# Featured research and innovation
**Source**: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/
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Queen Mary attracts world-class researchers from all corners of the globe.
Their work has a far-reaching impact, improving health, social and living conditions, advancing technology and innovation, and influencing public policy and debate.
### [Sensing the forest: exploring climate change through sound, AI and art](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/research-impact/case-study-sensing-the-forest/)
#### School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Anna Xambo
Senior Lecturer in Sound and Music Computing
### [Tackling the challenge of generalisable hate speech detection](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/research-impact/case-study-tackling-the-challenge-of-generalisable-hate-speech-detection/)
#### School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Arkaitz Zubiaga
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
### [Houseplant study forges fresh connections between people and nature](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/houseplant-study-forges-fresh-connections-between-people-and-nature/)
#### School of Politics and International Relations
Giulia Carabelli
Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Social Theory)
### [35+ year programme defines acid rain’s effects on freshwater wildlife](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/35-year-programme-defines-acid-rains-effects-on-freshwater-wildlife/)
#### School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
J Iwan Jones
Head of the River Communities Group
### [What are you looking at? AI tool for designers has the answers](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/what-are-you-looking-at-ai-tool-for-designers-has-the-answers--/)
#### School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Hamit Soyel
Research Fellow
### [The smart toothpaste that provides all-day protection from decay and sensitivity](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/the-smart-toothpaste-that-gives-you-all-day-protection-from-decay-and-sensitivity/)
#### Institute of Dentistry
Robert Hill
Professor of Physical Sciences in Relation to Dentistry
### [Funding justice: Queen Mary academic fights for crucial reform to UK law](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/funding-justice-queen-mary-academic-fights-for-crucial-reform-to-uk-law/)
#### School of Law
Rachael Mulheron
Professor of Tort Law, Civil Justice and Honorary King’s Counsel
### [Space plasma insights could help protect us from the harms of space weather](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/space-plasma-insights-could-help-protect-us-from-the-harms-of-space-weather/)
#### School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Christopher Chen
Reader in Space Plasma Physics
### [Elevating creative and economic productivity with AI-powered music platforms](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/elevating-creative-and-economic-productivity-with-ai-powered-music-platforms/)
#### School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Josh Reiss
Professor of Audio Engineering
### [Are you listening? Verbatim Theatre gives voice and ear to care leavers](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/are-you-listening-verbatim-theatre/)
#### School of English and Drama
Maggie Inchley
Senior Lecturer in Performance and Director of Schools Engagement (Drama)
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#### School of English and Drama
Charlotte Salmi
Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial and Global Literature
### [Eroding our future – Building resilient coastal communities](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/eroding-our-future--building-resilient-coastal-communities-/)
#### School of Geography
Kate Spencer
Professor of Environmental Geochemistry
### [COMBI trial hopes to reverse the cycle of low birth weight in Zimbabwe](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/combi-trial-hopes-to-reverse-the-cycle-of-low-birth-weight-in-zimbabwe/)
#### The Blizard Institute
Andrew Prendergast
Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow, Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunology
### [A library of plant genomes – what can we learn about our changing landscape?](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/a-library-of-plant-genomes--what-can-we-learn-about-our-changing-landscape/)
#### School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Andrew Leitch
Professor of Plant Genetics and Co-director of MSc Plant and Fungal Taxonomy Diversity
### [Building a path to accessible medical education](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/building-a-path-to-accessible-medical-education/)
#### School of Medicine and Dentistry (Medicine)
Chie Adachi
Dean for Digital Education
### [The camera as witness – can body-worn cameras reduce violence?](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/the-camera-as-witness--can-body-worn-cameras-reduce-violence/)
#### School of Economics and Finance
Pedro CL Souza
Senior Lecturer
### [The ethical implications of AI in warfare](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/the-ethical-implications-of-ai-in-warfare/)
#### School of Politics and International Relations
Dr Elke Schwarz
Senior Lecturer and IHSS Fellow
### [AI in surveillance: how do we avoid a dystopia?](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/ai-in-surveillance-how-do-we-avoid-a-dystopia/)
#### School of Law
Daragh Murray
Reader in Political Theory
### [Feed the children – understanding the issues of food security in Zimbabwe](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/research/featured-research/feed-the-children--understanding-the-issues-of-food-security-in-zimbabwe/)
#### School of Geography
Tim Brown
Professor of Global Health Geography
