Control Group

Cambridge University Department of Engineering

Andreas Petrides Andreas Petrides

Position: PhD Student

E-mail: ap650 [@] cam.ac.uk

Office: BN4-85

Thesis Title: Control theory and Modelling in biological and biochemical systems

Supervisor: Dr Glenn Vinnicombe

Background

Andreas received his BA(Hons) and MEng degrees in 2014 from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) in Electrical and Information Sciences (Engineering Tripos). As an undergraduate he received the G-Research and The Technology Partnership (TTP) Awards, as well as a Gold medal (2nd place in Europe) and the 'Best Experimental Measurement Approach Award', representing the university at the International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition (iGEM). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Control Engineering, focusing in applying control theory in biological systems, particularly at the molecular level. Andreas is also an A.G. Leventis scholar.

Research Interests

Control at the genomic scale, Networks, Non-linear control, Optimisation