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Current Group Members 

Originally I'm from Lake Constance in Germany. I obtained a bachelor degree in chemistry at Marburg University. There I also obtained a master degree in organic chemistry with Prof. G. Hilt. In October I started my PhD where I am developing inhibitors by looking at signaling protein interactions using a structural biology approach. In my spare time I enjoy traveling with friends or spending a quiet afternoon with a book and some sandwiches.

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Postdocs

Dr Patrick Baumann ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
 (Wellcome Trust funded)
Nov 2021 - present

PhD Students

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Davide Zappalà ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
PhD candidate (EPSRC funded)
Apr 2019 - present

I'm Davide from Italy. I obtained my bachelor degree in chemistry and my master degree in organic and biorganic chemistry at University of Catania. Here, at Cardiff University, I'm a PhD student focusing on protein inhibitors design. I love music, being a violin player myself, and my favourite genres are classical, funk and fusion. 

I am from Xi'an, China. I got my bachelor degree at Northwest University in materials chemistry, followed by a master degree in Xi’an Jiaotong University (2020) in Polymer Chemistry. I joined Dr Jin’s group with the support of a CSC Studentship and my goal is to broaden my skill sets in Chemical Biology. My research project is “the structure-activity relationship of nanoparticles-enzyme hybrid nanobiocatalyst”. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking and roaming around with my friends.

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Mochen (Mia) Dong ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ
PhD candidate (CSC funded)
Sept 2020 - present
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I'm Sana from Trinidad and Tobago. I received my bachelor's degree (hons) in Microbiology from the University of Manchester, during which I completed a placement year at APIS Assay Technologies. In the Jin Group, my project is investigating Salmonella persistence through the lens of sulfoquinovose metabolism.  I love to read and when I'm not working, I enjoy days out adventuring on my bicycle.

Sana Fairman ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น
PhD candidate (UoM funded)
Oct 2022 - present
Previous Group Members 

Manchester Lab
โ€‹โ€‹Jing Wang ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ MSc  
April 2022 - Oct 2022โ€‹
Truman Tucay 
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MChem  Oct 2021 - Jun 2022โ€‹

Cardiff Lab
Timothy Cooper ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MSc  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021โ€‹
Callum Breeze
 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MSc Jun 2021 - Sept 2021
Sandra Jusu ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Visiting PhD candidate (MNAUS)Sept 2020 - Sept 2021
Shriya Shah ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งMChem  Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
Rebekah Cooke ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งMSc  Oct 2020 - May 2021
Zuyan Wu ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Postdoc Jan 2019 - Oct 2020
Jasper Richards ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MChem Oct 2019 - May 2020
Cyrielle Clement ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Erasmus/BSc Feb 2020 - March 2020
Grace Zhang ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณBSc Oct 2019 - Mar 2020, currently PhD candidate at Jilin Univeristy, China 
Helen Bell ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Postdoc Jan 2018 - Jan 2020, currently Protein Scientist at Qkine, UK
Wenyu Zhang ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ MSc Jun 2019 - Sept 2019
Jackie Chen ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Research Assistant Jul 2018 - Jul 2019, now at Jiaquan Patent Agent Changsha branch, China
Charlotte Gunn ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MChem Oct 2018 - May 2019
Rhodri Evans ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งMChem Oct 2018 - May 2019, now PhD candidate at University of Manchester, UK
Silan Liu ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Visiting student Jan 2018- April 2018, currently PhD candidate at South China Normal University
Zhen Zhang ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Visiting student Jan 2018- Jul 2018, now MSc at Northwest University, China
Ben Jones ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งMChem Oct 2017- May 2018
Juliette Bignard ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทErasmus/Masters student Oct 2017- Jan 2018, now PhD at Sorbonne Université, France
Leanne Lin ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณMSc visiting student (Jinan Uni, China) Jul 2018 - Jan 2019
 
 

 
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