### [New tests for early detection of pancreatic cancer offer significant hope](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/new-tests-for-early-detection-of-pancreatic-cancer-offer-significant-hope/)
#### Barts Cancer Institute
Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic
Professor of Molecular Pathology and Biomarkers
### [Picture this – street art in Nepal displays powerful messages for women and girls](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/picture-this--street-art-in-nepal-displays-powerful-messages-for-women-and-girls/)
#### School of English and Drama
Dr Charlotta Salmi
Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial and Global Literature
### [Who joins a political party and why?](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/research/featured-research/who-joins-a-political-party-and-why/)
#### School of Politics and International Relations
Tim Bale
Professor of Politics
### [Knowledge in the bank – how tissue banks are advancing precision cancer research](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/knowledge-in-the-bank--how-tissue-banks-are-advancing-precision-cancer-research/)
#### Barts Cancer Institute
Hemant Kocher
Professor of Liver and Pancreas Surgery
### [A library of plants – what can we learn about our changing landscape?](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/featured-research/a-library-of-plants--what-can-we-learn-about-our-changing-landscape/)
#### School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Andrew Leitch
Professor of Plant Genetics
### [Action leading the law − medication abortion pills changing access around the world](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/research/featured-research/action-leading-the-law--medication-abortion-pills-changing-access-around-the-world/)
#### School of Geography
Dr Sydney Calkin
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
### [ANIMATE – a new frontier in antenna design](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/research-impact/animate--a-new-frontier-in-antenna-design/)
#### School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Yang Hao
Professor of Antennas and Electromagnetics
### [Look at those genes – research offers better health outcomes for British Bangladeshi and Pakistani people](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/blizard/research/featured-research/look-at-those-genes--gene-research-offers-better-health-outcomes-for-british-bangladeshi-and-pakistani-people/)
#### The Blizard Institute
David van Heel
Professor of Genetics
### [Starving a tumour – new research in cancer metabolism gives hope to patients with mesothelioma](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/starving-a-tumour--new-research-in-cancer-metabolism-gives-hope-to-patients-with-mesothelioma-/)
#### Barts Cancer Institute
Professor Peter Szlosarek
Professor of Medical Oncology
### [The camera as witness – can body-worn cameras reduce violence?](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/the-camera-as-witness--can-body-worn-cameras-reduce-violence-/)
#### School of Economics and Finance
Dr Pedro CL Souza
Senior Lecturer
### [Sing along solutions – automatic lyric transcription for the music streaming age](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/research-impact/sing-along-solutions--automatic-lyric-transcription-for-the-music-streaming-age/)
#### School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Simon Dixon
Professor of Computer Science
### [Aerosol-treated perovskites – shedding new light on affordable solar energy](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/aerosol-treated-perovskites--shedding-new-light-on-affordable-solar-energy/)
#### School of Engineering and Materials Science
Dr Joe Briscoe
Reader in Energy Materials & Devices
### [Sing along solutions – automatic lyric transcription for the music streaming age](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/sing-along-solutions--automatic-lyric-transcription-for-the-music-streaming-age/)
#### School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Emir Demirel
PhD researcher
### [Surviving and thriving – how the COMBI trial hopes to reverse the cycle of low birth weight in Zimbabwe](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/blizard/research/featured-research/surviving-and-thriving--how-the-combi-trial-hopes-to-reverse-the-cycle-of-low-birth-weight-in-zimbabwe/)
#### The Blizard Institute
Professor Andrew Prendergast
### [The heart’s twin – how pioneering digital twin research is personalising the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/the-hearts-twin--how-pioneering-digital-twin-research-is-personalising-the-treatment-of-atrial-fibrillation-/)
#### School of Engineering and Materials Science
Dr Caroline Roney
Lecturer in Computational Medicine
### [What’s in the water? Measuring the impact of plastic pollution](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/featured-research/measuring-the-impact-of-plastic-pollution/)
#### School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Professor Iwan Jones
Head of the River Communities Group
### [Working beyond the border − supporting labour rights in European Union trade policy](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research/featured-research/working-beyond-the-border/)
#### School of Business and Management
Liam Campling
Professor of International Business and Development
### [The 100,000 Genomes Project: holding the key to 21st-century healthcare?](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/whri/research/featured-research/the-100000-genomes-project-holding-the-key-to-21st-century-healthcare/)
#### William Harvey Research institute
Professor Sir Mark Caulfield
Vice Principal for Health for Queen Mary’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
### [Cloud computing – how should it be regulated?](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/research/research-impact/cloud-computing--how-should-it-be-regulated/)
#### School of Law
Christopher Millard
Professor of Privacy and Information Law
### [Cloud computing – how should it be regulated?](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/cloud-computing--how-should-it-be-regulated/)
#### School of Law
Christopher Millard
