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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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Mengjiao Wu
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Mengjiao graduated from the Jiangxi Normal University (BSc) and Tianjin University (MSc). She obtained her PhD in 2021 under the direction of Prof. Yulan Chen at Tianjin University, where she developed new mechanochromic polymers. She joined us in March 2023 as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (UKRI guarantee).
Publication J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 17120-17128. |
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.
Publication Polym. Chem. 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D3PY00021D. 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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MRes
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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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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Visiting scientists
Sebastien Renson |
Sebastien is visiting us from the University of Liege in Belgium where he's pursuing a Master in Chemistry. Sebastien will work on a force-controlled release system.
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