The Team

PI

Ph. D. students

Ollie Nedderman

I grew up in from a small village called Staple in Southeast Kent. I completed my undergraduate MChem degree at Bath in 2023 before joining the Pantoș group for further study. My PhD is focused on transferring chirality from chiral molecules to achiral nanoparticles and emissive polymer-based thin films through supramolecular interactions. Outside of Chemistry, I enjoy being active by going on hikes as well as playing or watching as much sport as I can.

João Ribeiro

I am originally from São Paulo, Brazil, where I earned my BSc and teaching degree in Chemistry from the University of Campinas (Unicamp) in 2022, followed by an MSc from the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) in 2025, working on modified cellulose membranes for heavy-metal removal from water. I am now a PhD student in the Pantoș group, focusing on the synthesis of helicenes and the fabrication of chiral supramolecular films. Outside the lab, I enjoy playing drums, watching football (a proud Palmeiras supporter), and going to rock concerts.

Last modified: 14 Oct 2025

Former Group Members

(please contact me if your details change)

Youwei Yu (2025 - MRes student, now: -)

Luling Wu (2025 - PDRA, now: -)

Sam Clowes (2025 - PhD student, now: -)

Melanie Garred (2025 - BSc student, now: -)

Lorna Warren (2025 - MChem student, now: -)

Kate Willis-Fisher (2025 - MChem student, now: -)

Fusheng Ye (2025 - Visiting student, now: -)

Yogita Baba Umare (2024 - summer student, now: -)

Paul Carden (2024 - MChem student, now: -)

Sandeep Patil (2023 - MRes student, now: -)

Eva Lai (2023 - summer student, now: -)

Victoria Williams (2023 - MChem student, now: -)

Quilla Li (2022 - summer student, now: -)

Ben Menko (2022 - summer student, now: -)

Oli Oldrige (2022 - MChem student, now: -)

Tal Kalati (2022 - MChem student, now: -)

Anamaria Trandafir (2021 - PhD student, now: scientist @ )

Dora Răsădean (2021 - PhD student, now: scientist @ Catalent)

Yusuf Ali (2021 - MChem student, now: -)

Olivia Astley (2021 - MChem student, now: Analyst @BSI)

Eve Bellers (2021 - MChem student, now: @ Grosvernor Group)

Steven Riley (2020 - MRes student, now: -)

Takuya Shimajiri (2020 - visiting PhD student, now: Assistant Prof., Hokkaido University)

Takashi Machida (2020 - visiting PhD student, now: PDRA, NIMS)

Ffion Platt (2020 - BSc student, now: BSc student, Bath)

Annabel Flook (2020 - BSc student, now: BSc student, Bath)

Ollie Magretts (2020 - BSc student, now: BSc student, Bath)

Thulase Sivasoty (2020 - MChem student, now: Analyst @Accenture)

Rory Jackson (2020 - MChem student, now: Medical Student @ QUB)

Calum Finn (2020 - MChem student, now: Medical Lab Assistant @ OpenCell)

Tiberiu Gianga (2020 - PhD student, now: scientist @ Diamond Light Source)

Kento Ueta (2019 - visiting PhD student, now: PhD student, Kyoto University)

Judith Veillon (2019 - ESCOM summer student, now: undergraduate at ESCOM)

William Thompson (2019 - MRes student, now: PhD student, Newcastle)

Stuart Scott (2019 - MRes CDT student, now: PhD student, Bath)

Hannah Wedge (2019 - MChem student, now: @ Integrated Medhealth Communication)

Hannah Rogers (2019 - MChem student, now: PhD student, Bath)

Paula Prieto Correa (2019 - MChem student, now: @ Primor Cosmetics)

Louis Calcutt (2019 - MChem student, now: -)

Mehrafarin Elbigi Dehkordi (2019 - PhD student, now: @ Thermo Fisher)

Simone Limberti (2019 - PhD student, now: @ PWD Industrial Filtration)

Sam Harrison (2018 - MRes student, now: @ Bristol Myers Squibb)

Mingzhang Qi (2018 - MRes student, now: -)

Edwige Audibert (2018 - ESCOM summer student, now: undergraduate at ESCOM)

Steven Riley (2018 - summer student, now: -)

Elise Smith (2018 - summer student, now: undergraduate @ Univ. of Bath)

Kornelijus Balnius (2018 - MChem student, now: -)

Frances Bromley (2018 - MChem student, now: @ Scott Logic)

Isobel Owens (2018 - MChem student, now: at OPEN Health)

Ryo Nozawa (2017 - visiting PhD student, now: -)

Yuto Kage (2017 - visiting PhD student, now: -)

Sam Pike (2017 - Nuffield summer student, now: A-level student at Weston College)

Vlad Jarkov (2017 - summer student, 2018 - MRes, now: PhD student at University of Bath)

Aucéanne Miramont (2017 - ESCOM summer student, now: @ Eurofins)

Ella Reed (2017 - MChem student, now: PhD in Cardiovascular Science at King's College London)

