Dr. James Avery

Assistant Professor

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Biography

James Avery is an Honorary Lecturer in the Hamlyn Centre, Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College London, and a Lecturer in Robotics at the University of Leeds. He received his MEng in Acoustical Engineering from the University of Southampton and completed his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at University College London in 2015. He worked as an EPSRC Doctoral Research Fellow, developing Electrical Impedance Tomography methods for brain imaging in Professor David Holder's Neurophysiology lab. His clinical studies led to a strong commitment to translating research into clinical practice. In 2018, James became a postdoctoral researcher at the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, focusing on the development of new sensor technologies for surgery. By 2020, he was awarded an Imperial College Research Fellowship to advance inflatable structures integrated with multimodal sensing for minimally invasive surgery. His research interests include Electrical Impedance Tomography, Surgical Robotics, soft sensors, implantable wearable sensors, and open-source biomedical devices.

Research Interests

Experience

Research Fellow

2024-01-08 — Present

Imperial College London • London, United Kingdom

Postdoctoral Researcher

2018-01-01 — 2020-08-01

NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre •

Requirements for Imperial College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:125
Overall
Required:125
Prerequisites
Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Physics Chemistry
Application Checklist
  • Personal statement
  • CV/resume
  • Official university transcripts
  • Two academic or professional references
  • Application fee (£90)
Specialization Notes

Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.