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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)

Ben Hayward

PhD student (EPSRC DTP scholarship)

Joined October 2025

2021–2025 MSc in Chemistry, University of Bath (advisor: Prof. Andrew Johnson)

Joe Berry

PhD student (Durham Doctoral Teaching Fellowship)

Joined October 2025

2024–2025 MSc by Research at the University of Birmingham (advisor: Dr Richard Grainger)

2022–2023 PGCE in Chemistry

2019–2022 BSc in Chemistry at the University of Birmingham

Riccardo Parolin

PhD student (EPSRC DTP scholarship)

Joined November 2022

2022 Erasmus stay at TU Berlin (advisor: Prof. Martin Oestreich)

2019–2021 MSc in Industrial Chemistry, Padua University (advisor: Prof. Giulia Licini)

2016–2019 BSc in Industrial Chemistry, Padua University (advisor: Prof. Fernando Formaggio)

Prathyumann Krishnamoorthy Raja

Summer Student

Joined May 2026

2022–ongoing Integrated MSc in Chemistry at the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar, including Summer internships with Dr Peruncheralathan, Prof. Lourderaj, Prof. Krishnan and Prof. Srivatsan (IISER Pune).