Tel: 01865 617747
College: St Catherine's College
Location: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Marcela Botnar Wing, Oxford OX3 7LD
Site: Old Road Campus
Research Building: Botnar Research Centre
Eleanor Stride is the Statutory Professor of Biomaterials in the Departments of Engineering Science and the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences. She specialises in the fabrication of nano and microscale devices for targeted drug delivery.
She obtained her BEng and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UCL where she subsequently appointed to a lectureship and a Royal Academy of Engineering and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Research Fellowship. In 2011 she was awarded an EPSRC Challenging Engineering grant and joined the Biomedical Ultrasonics, Biotherapy and Biopharmaceutical Laboratory (BUBBL) in the Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering, where she became a full Professor in 2014.
Her work has been recognized through the award of a Philip Leverhulme prize, The Royal Society Interface Award, Engineering Medal at the Parliamentary Science, Engineering & Technology for Britain awards, Acoustical Society of America Bruce Lindsay Award (2013), IET AF Harvey prize (2015), Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists (2020). She was also made a fellow of the ERA foundation for her contributions to public engagement and promotion of Engineering, for example through the Born to Engineer series and documentaries for the BBC. She was nominated as one of the top 100 most influential Women in Engineering in 2016 and 2019, was made a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2017, of the Acoustical Society of America in 2018, an honorary fellow of the IET in 2020, an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2021 and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers in 2026. She has published over 250 academic papers, 16 patents and is a director/advisor for 4 spin out companies set up to translate her research into clinical practice.
Eleanor’s research is focused in two complementary areas:
(1) Drug delivery systems engineering
Advanced encapsulation methods for the fabrication of drug carriers
Controlled release and biophysics of therapeutic delivery
Theranostics and treatment monitoring
(2) Biomedical ultrasonics
Engineering agents for diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Biophysical effects of ultrasound
Physics of cavitation
Miss Xueli Ban -
Dr Abhirup Banerjee - Academic
Dr Luca Bau - Research Staff
Ms Veerle Brans - Research Staff
Dr Victor Choi - Research Staff
Mr Davide De Grandi - DPhil Student
Dr Ramon Garcia Maset - Research Staff
Dr Romain Guyon - Research Staff
Ms Katharine Joyce - DPhil Student
Mr Zi Jian (Shawn) Lau - DPhil Student
Dr Martina Marcotulli - Research Staff
Ms Jovana Katrinka Mavrak - DPhil Student
Dr Awaneesh Upadhyay - Research Staff
Mr Ishaan Vadgama - DPhil Student
Ms Stephanie Walton - DPhil Student
Mr Sam Winiarski -
Dr Qiang Wu - Research Staff
EPSRC Transformative Healthcare Technologies (EP/W004283/1) Engineering Precision Medicine for the 21st Century (2021-2028)
EPSRC Programme grant (EP/V026623/1) Beyond Antibiotics (2021-2027)
MRC Research Grant (APP37006) Functional aging in human osteocytic networks (2025-2028)
MRC Research Grant (MR/X009793/1) Ultrasound-responsive agents for non-invasive fracture healing (2023-2027)
EPSRC Manufacturing Hub (EP/R013756/1) The Future Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub (Vax-Hub) (2024-2029)
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre – Musculoskeletal theme (NIHR203311) (2023-2028)
E. Stride. The influence of surface adsorption on microbubble dynamics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 366: 2103-2115 (2008) (invited) (#)
E. Stride, C. Porter*, A. Prieto, Q. Pankhurst. Enhancement of Microbubble Mediated Gene Delivery by Simultaneous Exposure to Ultrasonic and Magnetic Fields. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 35: 861-868 (2009) (#)
N. Hosny, G. Mohamedi*, P. Rademeyer*, J. Owen*, Y. Wu, M. Tang, R. Eckersley, E. Stride, M. Kuimova. Mapping microbubble viscosity using fluorescence lifetime imaging of molecular rotors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110: 9225-9230 (2013) (cover article) (#)
J. Owen*, P. Rademeyer*, D. Chung, Q. Cheng*, D. Holroyd, C. Coussios, P. Friend, Q. Pankhurst and E. Stride. Magnetic Targeting of Microbubbles against Physiologically Relevant Flow Conditions. Journal of the Royal Society Interface Focus 5: 20150001 (2015) (#)
J. Lee*, D. Carugo*, C. Crake*, J. Owen*, M. de Saint Victor*, A. Seth*, C. Coussios, E. Stride. Nanoparticle-loaded Protein-Polymer Nanodroplets for Improved Stability and Conversion Efficiency in Ultrasound Imaging and Drug Delivery. Advanced Materials 27: 5484–92 (2015) (#)
C. McEwan, S. Kamila, J. Owen*, H. Nesbitt, M. Taylor, M. Borden, E. Stride, A. McHale, J. Callan. Combined Sonodynamic and Antimetabolite Therapy for the Improved Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer using Oxygen Loaded Microbubbles as a Delivery Vehicle. Biomaterials 80:20-32 (2016) (#)
L. Barnsley*, D. Carugo*, E. Stride. Optimized shapes of magnetic arrays for drug targeting applications. Journal of Physics D 49: 225501 (2016)
