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Dr G. Dan Pantoș

Ph. D. students




Sam Clowes


I am originally from Alderley Edge in Cheshire but my family moved to Harrogate in North Yorkshire in 2017. I completed my undergraduate MChem degree at the University of York, graduating in 2021 with a Master's in Chemistry. Since then, I have now started my PhD as a member of the Pantoș group, focusing on synthesising and testing small molecules for binding DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes.




Ollie Nedderman


Working on chiral molecules on a Leverhulme funded project in collaboration with the Valev group in Physics.




The Team

Last modified: 23 Mar 2025

Former Group Members

(please contact me if your details change)



Yogita Baba Umare (2023 - MRes 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, 2024 - summer student, now: -)

Ben Menko (2022, 2024 - 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)


MChem/BSc students



Melanie Garred


Melanie is doing her BSc project in developing chiral G-quadruplex ligands.



Lorna Warren


Lorna is working with DCC for her MChem project.



Kate Willis-Fisher


Kate is an MChem student working on chiral aggregates.

Fusheng Ye


Fusheng is an MChem visiting student working on chiral aggregates.

awesome photo to come

Post Doctoral Researchers




Dr Chiara Faverio


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




Dr Luling (Frank) Wu


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