People
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Idris Kempf
Associate Professor of Control Engineering
Idris Kempf is an Associate Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, a Hugh Price Fellow at Jesus College, and a Stipendiary Lecturer at Keble College. He received a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Robotics, Systems and Control from ETH Zurich before working in Amsterdam as a quantitative trader and software developer. He subsequently completed a DPhil in Control Engineering at Oxford and was appointed Associate Professor in 2026.
His research focuses on applied control engineering for particle accelerators, advanced manufacturing and engineering biology. He develops mathematical and computational methods that connect control theory with the demands of practical deployment.
Current members & associates
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Dr Jerko Rosko
Senior Software Engineer
Co-supervised with Jean-Baptiste Lugagne. Jerko is developing a UI for the DeLTA microscopy software.
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Adam Housh
Research Assistant
Adam is a third-year Engineering Science undergraduate at Hertford College working on the NEXTRODE project.
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Riki Demma
Research Assistant
Riki is a second-year Engineering Science undergraduate and EUROP award recipient working on optimisation methods.
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Liam Metcalf
Research Assistant
Liam is a second-year Engineering Science undergraduate contributing to the development of DeLTA and our automated microscopy systems.
Past members & associates
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Dr Hyuntae Kim
Postdoctoral Researcher
Hyuntae worked with Diamond Light Source through an EPSRC IAA grant and on smart battery manufacturing through the NEXTRODE grant.
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Ms Peilin Zhang
MSc project student
Peilin developed new data-based methods for control-relevant similarity of dynamical systems.