Davide Filingeri, PhD
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor in Skin Health
University of Southampton
Associate Professor in Skin Health
University of Southampton
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I research how human skin senses temperature and wetness, how this influences our body temperature regulation and thermal behavior, and how this integrated system is impaired by neurodegeneration in the form of Multiple Sclerosis.
Following on my doctorate, I received an Endeavour Research Fellowship to investigate thermoregulation in multiple sclerosis at the University of Sydney (awarded by the Australian Government). I then held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, where I researched patterns of skin thermosensing across the body in healthy individuals (funded by the US Dept. of Energy). In October 2016, I was recruited to a research-intensive Vice Chancellor’s Lectureship by Loughborough University, where I set up the THERMOSENSELAB. In March 2021, I joined the University of Southampton’ Skin Health Research Group as an Associate Professor, where I continues to investigate how the skin, this marvellous organ that wrap us all, detects and reacts to the thermal challenges posed by our surrounding environments. |
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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. |
Alessandro Valenza, MSc
PhD Researcher
University of Palermo Alessandro holds an MSc in sciences and techniques of preventive and adapted sports activities at the University of Palermo. In 2015, he qualified as ‘Professional Athletic Trainer’ and, in 2018, as a ‘Basic Football Technician: UEFA B’. Alessandro first joined the THERMOSENSELAB as a visiting researcher in April 2018, and his research focused on the impact of maximal exercise on local wetness sensitivity in males and females. In 2020, Alessandro joined a PhD program jointly supervised by THERMOSENSELAB and the University of Palermo, and investigating on thermosensing in female athletes.
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