Past Group Members
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Postdoctoral Associates and Fellows
Harsh Poddar
Dr Yuqi Yu
Dr Shaowei Zhang (Manchester)
Dr Robin Hoeven (Manchester)
Current Position: Technical Specialist in Bioprocessing, University of Manchester
Dr Mauro Rinaldi (Manchester)
Dr Matthew Faulkner (Manchester)
Current Position: Research Fellow at Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub
Dr Jonathan Wilkes (Manchester)
Dr Pallavi Tripathi (Manchester)
Dr Tobias Hedison (Manchester)
Dr Aliah Hawari (Manchester)
Dr Gajendar Komatti Reddy (Manchester)
Dr Daniel Kracher (Manchester)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Food Technology Vienna, Austria
Dr Syed Ahmed (Manchester)
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Aitor Henrandez-Ortega (Manchester)
Current position: Data Scientist, CGA, Manchester
Dr Ziga Zebec (Manchester)
Current position: University Assistant, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Dr Vijaykumar Karuppiah (Manchester)
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Immunocore
Dr Elizabeth Hunter (Manchester)
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Stephan Gorlich (Manchester)
Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher, TU Dresden, Germany
Dr Aisling Ní Cheallaigh (Manchester)
Current position: Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Adrian Jervis (Manchester)
Current position: Senior Experimental Officer, SYNBIOCHEM, University of Manchester
Dr Tanja Knaus (Manchester)
Current position: Senior Researcher at HIMS-Biocat (University of Amsterdam)
Dr David Mansell (Manchester)
Current position: Patent Scientist, Murgitroyd, Newcastle upon Tyne
Dr Mani Maiti (Manchester)
Current Position: Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
Dr Clare Levene (Manchester)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Manchester
Dr Binuraj Menon (Manchester)
Current Position: WISB Research Career Development Fellow, University of Warwick
Dr Christine Fernandez (Manchester)
Current Position: Director of Research Management Centre at Management and Science University, Malaysia
Dr Christopher Pudney (Manchester)
Current position: Lecturer, University of Bath, UK
Dr Sam Hay (Manchester)
Current position: Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Rachel Dunn (Manchester)
Current position: Scientific writer, New Zealand
Dr Colin Levy (Manchester)
Current Position: Senior Experimental Officer, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Jiayun Pang (Manchester)
Current Position: Senior Lecturer in Computational Chemistry, University of Greenwich, UK
Dr Niek Heuts (Manchester)
Current position: Lecturer Biochemistry at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Dr Alex Jones (Manchester)
Current position: Principle Research Scientist, National Physical Laboratory, UK
Dr Adrian Dunford (Leicester)
Current position: Laboratory Manager at Elsoms Seeds Ltd.
Dr Jaswir Basran (Leicester)
Current position: Senior Experimental Officer, University of Leicester, UK
Dr Nicky Baxter (Sheffield/Manchester)
Dr Laura Masgrau (Leicester and Manchester)
Current position: Senior Researcher, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Dr Kirsten Wolthers (Leicester and Manchester)
Current position: Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr Anna Fryszkowska (Manchester)
Current position: Associate Principal Scientist at Merck Biocatalysis Group
Dr Stephan Mohr (Manchester)
Current position: Research Scientist, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Pierre Lafite (Manchester)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique, Université d’Orléans, France
Dr Tewes Tralau (Manchester)
Current position: Head of Coordination and Overall Assessment, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany
Dr Corolla Tralau (Manchester)
Dr Jonathan Combe (Leicester and Manchester)
Current position: Senior Molecular Biologist at NeuTec Pharma
Dr Simon Bowden (Cambridge)
Dr Al Walid Mohsen (Leicester)
Current position: Research Assistant Professor and Lab Supervisor, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Dr Gergely Katona (Leicester)
Current position: Researcher of the Swedish Research Council, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr Xi Wang (Manchester)
Dr Anna Roujeinikova (Leicester and Manchester)
Current position: Associate Professor, ARC Research Fellow, Monash University, Australia
Dr Phillip Monaghan (Manchester)
Current position: National Health Service · Clinical Biochemistry
Dr Parvinder Hothi (Leicester and Manchester)
Current position: Swedish Medical Center Seattle, Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment, USA
Dr Raj Neeli (Leicester and Manchester)
Dr Terez Barna (Leicester)
Current position: University Professor or Researcher, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Dr Olivier Roitel (Leicester)
Dr Francois Talfournier (Leicester)
Current position: Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS-Université de Lorraine
Dr Hannan Fersi (Manchester)
Visitors
Duangthip Trisrivirat (Mahidol University, Thailand)
Dr Niek Heuts (Rotterdam University)
Current position: Lecturer Biochemistry at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Dr Zhi-gang Chen (Nanjing Agricultural University)
Dr. Changyoul Lee (RWTH Aachen University)
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, NUi Galway, Ireland
Miss Marta Magalhaes Mota do Amaral (Lisbon)
Current position: Laboratory Head, Sanofi
Masters Students
Claire Costello (Leicester)
Shila Patel (Leicester)
PhD students
Nidar Treesukkasem
Rhys Barker (Manchester)
Lan Jiang
Clara Anhel Ferraz (Manchester)
Aoife Taylor (Manchester)
Balaji Lakavath (Manchester)
Emmanuel Wolde-Michael (Manchester)
Current Position: Analytical Scientist (Upstream processing) at UCB
Lewis Kearsey (Manchester)
Current position: Senior Scientist at Better Dairy
Emilia Wojcik (Manchester)
Current position: Enzyme Engineer at GSK
Lucy Green (Manchester)
Current position: Senior Platform Scientist at LabGenius
Giovanni Lorenzon (Manchester)
Current position: Bioprocess Sales Specialist at the Eppendorf Group
Nicole Prandi (Manchester)
Current position: Senior Laboratory Assistant, University of Cambridge
Shaowei Zhang (Manchester)
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester, UK
Uzma Choudry (Manchester)
Current position: Early Stage VC Investor - Octopus Ventures
Andreea Iorgu (Manchester - MAGIC)
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester, UK
Sylwia Czarnota (Manchester - MAGIC)
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Universite de Montreal, Canada
Emma Castiglioni (Manchester - MAGIC)
Current position: QC Analyst at FRAU PHARMA S.R.L., Italy
Guillem Brandariz de Pedro (Manchester - MAGIC)
Current position: Agilent Technologies Inside Instrument Sales Representative
Nataliya Archipowa (Manchester - MAGIC)
Andrew Stewart (Manchester - MAGIC)
Antonio Ascue Avalos (Manchester)
Current position: Research Scientist, Cepheid, Sweden
Joanna Hughes (Manchester - MAGIC)
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, US.
