People
The OpenFlexure project was started by Richard Bowman at the University of Cambridge. It is now developed and maintained by a global community, with contributions from academia, industry, healthcare and hobbyists. The current core development team is:
Our team of key contributors includes PhD students, volunteers, and maintainers of projects that we work closely with. These include:
Since 2025, we are proud to be supported by the Humanitarian Technology Trust, a UK-based charity with the aim of making life-saving equipment accessible around the world. The Trust is committed to using open source technology to improve people’s lives in underserved areas. Their goal is to build a network of manufacturers and users, to support the OpenFlexure Microscope in medical clinics around the world to diagnose cancer and malaria. The Humanitarian Technology Trust welcomes all contributions, so please look at how you can support their work.
The OpenFlexure project development has been a collaborative effort with our partners Bongo Tech & Research Labs, Ifakara Health Institute and the Texas Medical Centre.
- Valerian Sanga
- Paul Nyakyi
- Grace Anyelwisye
- Stanley Mwalembe
- Catherine Mkindi
- Valeriana Mayagaya
- Joram Mduda
- Daniel Rosen M.D.
- Kelsey Hummel D.O.
We’re grateful to a huge number of former and current contributors who helped the project to take shape.
Former fulltime members of Richard Bowman’s lab include:
- Joel Collins
- Kerrianne Harrington
- Kaspar Bumke
- Ed Meng
Early microscope development was based at the University of Cambridge, and was a collaboration of many researchers, including:
- Samuel McDermott
- Boyko Vodenicharski
- Filip Ayazi
- James Sharkey
- Darryl Foo
- Abhishek Ambekar
- Fergus Riche
- Alexandre Kabla
- S Hortzmann
- Pietro Cicuta
- Y Chun
- Jeremy J. Baumberg
- Alex Patto
- Nalin Patel
- Tianheng Zhao
- Sammy Mahdi