MissMaya Thabal Herron

Maya Thabal Herron is a PhD researcher at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, specialising in smart textiles and soft sensing technologies. Her research explores the potential of triboelectric textiles to enable next-generation wearable technologies through integrated energy harvesting. Alongside her doctoral research, she contributes to STELEC, a Horizon Europe project developing sustainable end-of-life design strategies and recycling pathways for electronic textiles. She holds an MEng in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Manchester.

Beyond the lab, Maya chairs the Black Doctoral Network at Imperial, creating opportunities that support and empower the next generation of Black researchers across London.