Evaldas Klumbys (Manchester)
Current position: Scientist at A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Antony Lygidakis (Manchester)
Current position: EU Regulatory Affairs at Allergan
Alex Geddes (Manchester)
Current position: Associate Consultant at IQVIA
Claudio Dos Santos (Manchester)
Current position: Team Leader Pharma Characterisation at Intertek Pharmaceutical Services Manchester
Kang-Cheng Liu (Manchester)
Current position: Kempe foundation Postdoc fellowship at Umeå University
Morgan Hibberd (Manchester)
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester, UK
Marco Manca (Manchester)
Chris Hickling (Manchester)
Current position: Research Associate, University of Bolton
John Waller (Manchester)
Current position: Associate Director - Observational Research at Adelphi Real World
Robin Hoeven (Manchester)
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester, UK
Mark White (Manchester)
Current position: ARC DECRA Fellow at University of Sydney, Australia
Navya Menon (Manchester)
Anna Hauck (Manchester)
Current position: Specialist Consultant at IDBS
James Longbotham (Manchester)
Current position: Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, San Francisco, US
Anna Sobolewska-Stawiarz (Manchester)
Current position: Lead Research Scientist at Croda International
Henry Russell (Manchester)
Current position: Operations Manager at Envirosystems UK Ltd
Marta Amaral (Manchester)
Current position: Laboratory Head Engineered Antibodies and Protein Therapeutics at Sanofi
Martyn Peers (Manchester)
Current position: Post Doctoral Scientist at Nanoco Technologies Ltd, Manchester, UK
Bjorn Adalbjornsson (Manchester)
Current position: Assistant Professor at University of Iceland - Háskóli Íslands & Innovation Consultant at Matís, Food and Biotech Company
Victoria Hare (Manchester)
Current position: Research And Development Manager at Supernutrients and Naturya
Andrew Guerriero (Manchester)
Martyn Hulley (Manchester)
Current position: Principal Scientist at AstraZeneca
Xiaodong Lou (Manchester)
James Belcher (Manchester)
Current position: Scientist at QIAGEN
Sibylle Brenner (Manchester)
Current position: Science Teacher, Grace Church High School, US
Binuraj Menon (Manchester)
Current Position: WISB Research Career Development Fellow, University of Warwick
Alex Jones (Leicester and Manchester)
Current position: Senior Research Scientist at National Physical Laboratory, UK
Christopher Pudney (Manchester)
Current position: Lecturer, University of Bath, www.molecular-biophysics.co.uk
Anne Marie Quinn (Leicester and Manchester)
Current position: Consultant Histopathologist, Hon. Senior Lecturer, University Hospital South Manchester, UK
Min Gong (Leicester and Manchester)
Current position: Appointed Professor, Lancaster University, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences.
Khalid Abu Khadra (Leicester and Manchester)
Phillip Monaghan (Manchester)
Current position: Consultant clinical scientist at The Christie Pathology Partnership, UK
Selena Burgess (Leicester)
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Leicester
Hanan Messiha (Leicester)
Current position: Research Associate, University of Manchester
Huma Khan (Leicester)
Current position: IVD Technical Specialist & Scheme Manager at BSI
Parvinder Hothi (Leicester and Manchester)
Current position: Swedish Medical Center Seattle, Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment, USA
Kirsty Knight (Leicester)
Winston Tambyrajah (Leicester)
Current position: Lecturer at Sussex Downs College, UK
Ashlee Perry (Leicester)
Current position: Director of Educational Development at VIDLEARN LTD
Matthew Jones (Leicester)
Current position: Partner at EIP
Richard Harris (Leicester)
Daniel Craig (Leicester)
Current position: Senior Scientist Downstream, AstraZeneca, UK
Peter Roberts (Leicester)
Current position: CEO and Founder at You Do Bio
Ho Joon Lee (Cambridge and Leicester)
Chien-Chi Yang (Cambridge and Leicester)
Current position: Professor, National Taiwan University
Orhan Ertughrul (Cambridge and Leicester)
Current position: Managing director G-SMATT Europe
Martin Mewies (Cambridge and Leicester)
Current position: Process Development Manager API at Ipsen
Emma Wilson (Cambridge and Leicester)
Current position: Publisher, Journals Development, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
Experimental Officers/Lab Managers
Dr John Hughes (Manchester)
Dr Jaswir Basran (Leicester)
Current position: Senior Experimental Officer, University of Leicester
Technicians
Nina Bhanji (Leicester)