Meet our team

Our laboratory brings together researchers from molecular biology, physiology, bioinformatics, and clinical medicine, united by a shared interest in the mechanisms of metabolic disease.

Explore our research interests and backgrounds.

18 team members

Professor Antonio (Toni) Vidal-PuigPrincipal Investigator Investigates how obesity leads to insulin resistance, diabetes and cardiometabolic disease, with a focus on adipose tissue expandability, lipotoxicity and brown fat thermogenesis.View profile

Katie FisherPersonal Assistant Personal assistant to Professor Toni Vidal-Puig at TVPlab.View profile

Mark CampbellScientific Management Lead Leads the scientific and operational management of mouse metabolic and cardiometabolic phenotyping programmes, coordinating resources and improving research workflows and quality.View profile

Dr. Sergio Rodriguez-CuencaAssistant Research Professor Explores lipid remodelling, mitochondrial function, peroxisomes and lipid droplets to understand adipose tissue metabolism and insulin resistance in obesity and metabolic disease.View profile

Dr. Vanessa PellegrinelliBritish Heart Foundation CRE Career Development Fellow Studies how adipose tissue structure and extracellular matrix remodelling shape tissue plasticity and function, including fibro-inflammation and impaired brown fat thermogenesis.View profile

Dr. Sonia Rodriguez-FernandezSir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow Investigates the molecular steps that control human brown adipocyte differentiation and activation, seeking pathways that could increase brown fat recruitment and thermogenesis.View profile

Dr. Guillaume BidaultPostdoctoral Research Associate Studies how macrophage lipid synthesis and remodelling regulate inflammation, and how these immune-cell processes contribute to the cardiometabolic complications of obesity.View profile

Dr. Ioannis KamzolasPostdoctoral Research Associate Uses transcriptomics, machine learning and integrated multi-omics to understand liver and adipose tissue dysfunction, particularly the progression of MASLD and MASH.View profile

Dr. Isabel FusterPostdoctoral Research Associate Investigates how macrophages sense excess lipids and adapt their metabolism, exploring their roles in inflammation, fibrosis and metabolic syndrome and their potential as therapeutic targets.View profile

Dr. Hao JiaRoyal Society International Research Fellow Studies how lipid metabolism in different macrophage populations influences the progression of fatty liver disease, focusing on membrane remodelling and new lipid synthesis in MASLD and MASH.View profile

Dr. Ruoqi DuPostdoctoral Research Associate Studies adipose tissue expansion and lipotoxicity, focusing on zinc-finger proteins that regulate adipogenesis and their potential as targets for obesity and related metabolic complications.View profile

Martin DaleResearch Assistant Research assistant in the TVPlab team at Cambridge.View profile

Nazuk GuptaResearch Assistant Investigates nutrient signalling and metabolic dysfunction, with interests in how diet shapes immune function and host–microbe interactions in the gut.View profile

Milidili MaimaitiResearch Assistant Supports studies of adipose tissue and lipid metabolism, with interests in lipid droplets, mitochondrial function and macrophage lipid remodelling in obesity and type 2 diabetes.View profile

Mohammadhadi MoradiResearch Assistant Research Assistant based at HLRI, working with Dr. Sonia Rodriguez-Fernandez on adipose tissue biology and metabolism, with experience in stem-cell differentiation and organoid models.View profile

Cherub Kaida WuPhD · Lab Communication Director Investigates brown adipose tissue dysfunction in obesity, with broader interests in energy metabolism and cellular organisation. Cherub also serves as the lab's Communication Director.View profile

Iman MaliPhD Uses human induced pluripotent stem cells to study brown fat development, improving brown adipocyte differentiation and characterisation through transcriptomics and biological cryoimaging.View profile

Dr. Rodrigo SantosVisiting Entrepreneur Helps identify opportunities to translate TVPlab discoveries into commercial applications, drawing on experience in cell biology and cell technologies across biotechnology and pharmaceutical research.View profile