THERMOSENSELAB
Davide Filingeri, PhD
Vice-Chancellor's Lecturer
​Univeristy of Sydney
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.
Kate Christogianni, MSc
PhD Reseracher
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.
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 ​
Postgraduate Reseracher
Alessandro has recently completed an MSc in Sciences and Techniques of Preventive and Adapted Sports Activities at the University of Palermo (Thesis: Monitoring of the Young Soccer Player via GPS: Comparison of Exercises). In 2015 he obtains the qualification of "Professional Athletic Trainer" (Thesis: Aerobic power: the intermittent race as a method of development and evaluation methods), and in 2018 that of "Basic Football Technician: UEFA B", both issued by the Italian National Federal Technical Center.
Alessandro joined the THERMOSENSELAB as a visiting reseracher in April 2018, and his research focuses on the impact of maximal exercise on local thermosensitivtiy.
Jasmine O'Garro
​Jasmine is in her final year studying for a BSc in Ergonomics (Human Factor Design) at Loughborough Design School . After completing a year in industry at Mylan Pharma UK as a human factors engineer, she has returned to complete her undergraduate studies. Jasmine is currently completing her final year project (An evaluation of thermal resilience techniques used by Multiple Sclerosis patients) in the Thermosense Lab. The aim of her research is the implementation of a user centred design approach to temperature sensitivity amelioration in Multiple Sclerosis patients.