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@plymouth.ac.uk
Director of the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence
oliver.hanemann@plymouth.ac.uk
Dr Leandro de Assis
Research Fellow
leandro.deassis@plymouth.ac.uk
leandro.deassis@plymouth.ac.uk
Dr Juri Na
Research Fellow
juri.na@plymouth.ac.uk
juri.na@plymouth.ac.uk
Dr Jon Gil-Ranedo
Research Fellow in Cancer Stem Cell Neurobiology
jon.gil-ranedo@plymouth.ac.uk
jon.gil-ranedo@plymouth.ac.uk
Dr Liyam Laraba
Research Fellow
liyam.laraba@plymouth.ac.uk
liyam.laraba@plymouth.ac.uk
Research students
Laurien van de Weijer
PhD Student
laurien.vandeweijer@plymouth.ac.uk
laurien.vandeweijer@plymouth.ac.uk
Kevin Herrera Keane
PhD Student
kevin.herrerakeane@plymouth.ac.uk
kevin.herrerakeane@plymouth.ac.uk
Nsikan Nsek
PhD Student
nsikan.nsek@plymouth.ac.uk
nsikan.nsek@plymouth.ac.uk
Yeasmin Akther
PhD Student
yeasmin.akther@plymouth.ac.uk
yeasmin.akther@plymouth.ac.uk
Shahana Shaji
PhD Student
shahana.shaji@plymouth.ac.uk
shahana.shaji@plymouth.ac.uk
Maryam Shah
PhD Student
maryam.shah@plymouth.ac.uk
maryam.shah@plymouth.ac.uk
Libby Hasell-Williams
PhD Student
libby.hasell-williams@plymouth.ac.uk
libby.hasell-williams@plymouth.ac.uk
Elliot Kearney
PHD Student
elliot.kearney@plymouth.ac.uk
elliot.kearney@plymouth.ac.uk
Sarah Robbins
PhD Student
sarah.robbins@plymouth.ac.uk
sarah.robbins@plymouth.ac.uk
Ting Zhang
PhD Student
ting.zhang@plymouth.ac.uk
ting.zhang@plymouth.ac.uk
Academic Clinical Fellowships & Lectureships
Dr Sarah Kingdon
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Clinical Oncology
sarah.kingdon@plymouth.ac.uk
sarah.kingdon@plymouth.ac.uk
Dr Holly Roy
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Neurosurgery
holly.roy@plymouth.ac.uk
holly.roy@plymouth.ac.uk
Dr Damjan Veljanoski
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow
damjan.veljanoski@plymouth.ac.uk
damjan.veljanoski@plymouth.ac.uk
Neuropathologists
Dr Aditya Shivane
Consultant Neuropathologist at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
aditya.shivane@plymouth.ac.uk
aditya.shivane@plymouth.ac.uk
Dr David Hilton
Consultant Neuropathologist at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
davidhilton@nhs.net
davidhilton@nhs.net