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Current Group Members
Postdocs
Dr Balakumar Emayavaramban
From: Chennai, India
PDRA: Cardiff Univerity, 2021 – 2023
Advisor: Prof. Duncan Wass
PhD: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2020
Advisor: Prof. Basker Sundararaju
Fun fact: Is an amateur sommelier of J2O
Dr Reece Hoogesteger
From: London, England
PhD: University of St Andrews, 2024
Advisor: Dr Craig P. Johnston
Fun fact: Surname means high star in dutch
Fifth Year PhD Students
Nicola Murdoch
From: Dunfermline, Scotland
UG degree: MChem, University of Strathclyde, 2020
Project with Dr Craig Jamieson
Fun fact: Likes supervisors named Craig
Fourth Year PhD Students
Daniel Chin
co-supervised with
Prof. Andreas Gansäuer
(University of Bonn)
From: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
UG degree: MSci, University of Cambridge, 2020
Project with Prof. Erwin Reisner
Fun fact: Would give up eating meat before garlic
Wylan Wong
co-supervised with
Dr Stephen Wallace
(University of Edinburgh)
From: Hong Kong
UG degree: BSc, Imperial College London, 2021
Placement with Prof. Julius Brennecke (IMBA, Vienna Biocenter)
Fun fact: Likes eating things in one bite
Third Year PhD Students
Cara Philipson
From: Glasgow, Scotland
UG degree: MChem, University of St Andrews, 2022
Project with Dr Craig P. Johnston
Fun fact: First student to stay on for a PhD after their final year project
Panagiotis Kalomenopoulos
From: Greece
UG Degree: MChem, University of Edinburgh, 2021
Project with Prof. Andy Lawrence
Fun fact: Plays the Cretan lyra
Second Year PhD Students
David Groves
From: Sheffield, UK
UG degree: MSci, University of Cambridge, 2023
Project with Prof. Matthew J. Gaunt
Fun fact: Has two siblings with PhDs in chemistry
First Year PhD Students
Yating Guo
co-supervised with
Dr Stephen Wallace
(University of Edinburgh)
From: Shenzhen, China
UG degree: MSci, University College London, 2023
Project with Prof. David Selwood
Fun fact: Has an identical twin, so if you're seeing double, you're not imagining it!
Undergraduate Project Students
Yitong Wang
co-supervised with
Prof. Allan Watson
From: Shenyang, China
UG degree: MChem Chemistry (5th year)
Fun fact: This is the third time he has been part of the lab
Cole Tan
From: Cambridge, UK
UG degree: BSc Biology and Chemistry (4th year)
Fun fact: TBC
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