Professor Sandy Cochran

About the speaker

Professor Sandy Cochran

Professor Sandy Cochran is Professor of Ultrasound Materials and Devices in the Systems, Power & Energy division at the James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow. He leads a laboratory uniquely dedicated in the UK to developing ultrasound materials and systems for medical and life sciences applications - one of only a small number of such labs globally.

His research spans multiple dimensions of ultrasound technology, with particular emphasis on:

• the discovery and development of new piezoelectric materials, along with improved uses of existing ones

• miniature and microscale devices for higher-resolution clinical ultrasound imaging

• focused ultrasound surgery and ultrasound-targeted drug delivery

• ultrasound beamforming, including transmission and the manipulation of cells or particles

• sensing modalities using ultrasound and complementary technologies inside the body

Professor Cochran has substantial leadership experience: he has led more than 20 research projects with total funding exceeding £12 million, and participated as co-investigator in many more worth an additional ~£8 million. He is an inventor on ten patents, has co-founded two start-up companies, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, among other learned society memberships. Over the years, he has supervised many doctoral students - seventeen completed PhD/EngD students under his lead, plus others in joint supervision, and currently oversees further PhD/EngD students.