D. Carugo*, M. Aron*, E. Sezgin, J. Bernardino de la Serna, M. Kuimova, C. Eggeling, E. Stride. Modulation of the molecular arrangement in artificial and biological membranes by phospholipid-shelled microbubbles. Biomaterials 113: 105-117 (2017)
H. Horsley, J. Owen, D. Carugo, E. Stride, J. Rohn. Ultrasound-activated microbubbles as a novel intracellular drug delivery system for urinary tract infection. Journal of Controlled Release 301, 166-175 (2019)
E. Beguin*, S. Shrivastava*, N. Dezhkunov, A. McHale, J. Callan, E. Stride. Direct evidence of multi-bubble sonoluminescence using therapeutic ultrasound and microbubbles. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, 19913−19919 (2019)
E. Stride and C. Coussios. Nucleation, Mapping and Control of Cavitation for Drug Delivery. Nature Reviews Physics DOI: 10.1038/s42254-019-0074-y (2019)
M. Aron*, O. Vince*, M. Gray, C. Mannaris, E. Stride. Investigating the Role of Lipid Transfer in Microbubble-Mediated Drug Delivery. Langmuir 35 (40), 13205-13215 (2019)
J.L. Ruan*, R.J. Browning*, Y.O. Yildiz*, L. Bau*, S. Kamila, M.D. Gray, L. Folkes, A. Hampson, A.P. McHale, J.F. Callan, B. Vojnovic, A.E. Kiltie, E. Stride. Evaluation of Loading Strategies to Improve Tumor Uptake of Gemcitabine in a Murine Orthotopic Bladder Cancer Model Using Ultrasound and Microbubbles. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology 47, 1596-1615 (2021)
O. Vince*, S. Peeters, V.A. Johanssen, M. Gray, S. Smart, N.R. Sibson, E. Stride. Microbubbles Containing Lysolipid Enhance Ultrasound‐Mediated Blood–Brain Barrier Breakdown In Vivo. Advanced Healthcare Materials 10, 2001343 (2021)
V Choi*, JL Rohn, P Stoodley, D Carugo, E Stride. Drug delivery strategies for antibiofilm therapy. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 1-18 (2023)
V Brans*, M Gray, E Sezgin, E Stride. Protein-Decorated Microbubbles for Ultrasound-Mediated Cell Surface Manipulation. ACS Applied Biomaterials 6: 5746-5758 (2024)
H Knowles*, A Vasilyeva*, M Sheth*, O Pattinson, J May, R Rumney, P Hulley, D Richards, D Carugo, N Evans, E Stride. Use of oxygen-loaded nanobubbles to improve tissue oxygenation: Bone-relevant mechanisms of action and effects on osteoclast differentiation. Biomaterials 305: 122448 (2024)
V Johanssen, JL Ruan*, O Vince*, A Thomas*, S Peeters, M Sarmiento Soto, J Buck, M Gray, E Stride, N Sibson. Targeted opening of the blood-brain barrier using VCAM-1 functionalised microbubbles and “whole brain” ultrasound. Theranostics 14, 4076-4089 (2024)
V Choi*, D Carugo, E Stride. Repurposing antimicrobials with ultrasound-triggered nanoscale systems for targeted biofilm drug delivery. NPJ Antimicrobials and Resistance (2025)
R Guyon*, L Bau*, S Reinke, A Salman, A Hill, E Stride, A Milicic. Injectable core-shell microspheres deliver prime-boost immunisation in a single shot. Science Translational Medicine 17: 804 (2025)
Q Wu, M Gray, CAB Smith, L Bau, RO Cleveland, C Coussios, E Stride. Challenges in classifying cavitation: Correlating high-speed optical imaging and passive acoustic mapping of cavitation dynamics. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 156: 3608-3620 (2025)
National Honours & Fellowships
- Freeman of The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers (2026)
- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (2021)
- Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) (2021)
- Fellowship of the Acoustical Society of America (2018)
- Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2017)
- Fellowship of the ERA Foundation (2014)
Academic Research
- Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, UK Life Sciences finalist (2020)
- The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) AF Harvey prize (2014)
- The Acoustical Society of America Bruce Lindsay Award (2013)
- The Leverhulme Trust, Philip Leverhulme Prize (Biomedical Engineering) (2009)
- Parliamentary Science, Engineering & Technology for Britain Engineering Medal (2009)
- EPSRC & Journal of the Royal Society Interface Award (best paper for the period 2004-2009)
- Royal Academy of Engineering EPSRC Research Fellowship (2005-2010)
Technology Transfer
- The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers Venture Prize (2010)
- Royal Society Brian Mercer Innovation Feasibility Award (2009)
Eleanor currently lectures in Non-Invasive Therapy for fourth year Engineering Science students and runs the second year coursework module in addition to supervising third and fourth year and Masters student projects. She is the Chair of Examiners for the MSc in Nanotechnology and also lectures in Ultrasound Physics for the Department of Physics and the Department ofOncology.
Katrinka Mavrak J, Bau L, Stride E, Rivera J, Sedgwick A, et al. (2026)
O'Reilly CS, Basit AW, Orlu M, Stride E, LuTheryn G, Gray MD, Carugo D, et al. (2026)
Winiarski S, Ty Ngo M, Reith W, Habart M, Schuffelgen U, Tachrount M, Clarke WT, Watts WW, Whitcomb DJ, Sharp T, Stride E, Rushworth MFS, Khalighinejad N, et al. (2026)
O’Brien K, Knowles HJ, Sloan S, Rumney RMH, Carugo D, Stride E, Evans ND, et al. (2026)
De Grandi D, LuTheryn G, Stoffels M, Born M, Gottenbos B, Carugo D, Stride E, et al. (2026)
Stride E, et al. ()
Smith CAB, Bar-Zion A, Wu Q, Malounda D, Bau L, Stride E, Shapiro MG, Coussios CC, et al. (2025)
Sheth M, Knight C, Wu Q, Vasilyeva A, Upadhyay A, Bau L, Ruan J-L, Ovenden N, Stride E, et al. ()
Kilbey T, Vecchi E, Salbany P, Handa A, Stride E, Sheth M, et al. (2025)
Guyon R, Reinke S, Truby A, Sims L, Hill AVS, Bau L, Stride E, Milicic A, et al. (2025)