Anthony Moran (2017 - MChem student, now: @ THG)

Giles Prentice (2016 - PhD student, now: @ BP)

Ming Song (2016 - MSci student, now: -)

Timothée Merand (2016 - ESCOM summer student, now: @ Delifrance)

Alex Swan (2016 - summer student, now: -)

Rory Crean (2016 - MRes CDT student, now: Postdoc @ Uppsala University)

Jack Walker (2016 - MChem student, now: -)

Laura Hinett (2016 - MChem student, now: @ Catalent Pharma Solutions)

Hajar Boumir (2015 - ESCOM summer student, now: @ Leo Pharma)

Liam Emmett (2015 - PhD student, now: @ Severn Trent Water)

Gemma Cousins (2014 - MChem student, now: @ Severn Trent Water)

Jon Husband (2014 - MChem student, now: PhD student, Univ. of Brimingham)

Lucy Jones (2014 - Nuffield summer student, now: -)

Chloé Issachar (2014 - ESCOM summer student, now: Formulation Engineer)

Floriane Joubert (2014 - ESCOM summer student, now: @ Syneos Health)

Vijay Luxami (2013/4 - Visiting lecturer/Postdoc, now: Associate Professor at Thapar University, India)

Rose Osborne (2014 - MChem student, now: Beat Manager, Avon & Somerset Constabulary)

Chris Davey (2013 - MRes - DTC student, now: Research Fellow @ Cranfield University)

Freddi Brownsmith (2013 - summer student, now: @ Bulb)

Corinne Lacassagne (2013 - ESCOM summer student, now: @ Orion Chemicals Orgaforms)

Koujiro Tambara (2013 - PhD student, now: Healthcare VC at Downing Ventures)

Jennifer Frostick (2013 - BSc student, now: -)

Steven Kennedy (2013 - MChem student, now: technical Writer at SteriTech Limited)

Anna Dabrowska (2012 - summer student, now: -)

Henghua Zhu (2012 - MRes student, now: Roche Pharmaceuticals - Shanghai)

Marine Bizouarne (2012 - ESCOM summer student, now: Government Administration, France)

Augustin Peneau (2012 - ESCOM summer student, now: OmegaChem inc.)

Camilla Shotton (2011, 2012, 2013 - summer student, now: PhD student at University of Oxford)

Samir Sholapurkar (2012 - Nuffield high school student, now: -)

Matthew Petts (2012 - MChem student, now: chemist at Innospec)

Monserrat Pérez Salvia (2012 - Erasmus student, now: -)

Fraeya Whiffin (2012 - MRes - DTC student, now: Science and Engineering Fast Streamer)

Eva Brandes (2011 - Erasmus student, now: -)

Rhodri Jenkins (2011 - MRes - DTC student, now: Scientist II @ Amyris)

Morgane Pellerin (2011 - ESCOM summer student, now: Ingenieur Recherche @ Solvay)

Mélinda Ipouck (2011 - ESCOM summer student, now: @ Informatique Banques Populaires)

at the University of Cambridge:

Takayuki Tanaka (2010 - Visiting Ph. D. Student, now: Assistant Professor at Kyoto University)

Elizabeth Howe (2010 - Summer Student, now: PhD student, University of Cambridge)

Catrin Petty (2009/10 Part III - M.Sc. Student, now: Patent Attorney at Venner Shipley LLP)

Christina Robson (2009/10 Part III - M.Sc. Student, now: Consultant at Oliver Wyman)

Matej Janecek (2009 - Corporate Associates Summer Student, now: Postdoc @ EPFL)

Vijay Narasimhan (2008/09 - M. Phil. in Micro- and Nanotechnology, now: MEMwave inc.)

Nandhini Ponnuswamy (2008 - Corporate Associates Summer Student, now: McKinsey & Co)

Dmitry Kondratiuk (2007 - Visiting Summer Student, now: researcher @ Tata Steel)

Tessa Peach (2007 - Corporate Associates Summer Student, now: at Pfizer UK, Sandwich site)

MRes/Summer students

Alesia Vallance

I am an undergraduate student studying towards at MSci in Natural Sciences (Chemistry & Biochemistry), graduating June 2026. I completed a year in industry where I synthesised and studied water-based crosslinked polymers. This year, for my master's research project, I am joining the Pantos group. I will be using DCC to synthesise topologically complex molecules such as catenates. In my free time I do a lot of mountaineering, climbing, and cooking.

Alexandra Rudolph

I'm an exchange student from Germany. I grew up in Munich, but moved to Regensburg two years ago, where I have been studying Chemistry for two years now. I'm working on chiral aggregates. In my free time I enjoy sewing and dancing.

Sam Wilding-Rush

Sam is doing his MChem project in developing chiral G-quadruplex ligands.

Post Doctoral Researchers

Dr Chiara Faverio

Working on azulenes in a collaborative EPSRC funded project between the Lewis, James and Pantoș groups.