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PostDoc
Robert Nixon
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Robert graduated from the University of Manchester in 2016 (MChem). Robert joined us for a PhD in September 2016 to work on the development of mechanocatalysts. After successfully defending his thesis in June 2020, Dr Nixon decided to stay with us for a postdoc.
Publications: Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 826-831. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3033-3036. Awards: Talk Prize at CheM62 meeting 2018 in Liverpool Spring 2020 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Department of Chemistry |
Xuan Yang
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Xuan graduated from Nankai University (Nankai, China) in 2016. He then moved to Germany and obtained his PhD in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Michael Mastalerz at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Xuan joined us in May 2022 as a Newton International Fellow.
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PhD students
Lei Chen
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Lei graduated from the East China University of Science and Technology in 2010 (B.S.) and Fudan University in 2013 (M.S.). After working in industry for a few years, Lei joined us in September 2019, on a UoM-CSC scholarship, to work on the mechanochemistry of mechanical bonds.
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Kamil Suwada
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Kamil graduated from Bangor University in 2019 (MChem) and joined us in September 2019 to work on the development of unusual mechanochemical reactions.
Award Oral Presentation Prize - Organic at the Departmental Postgraduate Conference 2022 |
Danny Treacher
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Danny graduated from Lancaster University in 2020 (MChem) and joined us in September 2020. Danny will work on mechanocatalysis.
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James Ormson
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James graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 2021 (MSci) and joined us in September of the same year. James will work on the mechanochemistry of catenanes.
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Alice Weng Ieong
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Alice graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2019 (BSc) and from the University of Manchester in 2021 (MPhil). She then enrolled in the third cohort of iCAT CDT and initially joined the group for her lab rotation and decided to stay with us for her PhD (April 2022. Alice will work on the development of mechanocatalysts.
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Maria-Carmen Temian
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Maria graduated from the University of Oxford in 2022 (MChem), and joined in September of the same year. Maria works on the mechanochemistry of rotaxanes.
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MRes/Visiting scientists
Qianqian Cheng
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After a successful MChem project in the group, Qianqian decided to stay with us for a MRes. Qianqian works on new retrocycloaddition mechanophores.
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Nerea Álvarez Llorente
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Nerea is visiting us from Spain where she is a PhD student in the University of Valladolid
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MChem students
Rosa Lawrence
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Rosa joined us for her MChem project in October 2022. Rosa works on retrocycloaddition mechanophores.
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Kiril Atanasov
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Kiril joined us for his MChem project in October 2022. Kiril works on the mechanochemistry of mechanical bonds.
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