Franchino
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Aurélien Brion
Postdoctoral researcher (UKRI FLF)
Joined March 2025
2021–2024 PhD at Université Paris-Saclay (advisor: Dr Géraldine Masson)
2018–2021 MSc in Chemistry and Life Sciences, Paris Sciences et Lettres University, including internships with Dr Raphaël Rodriguez, Prof. Arnaud Gautier and Prof. Ryan Shenvi
2017–2018 BSc in Chemistry, Paris-Sud University
Stuart Smith
Postdoctoral researcher (UKRI FLF)
Joined June 2025
2021–2025 PhD at the University of York (advisor: Prof. Ian Fairlamb), including 5 months at AstraZeneca
2016–2021 Master in Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, including 1 year at GSK and internship with Prof. Lee Cronin
Giorgia Barison
Postdoctoral researcher (EPSRC IAA)
Joined June 2026
2022–2026 PhD at the University of Padova (advisor: Prof. Luca Dell'Amico), including 3 months at the University of Manchester in the Procter group
2021–2022 Erasmus stay at the University of Regensburg (advisor: Prof. Burkhard König)
2016–2021 BSc and MSc in Chemistry at the University of Padova (MSc thesis advisor: Prof. Luca Dell'Amico)
Nagireddy Attunuri
Postdoctoral researcher (MSCA PF)
Joined August 2026
2025 Scientist at Clearsynth Innovation Center, Hyderabad
2024 Postdoc at Clarkson University, New York (advisor: Dr. Kaho Leung)
2018–2023 PhD at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (advisor: Prof. Maddi Sridhar Reddy)
2014–2016 MSc in Chemistry at Osmania University
2011–2024 BSc in Chemistry at Kakatiya University
Riccardo Parolin
Postgraduate researcher
Joined November 2022
Nov 2022 – Sept 2026 PhD student in the Franchino group
2022 Erasmus stay at TU Berlin (advisor: Prof. Martin Oestreich)
2019–2021 MSc in Industrial Chemistry, Padua University (thesis advisor: Prof. Giulia Licini)
2016–2019 BSc in Industrial Chemistry, Padua University (thesis advisor: Prof. Fernando Formaggio)
Joe Berry
PhD student (Durham Doctoral Teaching Fellowship)
Joined October 2025
2024–2025 MSc by Research at the University of Birmingham (thesis advisor: Dr Richard Grainger)
2022–2023 PGCE in Chemistry
2019–2022 BSc in Chemistry at the University of Birmingham
Ben Hayward
PhD student (EPSRC DTP scholarship)
Joined October 2025
2021–2025 MSc in Chemistry, University of Bath (thesis advisor: Prof. Andrew Johnson)
Amanda Taylor
PhD student (SCOPE scholarship)
Joined October 2026
2022–2026 MChem in Chemistry, University of Oxford (thesis advisor: Prof. Tim Donohoe)
October 2026
May 2026
Christmas dinner 2025
November 2025
August 2025
CG104 day out June 2025
June 2025
February 2024
November 2022
