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Research Funding

Jan. 2026 – Dec. 2030 Single PI “Real-time Chemical Signal Processing for Microfluidic Molecular Communications: Design, Theory, Prototypes, and Applications (REACTION)”, ~€1.5 millionERC Starting Grant. 
 

Sep. 2025 – Mar. 2026: Lead-PI Configurable Holistic Explainability for Emerging Sixth-Generation Network Evaluation (CHEESE)”, ~£200k, 6G CHEDDAR hub Sandpit bid

  • Project partner: Digital Catapult, Brunel University London, and University of Hull.

Mar. 2024 – Mar. 2026: KCL –PI “Study of Digital Neural Communication System based on Engineered Genetic Circuits” £11,888, Royal Society International Exchanges Scheme. 

  • Project partner: Tongji University.

Jan. 2024 – Dec. 2026: KCL- Single PI “Multi-layer 360° Dynamic Orchestrion and Interoperable Design Environment for Compute-continuum Systems”, €5,999,213 (KCL share:€401,298), HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

  • Project partners: Abinsula,  University of Sassari,  Softeam, TU Dresden, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, University of Cagliari, Lakeside Labs, Technical University of Madrid, HIRO Micro Data Centers, ArubaKuba SRL, Canon Research Centre France,  Universita Della Svizzera Italiana

Sep. 2023 – Mar. 2025: KCL-CI “TITAN”,   £2 million,  EPSRC 6G Platform.

April. 2023 – Dec. 2023: KCL-PI “Microfluidic MC”,   £49,961EPSRC Impact Accelerator Grant.

Mar. 2023 – Mar. 2025: KCL-CI “Realising Enabling Architectures and Solutions for Open Networks ”,   £12 million, (KCL share: £1m),  DCMS Future Open Networks Research Challenge Call.

  • Project partners: University of Bristol, British Telecom, Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung,  University of Cambridge, Queen’s University of Belfast, etc. 

Jan. 2023 – Jun. 2025: KCL-PI “AI-powered Evolution Towards Open and Secure Edge Architectures”, €5,999,774 (KCL share:€455,865), Horizon Europe SNS Edge Computing Call.

  • Project partners: UPC, CTTC, Ericsson, Samsung, Intel, University of Oulu, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Turkcell, Nearby Computing, Thales, HIRO Micro Data Centers, Arcelik, Holo-Light. 

Sep. 2022 – Aug. 2027: Single PI “Network Automation for Cellular-Connected UAV Swarms”, awarded £88,862 from EPSRC and £32,591 from Toshiba Europe Ltd., EPSRC Industrial CASE Doctoral Research Studentship.

April. 2022 – Mar. 2026: Lead-PI “Smart Solutions Towards Cellular-Connected Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System”, £1,193,293, EPSRC Standard Grant

  • Project partners: University of Southampton, Queen Mary University of London 

March 2021 – March 2022: Single PI “Artificial Intelligence-based Channel Access in Unlicensed Band”, £164,930, Industrial Fund.

Jan. 2020 – March 2023: Single PI “Microfluidic Molecular Communications: Design, Theory, and Manufacture (MIMIC)”, £266,109, EPSRC New Investigator Award.

Feb. 2019 – Feb. 2020: Lead-PI “Wiring the Smart City: Autonomous Monitoring of Safety and Health in London”,£25,000, King’s Together Equipment Grant.

Feb. 2020 – Dec. 2020: PI “A unified framework for autonomous monitoring of urban pollution and mental health”, £21,724, King’s Together Grant.

Oct. 2017 – Sep. 2020: “Communications Signal Processing Based Solutions for Massive Machine-to-Machine Networks (M3NETs)” £317,872, EPSRC Standard Grant.