Aaqil Ali

4th Year Medical Student at UCL - iBSc Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Clinical medical student with an engineering-focused interest medical physics, medical device innovation and evaluation, CAD-based design, prototyping, and image/data analysis. Interested in applying these skills to surgical technology, especially robotics, neurotechnology, image guidance, simulation and AI-enabled decision support.

Experience

  • Sanofi Device Innovation Challenge Finalist at Sanofi
    Apr 2025 - Jan 2026 · 10 mos

    Technical and engineering role for device innovation - Device Innovation Challenge 2025 x IDEO - CAD - Industrial design

  • Summer Research Project at UCL
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 · 3 mos

    - Worked on CRISPR epigenome editing to upregulate CXCR4 for enhanced HSPC engraftment; gained wet-lab (bacteria culturing, DNA extraction, and cell transfection), data processing and poster communication experience. - Poster presented at the Pathological Society / Royal Society of Medicine winter meeting.