Ph. D. students
Dora Răsădean
I grew up in Romania and studied Chemistry at the West University of Timișoara. I received my Masters in Chemistry at the University of Hull in 2015. Since then, I have been working in Pantoș group on DNA binding molecules and other chiral-based systems. I am now a PhD student working on the design of novel catalytic scaffolds using dynamic combinatorial chemistry and applying the physical-chemical rules of enzymology to purely synthetic systems. I am co-supervised by Dr Chris Pudney.
Anamaria Trandafir
I was born in Constanta, Romania. In 2014 I was awarded the Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics by Ovidius University of Constanta and started my Master’s degree studies in Physics at the University of Bucharest. In 2015 I joined the National Institute of Materials Physics in Romania as a Research Assistant. In the summer of 2016 I received the MSc degree and moved to North Carolina State University in the US where I joined the Physics graduate program. Now, I am a PhD student in Physics and Chemistry focusing my research on self-assembled molecular networks mediated by on surface reactions.
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.
The Team
Last modified: 19 Jan 2022
Former Group Members
(please contact me if your details change)
Yusuf Ali (2021 - MRes student, now: -)
Olivia Astley (2021 - MRes student, now: Analyst @BSI)
Eve Bellers (2021 - MRes student, now: @ Grosvernor Group)
Steven Riley (2020 - MRes student, now: -)
Takuya Shimajiri (2020 - visiting PhD student, now: PhD student, 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/MSc students
Tal Kalati
Oli Oldrige
awesome photo to come