Davide Filingeri, PhD
Principal Investigator
Vice-Chancellor’s Lecturer
Loughborough University
Vice-Chancellor’s Lecturer
Loughborough University
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I research how our brain senses the external world through our skin, how this influences our body temperature regulation and thermal behavior, and how this integrated system fails when neurodegeneration takes place.
After completing a BSc and MSc in exercise physiology (University of Palermo), I went on obtaining a PhD in Environmental Physiology and Sensory Neuroscience (Loughborough University). I then performed post-doctoral research at the University of Sydney and at the University of California at Berkeley, before returning to Loughborough to set up the THERMOSENSELAB. |
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Kate Christogianni, MSc
PhD Researcher
Loughborough University Kate completed her BSc in Psychology (Dissertation/Thesis: Inspection of nonconscious goals in intuition, effects in optimism and mystery moods) and also her MSc in Clinical Neuropsychology (Dissertation/Thesis: Brain lateralization and the state regulation in self-reported ADHD symptoms in adults) at University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
In January 2017 Kate started her PhD in the THERMOSENSELAB, where she investigates how temperature sensitivity impacts sensory, cognitive, and autonomic function in Multiple Sclerosis patients. |
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Charlotte Merrick, MSc
PhD Researcher
Loughborough University Charlotte completed her BSc in Biology and Forensic Science at the University of Keele (Theses: A Comparison of Destructive and Non-Destructive Methods to Estimate the Chronological Age of Teeth; A Comparison of Detection Methods for the Presence of the Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius in Hazel Woodland), and went on to study an MSc in Forensic Science at the University of Kent (Thesis: An Investigation into the Occurrence of Parturition Scarring in Medieval Skeletons).
Charlotte started her PhD in the THERMOSENSELAB in October 2017, where she now focusses on the multisensory integration of wetness perception with an application to absorbency products. |
Kaltrina Feka, MSc
Visiting PhD Researcher
University of Palermo Kaltrina competed her BSc in Sports Sciences at the University of Prishtina in Kosovo (2010), and e European MSc at the University of Rome "Foro Italico" (Thesis: Test-retest reliability of different methods to assess muscle quality of Austrian adults aged 20-35 years). During her Master’s she successfully completed 3 Internship [a) Healthy Adults- Fitness, prevention, and public health - University of Vienna (Austria); b) Movement Therapy for Special Populations - University of Sport Science, Cologne (Germany); c) Moving in Old Age - interdisciplinary approaches to the study of aging Internship in University of Southern Denmark, Odense (Denmark). In November 2017, Kaltrina started a fully-funded PhD program at the University of Palermo, Italy. During her PhD, she has spent 6 months at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (Neurophysiology of Movement Laboratory) and she is currently visiting THERMOSENSELAB for 12 months to conduct thermoregulatory research in clinical groups.
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Tom Statters, BSc
Postgraduate Researcher
Loughborough University Tom's background is in Product Design and for his BSc major study project he designed a wearable Ankle Foot Orthosis for patients suffering from foot drop. The device had integrated pressure sensors in the sole with the aim of tracking and improving the wearer's gait. Tom has recently joined THERMOSENSELAB to conduct his MSc research in the area of human thermroegulation
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Charlie Wildgoose
Undergraduate Researcher
Loughborough University Charlotte is in her final year studying BSc in Ergonomics (Human Factors Design) at Loughborough Design School. Charlotte completed a year in industry at a qualitative research agency where she performed video analyses of human behaviour. She has now joined the THERMOSENSELAB to conduct her final year project, which will investigate the effects of aging on skin wetness sensitivity across the body and the implication that this has on sensorimotor control of the hand.
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