Principal Investigator

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Dr Paulina Quintanilla

Assistant Professor in Process Systems Engineering

Current PhD Students

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David McGurk

PhD student at UCL

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Yukai Xu

PhD student at UCL

Visiting Students and Researchers

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Roberto Aliaga

MSc student at Universidad de Chile

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Zahra Etemad

Researcher

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Agustín Fuenzalida

MSc student at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

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Rasa Pourjam

Researcher

Alumni

Sultan Alhamdan

MSc 2025/26
University College London

 

Benjamin Araya

Former MSc student
Univ. Técnica Federico Santa María

Kofo Awodun

PhD student
Brunel University of London

Billy Davies

Research Associate
Brunel University of London

Victor Dehon

Former MSc student
Imperial College London

Benjamin Olivares

Former MSc student
Univ. Técnica Federico Santa María

Yicong Wang

PhD student
University of Cambridge

Join Us

We are always looking for motivated researchers with a background in chemical engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science or a related field, and an interest in machine learning, optimisation or control.

PhD students. PhD positions are funded through UCL and UK research council studentships when available, external scholarships (such as government scholarship schemes in your home country), or self-funding. Funded positions are announced on our News page.

Postdoctoral researchers. We are happy to support strong candidates applying for independent fellowships, such as the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowships and Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships. Please get in touch well before the deadline so we can develop a proposal together.

MSc and visiting students. UCL MSc students can carry out their research project with us, and we welcome visiting students and researchers from other institutions.

How to apply. Email p.quintanilla@ucl.ac.uk with your CV, a short paragraph on your research interests and which of our research areas they relate to, and links to your Google Scholar, LinkedIn or GitHub profiles.