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Doctor Kimia Witte

³Ô¹Ïtv Chancellor's Fellow

Biomedical Engineering

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Personal statement

I am interested in understanding the mechanosensitivity of cells during the organogenesis of connective tissues, with a particular focus on the nervous system (both central and peripheral). I’m also interested in engineering Blood-Brain Barrier organoid models using microfluidics for applications in disease modelling and drug discovery. But my biggest interest is to show how the laws of physics make life possible and to use those laws to shape how life computes toward deterministic, controllable outcomes.

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Prize And Awards

Recipient
19/11/2025
Recipient
19/11/2025
Recipient
20/8/2024

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Publications

, de Andrés María C, Wells Julia, Dalby Matthew J, Salmeron-Sanchez Manuel, Oreffo Richard O C
Biofabrication Vol 12 (2020)
, Rodrigo-Navarro A, Salmeron-Sanchez M
Materials Today Bio Vol 2 (2019)
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CellMech2025 (2025)
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Organoids Are Us 2025
(2025)
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BioMedEng25 (2025)
Stock Paul, , , , Chatzimichali Anna, Spence Charles
Space and Culture, pp. 1-14 (2025)

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Research Interests

I am interested in understanding the mechanosensitivity of cells during the organogenesis of connective tissues, with a particular focus on the nervous system (both central and peripheral). I’m also interested in engineering Blood-Brain Barrier organoid models using microfluidics for applications in disease modelling and drug discovery. But my biggest interest is to show how the laws of physics make life possible and to use those laws to shape how life computes toward deterministic, controllable outcomes.

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If you share a research interest similar to mine and are a prospective PhD student or postdoctoral researcher, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Professional Activities

Chair
1/3/2026
Invited speaker
24/10/2025
Member
10/3/2025
Advisor
2/8/2024
Member
4/7/2023
Member
25/4/2023

Projects

Witte, Kimia (Principal Investigator)
21-Jan-2026 - 20-Jan-2027
Crawford, Megan (Principal Investigator) Tse, Dwight (Principal Investigator) Witte, Kimia (Co-investigator) Dragojlovic-Oliveira, Sonja (Co-investigator) McGill, Grainne (Co-investigator) Quigley, John (Co-investigator) White, Chris (Co-investigator)
05-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
Witte, Kimia (Principal Investigator) Windmill, James (Co-investigator) Arstall, Andrew (Research Co-investigator)
Leverhulme Doctoral School in Nature Inspired Acoustics (NIA) Studentship
01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2029
Witte, Kimia (Principal Investigator) Schulte, Carsten (Co-investigator) Merrett, Lorna (Research Co-investigator) Fowler, Dylan (Research Co-investigator)
John Gaylor Collaboration Fund (JGCF) 2025
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
Witte, Kimia (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
Witte, Kimia (Principal Investigator) Dowdell, Adam (Research Co-investigator)
06-Jan-2025 - 05-Jan-2026

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Contact

Kimia Witte

³Ô¹Ïtv Chancellor's Fellow
Biomedical Engineering

Email: kimia.witte@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4568