Professor of Privacy and Information Law
### [Hard graft: How Queen Mary research created a landmark range of synthetic bone-graft materials](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/hard-graft-how-queen-mary-research-created-a-landmark-range-of-synthetic-bone-graft-materials/)
#### School of Engineering and Materials Science
Dr Karin Hing
Reader in Biomedical Materials/ Education Lead Engineering Better Medicine
### [Are you listening? Verbatim Theatre gives voice and ear to care-experienced young people](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/featured-research/verbatim-theatre/)
#### School of English and Drama
Dr Maggie Inchley
Senior Lecturer in Performance and Director of Schools Engagement
### [Prevent online gambling harm through better regulation](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/research/research-impact/preventing-online-gambling-harm-through-regulation/)
#### Centre for Commercial Law Studies
Professor Julia Hörnle
Professor of Internet Law
### [A pioneering ‘one-stop’ clinic for Behçet’s syndrome transforms patient care](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/dentistry/research-centres/featured-research/a-pioneering-one-stop-clinic-for-behets-syndrome-transforms-patient-care/)
#### Institute of Dentistry
Professor Farida Fortune
Professor of Medicine in Relation to Oral Health
### [Professor Foster leads efforts in England to eliminate Hepatitis C virus](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/blizard/research/featured-research/professor-foster-leads-efforts-in-england-to-eliminate-hepatitis-c-virus/)
#### The Blizard Institute
Professor Graham Foster
Professor of Hepatology
### [How do you store the most dangerous materials on Earth? Changing international policies on nuclear waste](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/research/featured-research/how-do-you-store-the-most-dangerous-metals-on-earth/)
#### School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Professor Kostya Trachenko
Professor of Physics
### [Promoting sustainable development under EU free trade agreements](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/research/featured-research/promoting-sustainable-development-under-eu-free-trade-agreements/)
#### School of Geography
Professor Adrian Smith
Professor of Human Geography
### [New technology helps re-identify people in videos](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/research-impact/new-technology-helps-re-identify-people-in-videos/)
#### School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Sean Gong
Professor of Visual Computation
### [Helping doctors communicate better with patients](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/research-impact/helping-doctors-communicate-better-with-patients/)
#### School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Pat Healey
Professor of Human Interaction
### [Disrupting the music industry with AI algorithms](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/research/research-impact/disrupting-the-music-industry-with-ai-algorithms/)
#### School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Josh Reiss
Professor of Audio Engineering
### [What does home mean to you?](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/research/featured-research/the-centre-for-studies-of-home-collaborative-research-with-the-museum-of-the-home--/)
#### School of Geography
Professor Alison Blunt
Co-director (with Sonia Solicari, Director of the Museum of the Home)
### [The Crusades and the medieval knight William Marshal, changing perception and stimulating engagement](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/history/research/featured-research/the-crusades-and-the-medieval-knight-william-marshal-changing-perception-and-stimulating-engagement/)
#### School of History
Dr. Thomas Asbridge
Reader in Medieval History
### [Queen Mary research confirms that HPV vaccine could 'nearly eliminate' cervical cancer](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/our-research/featured-research/queen-mary-research-confirms-that-hpv-vaccine-could-nearly-eliminate-cervical-cancer/)
#### Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Professor Jack Cuzick, FRS FMedSci, FRCP (Hon)
John Snow Professor of Epidemiology
### [Focused, rapid interventions for injured patients with major bleeding saves thousands of lives](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/blizard/research/featured-research/focused-rapid-interventions-for-injured-patients-with-major-bleeding-saves-thousands-of-lives-/)
#### The Blizard Institute
Professor Karim Brohi
Chair of Trauma Sciences
### [Can you say how you feel? Exploring the history of emotions](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/history/research/featured-research/the-history-of-emotions/)
#### School of History
Professor Thomas Dixon
Professor of History
### [A smart toothpaste that “knows” what your teeth need](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/dentistry/research-centres/featured-research/a-smart-toothpaste-that-knows-what-your-teeth-need/)
#### Institute of Dentistry
Robert Hill
Professor of Physical Sciences in relation to Dentistry
### [Eroding our future – pollution from historic landfills threatens our coastlines](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/research/featured-research/-eroding-our-future--pollution-from-historic-landfills-threatens-our-coastlines/)
#### School of Geography
Professor Kate Spencer
Professor of Environmental Geochemistry
### [Our nearest neighbours? The astonishing discovery of exoplanet Proxima b](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/research/featured-research/our-nearest-neighbours-the-astonishing-discovery-of-exoplanet-proxima-b/)
#### School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Dr Guillem Anglada-Escudé
Reader in Astronomy
