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Isaac Abrahams

Dr Isaac Abrahams

Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Solid State Ionics, Defect structure, Neutron diffraction, Structural chemistry, Ferroelectrics, Inorganic glasses
Amin Alibakhshi

Dr Amin Alibakhshi

Lecturer

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Stellios Arseniyadis

Dr Stellios Arseniyadis

Reader in Organic Chemistry
Centre lead for Industrial Engagement and Impact

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Methodology development, Asymmetric catalysis, Biohybrid catalysis, Photoredox catalysis, Natural product synthesis, Sustainability
Jochen Brandt

Dr Jochen Brandt

Royal Society University Research Fellow (Senior Lecturer)
Deputy Subject Examination Board Chair – Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Helicenes, CISS, Chirality, Radicals, Spin
Gregory Chass

Dr Gregory Chass

Reader in Computational Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Infrastructure and Disordered Functional Materials, Entropic Contributions to Functionality, Modelling and Simulation (nano-to-engineering scales), Neutron Scattering (Elastic/QNS/INS)
Devis Di Tommaso

Dr Devis Di Tommaso

Reader in Computational Chemistry
REF Lead for Unit of Assessment 8 (Chemistry)

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Computational chemistry, Theoretical catalysis, CO2 conversion, Machine learning, Nucleation and growth
Stoichko Dimitrov

Dr Stoichko Dimitrov

Reader
Director of Innovation of SPCS

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Laser spectroscopy, Printed solar cells, Perovskite photovoltaics, Organic photovoltaics, Photophysics, Semiconductors
David Dunstan

Prof David Dunstan

Professor of Experimental Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Marc Fernandez-Yague

Dr Marc Fernandez-Yague

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Mechanotransduction, Focal Adhesions, Mechanosensitive Ion Channels, Bioelectricity, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials
Arianna Fornili

Dr Arianna Fornili

Reader in Computational Chemistry
Director of The Artificial Intelligence for Drug Discovery MSc programme

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Molecular dynamics, Protein dynamics, Myosin, Molecular Modelling, Machine Learning, Protein-ligand interactions
Cristina Giordano

Dr Cristina Giordano

Reader in Chemistry
Deputy Centre Lead

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Federico Javier Hernández

Dr Federico Javier Hernández

Lecturer in Computational Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Michael Jie

Dr Michael Jie

Senior Lecturer

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Microwave Catalysis, Plastic waste upcycling, Hydrogen technology, CO2 Utilisation, Low carbon Technology, Functional Materials synthesis
Christopher Jones

Dr Christopher Jones

Senior Lecturer
Centre lead for Research Environment

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Organic chemistry, Methodology development, Heterocyclic synthesis, Reactive intermediates (arynes), Functionalised carbon nanomaterials
Wojciech Kopec

Dr Wojciech Kopec

Lecturer in Computational Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Centre lead for Early Career Research Engagement

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Molecular Dynamics, Ion Channels, Drug Design, Computational Electrophysiology, Membranes, Free Energy Calculations
Yao Lu

Dr Yao Lu

Senior Lecturer
Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes of the School

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Surface science, Nanomaterials, Low carbon manufacturing
Christian Nielsen

Prof Christian Nielsen

Professor of Materials Chemistry
Head of Department of Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
organic electronics, organic bioelectronics, semiconducting polymers
Matteo Palma

Prof Matteo Palma

Professor of Physical Chemistry and Nanomaterials
Head of the Centre for Chemical Research

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Nanomaterials, NanoBiotechnology, Mixed-dimensional heterostructures, Biosensors, Optoelectronics, Nanohybrids
Marina Resmini

Prof Marina Resmini

Professor of Materials Chemistry
Director of Research (SPCS)

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
nanoparticles, thermoresponsive nanogels, microplastics, environmental impact, drug delivery, colloids
Omar Rifaie Graham

Dr Omar Rifaie Graham

Lecturer in Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Artificial Cell, Polymersome, Polymer Chemistry, Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology