The Group

Current Members

Krisztina Pisak - PhD Student - Biocatalysis, C-C bonds

Flora Antoniou - PhD Student - Biocatalysis, C-C and C-N bonds

Jasarin Klaysuk - PhD Student - Medicinal chemistry, MTase inhibitors

Roland Kulanda - PhD Student (EPSRC iCase) - Biocatalysis, C-N bonds

Kayla Rowden - PhD Student (LIDo-dtp) - Biocatalysis, C-C Bonds

Kyujin Oh - PhD Student - Biocatalysis, MTase enzymes

Yaru Zhang - PhD Student - Whole cell biocatalysis

Dr Amol Pagar - PDRA - Biocatalysis, C-C bonds

Dr Guoxue He - PDRA - Biocatalysis, whole cells biocatalysis

Dr Camilla Russo - PDRA - Biocatalysis, C-N bonds

Akif Talukder - Second supervisor - PhD Student with Dr Michele Crotti - Biocatalysis

Past Members

PostDoc: 

Dr Fei Zhao (2018-2023), now Postdoc in Manchester University

Dr Guilherme Fernandes (2021-2023), now Maplethorpe Fellow at UCL

Dr Michele Crotti (2022-2024), now Lecturer at UCL

Dr Xinxin Qi (2023), now academic in China

Dr Dorothy Semenya (2018-2022), now Investigator at Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D), University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Dr Haoyue Xiang (2021-2022), now academic at Central South University, China.

Dr Anita Toscani (2016-2020), now medical writer. 

Dr Domiziana Masci (2019-2020), now Assistant Professor Catholic University Rome

Dr Michael Sibley, now in Sartorius

Dr Mohammad K. Islam (2011-2012), now Assistant Professor at University of Dhaka

PhD Students: 

Chuhan Li (2021-2025), now Postdoc in Beijing, China

Sarah Lo Russo (2025-Visiting from Pavia)

Jingyue Wu (2021-2025), now Postdoc in Hailes group at UCL

Ariane Mattana (2020-2024), now Medical Writer

Amina Cheiratia (2024, Visiting from Algeria)

Alessandro Coco (2024, Visiting from Catania)

Laura Fernandez Rodriguez (2024, Visiting from Oviedo)

Iman Omar (2018-2023), now Protein Scientist at FabricNano, UK

Silvia Anselmi (2018-2023), Postdoc in Hailes group at UCL, now in EnginZyme Sweden

Seong Heun Kim (2018-2023), now Maplethorpe Fellow at King's College London

Meir Touitou (2017-2022), now Patent Attorney Trainee at Webb & Co, Israel.

Vladimir Finger (2021, visiting from Prague)

Kate Lauder (2015-2019), now at GSK, UK.

Caterina Risi (2018, visiting from Siena)

Domiziana Masci (2017-2019, visiting from Rome)

Nicolo' Scalacci (2013-2017), now at PQE, Italy.