Current Group Members
Group Leader
I'm from Harbin, Northeast China, being half korean and half chinese. I am a chemist and enzymologist. I am committed to several biological projects in my own burgeoning group and in internal and external collaborations using my interdisciplinary knowledge of chemistry, molecular biology, crystallography and NMR. Outside of my research and teaching life, I like going figure skating, jogging, and playing accordion. I am a foodie... so if I have time, I like improving my cooking skills on healthy Chinese dishes.
Yi Jin ๐จ๐ณ
May 2017 - present
PhD Students
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.
Patrick Baumann ๐ฉ๐ช
PhD candidate (Cardiff Uni funded)
Oct 2017 - present
Davide Zappalà ๐ฎ๐น
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.
