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Sidahmed Abayzeed

Sidahmed Abayzeed

Principal Investigator · Optocoulombics Lab

I lead an interdisciplinary team harnessing light to study electrical charge dynamics with capabilities beyond the reach of conventional electrodes — working across optics, physical chemistry, and advanced analytics to decode the electrical language of living systems.

Bioengineering Optics & Photonics Bioelectricity Nano and micro scale measurements
Email
sidahmed.abayzeed2@nottingham.ac.uk
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Awards & Recognition
Wellcome Accelerator Award
2026–2028
£200k
UKRI New Horizons Award
2023–2025
£252k
Nottingham Research Fellowship
2019–2022
£200k
EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship
2016–2018
£60k
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2024
Teaching & Learning
Digital Signal Processing
MSc & 4th year MEng · EEE & Bioengineering · 2022–present
Sensing Systems & Signal Processing
3rd year BEng EEE · 2022–present
Advanced Engineering Mathematics
3rd year BEng EEE · 2026–present
Project Supervision & Internships
~5 final year BEng, MEng & MSc projects annually