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Stuart Smith
Postdoctoral researcher (UKRI FLF)
Joined June 2025
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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​​
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Aurélien Brion
Postdoctoral researcher (UKRI FLF)
Joined March 2025
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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​ ​
Ben Hayward
PhD student (EPSRC DTP scholarship)
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Joined October 2025
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2021–2025 MSc in Chemistry, University of Bath (advisor: Prof. Andrew Johnson)​​
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Joe Berry
PhD student (Durham Doctoral Teaching Fellowship)
Joined October 2025
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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
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Riccardo Parolin
PhD student (EPSRC DTP scholarship)
Joined November 2022
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2022 Erasmus stay at TU Berlin, 5 months (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)
Janvi Jaianti
MChem Student
Joined October 2025
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Durham University​
Renzo Favaro
Erasmus MChem Student
Joined October 2025
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Ecole Supérieure de Chimie, Physique, Electronique (CPE Lyon)
Christmas dinner 2025
November 2025
August 2025
CG104 day out June 2025
June 2025
February 2024
November 2022
