Himanshu Kaul

Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow / PI Laboratory for Multiscale Emergent Bioengineering

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

About

I am a Biomedical Engineer passionate about human health and wellbeing. My interdisciplinary research focuses on multiscale biology, patient-specific modelling, organoid biology, data science and visualisation in multiple contexts, such as asthma, morphogenesis, cancer biology, human resilience, and FGM. The ‘virtual patient’ I developed to capture asthma pathogenesis and response to therapeutic interventions successfully predicted the clinical-level impact of multiple asthma drugs, which remains unprecedented in respiratory medicine. The virtual patient has been recognised as a 'Success Story' and 'One of the Top 5 Innovations' to emerge from the University of Leicester. I led the team that co-created LeicSurveyTM: an inclusive and frictionless data gathering tool. I currently serve as Board Member for Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies.

Experience

  • Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at University of Leicester
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

  • Reviewer at Peer-Reviewed Publications
    Apr 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 4 mos

    Reviewed articles from the following journals: ► Annals of Biomedical Engineering ► Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine ► Nature Biotechnology ► PLoS One Reviewed books/book proposals for the following publisher(s): ► Elsevier Ltd.

  • Freelance Biomedical Consultant at Consulting
    Oct 2009 - Present · 16 yrs 10 mos

    Provided consultancy service to the following companies: ► DBD Ltd, Warrington, UK (www.dbdlimited.com) ► Zyoxel Ltd, Oxford, UK (www.zyoxel.com)

  • The University of British Columbia (2 yrs 11 mos)
    • Visiting Assistant Professor
      Jan 2021 - Jun 2021 · 6 mos

    • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Postdoctoral Fellow
      Aug 2018 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Tutor at Greene's Tutorial College
    Oct 2012 - Dec 2019 · 7 yrs 3 mos

    ► Tutor for A-level Biology (AQA, Ed-Excel, and OCR Exam Boards) ► Tutor for A-level Chemistry (AQA, Ed-Excel, and OCR Exam Boards) ► Tutor for IGCSE Chemistry ► Tutor for Quantitative section in the Scholastic Aptitude Test ► Interview Preparation Advisor ► Tutor Assessor ‡ Penny Vaughan-Fowler, Academic Director, Greene's Tutorial College "The tutor had clearly instilled in the student a real understanding of the value of independent research to the learning process. This facilitated a highly effective tutorial, as the tutor and student could work in tandem to clarify and extend the student’s knowledge [...] The tutor is extremely knowledgeable in his subject area and was able to stimulate the student’s natural interest by sharing information that extended beyond, but was still relevant to, the work that must be covered for the syllabus."