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Meet the team 

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Principal Investigator

Dr Yi Jin ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow

May 2017 - presentโ€‹โ€‹

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PhD candidate

Sana Fairman ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น

UoM funded

Sept 2022 - presentโ€‹

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PhD candidate

Zhuoyun Chen ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

CSC funded

Sept 2023 - presentโ€‹

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PhD candidate

Dingfan Xu ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

CSC funded

โ€‹Sept 2025 - presentโ€‹

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PDRA

Dr Hannah Ryan ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

Wellcome Trust funded

Sept 2024 - presentโ€‹

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PhD candidate

Helen Barber ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง 

Melbourne-Manchester dual degree

Sept 2023 - present

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PhD candidate

Dongxu Yuan ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

Jan 2024 - presentโ€‹

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PhD candidate

Luise Pallasdies  ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท

Melbourne-Manchester dual degree

April 2025 - presentโ€‹โ€‹

Previous Group Members 

Postdocs

Dr Patrick Baumann ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช  Nov 2021- Nov 2023, currently MSAT Biconjugates Process Expert, Lonza Group, Switzerland.
Dr Zhongyuan Li๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Dec 2023 - Dec 2024, currently Associate Prof at Tianjin University of Science and Technology 
Dr Helen Bell ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง  Jan 2018 - Jan 2020, currently Senior Scientist at Qkine, UK
Dr Zuyan Wu
 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ  Jan 2019 - Oct 2020

PhD Students
Mochen Dong ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Sept 2020 - Nov 2024.
Davide Zappalà ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Apr 2019 - Aug 2023, currently a postdoc at Cardiff University.
Patrick Baumann ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช  Oct 2017- Nov 2021, currently MSAT Biconjugates Process Expert, Lonza Group, Switzerland. 
Sandra Jusu ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sept 2020 - Sept 2021, currently a Faculty Fellow at Buffalo State Univesity.

Masters Students
Wasima Choudhury ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MChem Sept 2023 - May 2024
Haitian Yu ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ MSc  April 2023 - Aug 2023โ€‹
Declan Pearson โ€‹โ€‹
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MChem  Oct 2022 - Jun 2023โ€‹
Jing Wang ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ MSc  April
 2022 - Oct 2022, currently a research assistant at Westlake University
Truman Tucay ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MChem  Oct 2021 - Jun 2022โ€‹, currently a Business Analyst at AstraZeneca
Timothy Cooper ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MSc  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021โ€‹
Callum Breeze
 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MSc Jun 2021 - Sept 2021, currently a PhD candidate at Australian National University
Shriya Shah ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งMChem  Oct 2020 - Jun 2021, currently Scientist I at Reading Scientific Service Ltd.
Rebekah Cooke ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งMSc  Oct 2020 - May 2021, currently PhD candidate at Cardiff University
Jasper Richards ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MChem Oct 2019 - May 2020
Wenyu Zhang ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ MSc Jun 2019 - Sept 2019
Charlotte Gunn ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง MChem Oct 2018 - May 2019
Rhodri Evans ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งMChem Oct 2018 - May 2019, now PhD candidate at the University of Manchester, UK
Ben Jones ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งMChem Oct 2017- May 2018

Visiting and project Students
Hao Chen
 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณBSc September 2022, now MRes at Oxford University
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 University, China
Leanne Lin ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณMSc visiting student (Jinan Uni, China) Jul 2018 - Jan 2019 
Jackie Chen
 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Research Assistant Jul 2018 - Jul 2019, now at Jiaquan Patent Agent Changsha branch, China
Zhen Zhang 
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Visiting student Jan 2018- Jul 2018, now MSc at Northwest University, China
Silan Liu
 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Visiting student Jan 2018- April 2018, currently PhD candidate at Westlake University, China
Juliette Bignard ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทErasmus/Masters student Oct 2017- Jan 2018, PhD at Sorbonne Université, France
 
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