Prof. Ahmed Elsheikh (PI)

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Professor of Biomaterial Mechanics

Ahmed Elsheikh graduated in 1985 with a First Class Honours degree in Civil Engineering (University of Alexandria). Following research leading to an MSc and a PhD degree (University of Cambridge), he joined the Division of Civil Engineering at the University of Dundee as a Lecturer in 1992. He moved to Liverpool in 2010 to take up the post of Professor of Biomaterial Mechanics at the School of Engineering.

Professor Elsheikh leads the Ocular Biomechanics Research Group with interest in ocular material characterisation and numerical simulation of ocular biomechanical performance. Professor Elsheikh is a Chartered Engineer, a corporate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has published 2 books, over 70 journal papers and 30 conference papers. Dr Elsheikh has long practical experience as a structural engineer, and his recent work includes the development of a number of medical devices to help improve the management of eye diseases.

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Dr. Ahmed Abass


​Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering

Dr Abass was graduated in 1998 from the Suez Canal University with a First-Class BSc Honours degree in Production Engineering and Mechanical Design.  After graduation, he was appointed as a Lecturer Assistant at the Suez Canal University. He joined the University of Liverpool staff members as a Research Associate in the field of Biomedical Engineering in 2011, six months before awarding his PhD in Control Engineering at the University of Liverpool. In 2013 he moved to the School of Optometry and Vision Science at Cardiff University then he returned to the University of Liverpool as a Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) Associate based on UltraVision CLPL. In 2017, he worked as a Research Associate in the Liverpool Centre for Mathematics in Healthcare (LCMH) and the next year he re-joined the School of Engineering at the University of Liverpool as a lecturer in Biomedical Engineering. 
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Ashkan Eliasy


​Senior Research Associate

Ashkan Eliasy graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2015 with a MEng (Hons) in Structural Engineering. During two summer placements, he worked in the Centre for Materials and Structures at the University of Liverpool, researching the implementation of x-ray scattering data of ocular microstructure in numerical simulation of ocular biomechanical behaviour. He joined Biomechanical Engineering Group in 2015 as a senior research associate. He is also the laboratory manager and conducting state-of-the-art research in material characterisation and numerical simulations, as well as the development of medical devices. 

Eliasy is the chair at School of Engineering Research Associate Society (SERAS), steering committee member at Research Staff Association (RSA) at University of Liverpool. He is working with The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) as the vice-chairman of young professional society.

Bernardo Lopes


Postdoctoral researcher

Bernardo is a medical doctor specialist in ophthalmology with fellowship training in anterior segment diseases (cornea and external diseases, cataract and refractive surgery). He obtained his PhD from Federal University of Sao Paulo and is currently a post-doc research associate at the biomechanical engineering group at University of Liverpool. His interests are numerical simulations and artificial intelligence applications to detect patients at risk of developing post-Lasik ectasia, corneal biomechanical applications of refractive surgery, keratoconus and other ectatic diseases.