University Assistant Professor in Bioelectronic Systems
Academic Division: Electrical Engineering
Email: ag2239@cam.ac.uk
Research interests
Dr Amparo Güemes leads the NeuMeC Lab (Neuro Metabolic Control Systems Laboratory) at the University of Cambridge, an interdisciplinary research group working at the interface of neurotechnology, bioelectronics, and metabolic control. The lab focuses on developing closed loop platforms that integrate neural and metabolic sensing with adaptive algorithms. Combining signal processing, modelling, analogue and digital bioelectronics, and electrophysiology, NeuMeC bridges engineering innovation with biological insight to deliver clinically relevant and translationally impactful solutions.
Dr Güemes’s research centres on bioelectronic medicine, a field that integrates biology and engineering to create therapies based on electrical interfaces with the nervous system. Her projects include both preclinical and clinical studies using electrical and metabolic bioelectronics targeting the brain, vagus nerve, and enteric nervous system to improve glucose regulation in diabetes and reduce seizure frequency and severity in epilepsy, among other applications. By integrating ultra low power analogue front end circuits, high bandwidth digital architectures, and real time adaptive algorithms, her work enables precise biomarker monitoring alongside dynamic modulation of multiple biological circuits, supporting the development of highly personalised therapies for complex chronic conditions.
Her platforms are designed to be scalable, translational, and adaptable across multiple indications, supporting patient empowerment while creating opportunities for innovation and economic growth in healthcare technology. Through this work, Dr Güemes contributes to advancing bioelectronic medicine globally, supporting a shift from medication centric approaches toward adaptive, personalised therapies enabled by advanced neurotechnology.
Research opportunities
Amparo welcomes PhD applications from candidates interested in advancing closed-loop neurotechnology for chronic metabolic diseases. For inquiries, please reach out via email.
Biography
Dr Güemes is Assistant Professor in Bioelectronics Systems at the University of Cambridge and a Royal Academy of Engineering and Rosetrees Research Fellow. She received her BSc in Biomedical Engineering (2016) from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, and her MSc in Biomedical Engineering (2017) and PhD in Electrical Engineering (2021) from Imperial College London, UK, where she was supervised by Prof Pantelis Georgiou. Her doctoral research focused on mathematical modelling of the neural regulation of glucose homeostasis. During her PhD, she was a visiting research fellow in the Computational Sensory Motor Systems Lab led by Prof Ralph Etienne Cummings at Johns Hopkins University, where she investigated the in vivo effects of neural stimulation on blood glucose dynamics.
In 2021, she joined the University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral researcher within the Bioelectronics Lab led by Prof George Malliaras, developing an independent research direction at the interface of neurotechnology and metabolic control. Following the award in 2025 of the Royal Academy of Engineering, co-funded by Rosetrees Trust, she assumed a co leadership role within the Bioelectronics Lab, contributing to research leadership and supervision, while establishing her own independent group. This activity was consolidated in 2026 with the formation of the Neuro Metabolic Control Systems Lab.
Dr Güemes is author of more than 15 publications and presentations (google scholar), in highly recognized journals and international conferences, such as Nature Communications, Journal of Neural Engineering and the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. She has won multiple awards from leading institutions including Imperial College and John Hopkins University, such as the Ash Prize for the best academic performance and the Stella Bagrit Centenary Memorial Prize for the best MSc individual project in her MSc in Neurotechnology in Imperial College London, and received the 3rd Prize in the prestigious Spanish National End of Degree Excellence Awards in 2020. She has also been recipient of the Rafael del Pino Felowship to pursue her master and PhD at Imperial College London. In 2021 Amparo was awarded the prestigious 1851 Research Fellowship by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 to continue her research as a postdoctoral researcher for three years at the University of Cambridge. In 2023, her work was recognised with the Engineering Award from the L’Oréal UNESCO UK and Ireland For Women in Science Rising Talent Programme, and she has recently been awarded a Beloe Fellowship from the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers to further support her research activities.