was postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University and California Institute of Technology. He has pioneered a new type of 3D electrospinning technology. His interdisciplinary research includes areas of advancing electrospinning technology and bioprinting, developing wearable sensors and energy harvesters, and producing novel materials.

• Ph.D. Chemical Engineering/Materials Science - Delft University of Technology (2012)
• M.Sc. Physics - University of Debrecen (2006)

Postdoctoral training

• California Institute of Technology (2014-2015)
• Purdue University (2013-2014)
• Delft University of Technology (2012-2013)

• 2021 – date             Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• 2016 – date             Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

• Nanomaterials in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering (course organiser)
• Process Safety and Environmental Issues in Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering Laboratory 3
• Chemical Engineering Design: Project 4
• Chemical Engineering Study Project 4

My research interest lies in the application of nanotechnology to advance the engineering of new functional materials for medical applications.

• Electrospinning
• 3D/4D (bio)printing
• Tissue engineering
• Sensing

The Radacsi group is looking for talented people all year around! Send you CV to Dr Radacsi, if you are interested in joining the group.

https://www.radacsigroup.co.uk

• MSc (Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis) University of Oxford
• BSc(Eng)(Hons) (Chemical Engineering) University of Cape Town
• D.Phil, University of Oxford

• CEng MIChemE

Prof Majid Safari received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2011. He is currently a Professor of optical and wireless communications and the Deputy Head of Institute for Imaging, Data, and Communications, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. He has authored or coauthored more than 150 papers. His main research interests include the application of optics, information theory, signal processing in optical, wireless, and quantum communications. Some of his current research works include designing 6G Optical wireless networks as part of the EPSRC program grant TOWS, developing single-photon avalanche diode based receivers for classical communication, and the design of novel communication schemes for nonlinear long-haul fibre-optic channels. Prof Safari has been an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications and Associate Editor for IEEE Communication Letters. He was the recipient of Mitacs Fellowship, Canada and prestigious grants from Leverhulme Trust and EPSRC, UK. He was the recipient of Best Paper Awards from IEEE GLOBECOM 2022 and IEEE ICC 2023.

• 2011: PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Waterloo, Canada
• 2005: MSc in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology
• 2003: BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Tehran

Course Organiser:

* Digital Communication 4: 2013-present

* Digital Communications Fundamentals (MSc): 2013-present

* Digital System Design 2: 2015-present

Other Courses:

* Analogue Mixed Signal Laboratory 3: 2018-2020

* Engineering Mathematics 2A: 2014-2016

* Electrical Engineering 1: 2017-2019