### [Loggerhead turtle conservation: empowering NGOs through research](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/featured-research/loggerhead-turtle-conservation-empowering-ngos-through-research/)
#### School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Professor Christophe Eizaguirre
Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics, Head of Biology Department
### [Professor Johal’s research enables thousands to Sleepwell](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/dentistry/research-centres/featured-research/professor-johals-research-enables-thousands-to-sleepwell/)
#### Institute of Dentistry
Professor Ama Johal
Deputy Dean Professor of Orthodontics
### [New genetic testing regime brings hope to adrenal insufficiency patients](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/whri/research/featured-research/new-genetic-testing-regime-brings-hope-to-adrenal-insufficiency-patients/)
#### William Harvey Research institute
Professor Lou Metherell
Professor of Endocrine Genetics
### [Helping London’s children breathe more easily: how Queen Mary research influenced the introduction of the Ultra Low Emission Zone](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/blizard/research/featured-research/helping-londons-children-breathe-more-easily-how-queen-mary-research-influenced-the-introduction-of-the-ultra-low-emission-zone/)
#### The Blizard Institute
Professor Jonathan Grigg
Professor of Paediatric Respiratory and Environmental Medicine
### [HPV screening transforms cervical cancer prevention programmes worldwide](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/our-research/featured-research/hpv-screening-transforms-cervical-cancer-prevention-programmes-worldwide/)
#### Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Professor Jack Cuzick, FRS FMedSci, FRCP (Hon)
John Snow Professor of Epidemiology
### [Improving the oral health of vulnerable children](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/dentistry/research-centres/featured-research/improving-the-oral-health-of-vulnerable-children/)
#### Institute of Dentistry
Dr Vanessa Muirhead
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health
### [Keeping everyone sweet − sugar, childhood obesity and the food industry](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/our-research/featured-research/keeping-everyone-sweet--sugar-childhood-obesity-and-the-food-industry/)
#### Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Professor Graham MacGregor CBE
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
### [Taking Action on Salt: How Queen Mary’s research improved the food on your plate](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/our-research/featured-research/taking-action-on-salt-how-queen-marys-research-improved-the-food-on-your-plate/)
#### Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Professor Graham MacGregor CBE
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
### [Genetic resistance brings hope for ash trees](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/featured-research/genetic-resistance-brings-hope-for-ash-trees/)
#### School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Professor Richard Buggs
Professor of Evolutionary Genomics
### [Prolaris – a powerful test for prostate cancer prognosis](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/our-research/featured-research/prolaris--a-powerful-test-for-prostate-cancer-prognosis/)
#### Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Professor Jack Cuzick, FRS FMedSci, FRCP (Hon)
John Snow Professor of Epidemiology
### [Who owns the fish? Global value chains in the fishing industry](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research/featured-research/who-owns-the-fish-global-value-chains-in-the-fishing-industry-/)
#### School of Business and Management
Professor Liam Campling
Professor of International Business and Development
### [And justice for all – crucial reform to make recourse to the law accessible](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/research/research-impact/facilitating-access-to-justice/)
#### School of Law
Professor Rachael Mulheron
Professor of Tort Law and Civil Justice
### [Reforming financial regulation and resolution](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/research/research-impact/reforming-financial-regulation-and-resolution/)
#### Centre for Commercial Law Studies
Professor Rosa María Lastra
Sir John Lubbock Chair in Banking Law
### [Plight of the bumblebee: how Queen Mary helped Britain’s native pollinators](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/featured-research/plight-of-the-bumblebee-how-queen-mary-helped-britains-native-pollinators-/)
#### School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Professor Lars Chittka
Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology
### [‘Strengths for the Journey’ intervention gives hope to children in refugee camps](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/featured-research/strengths-for-the-journey-intervention-gives-hope-to-children-in-refugee-camps/)
#### School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Dr Sevasti Foka
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Director of Graduate Employment and Opportunities
### [The pinprick that improves cancer diagnosis: rapid blood test brings prostate cancer hope](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/bci/the-pinprick-that-improves-cancer-diagnosis/)
#### Barts Cancer Institute
Professor Yong-Jie Lu
Professor of Molecular Oncology
### [Discovery of two mole-rat species creates new protected areas in Tanzania](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/featured-research/discovery-of-two-mole-rat-species-creates-new-protected-areas-in-tanzania/)
#### School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Dr Chris Faulkes
Reader in Evolutionary Ecology
### [Long-term research on fresh waters informs policy and reveals response to reductions in air pollution](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/featured-research/long-term-research-on-fresh-waters-informs-policy/)
#### School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Professor Alan Hildrew
Professor of Ecology