Principal Investigator
Prof. Stefan Howorka
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2016 to date: Professor of Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, University College London
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2009-2016: Assoc. Prof. / Reader in Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, University College London
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2005-2009: Assist. Prof. / Lecturer in Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, University College London
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2001-2004: Group Leader, Biotech incubator Upper Austrian Research GmbH, Linz, Austria
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1999-2001: Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Prof. Bayley
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1995-1999: PhD, University of Vienna, Austria / Research stay at The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
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1988-1995: Diploma Study of Chemistry / Biochemistry branch (MSc), University of Vienna, Austria
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Jon Burns
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Senior Postdoctoral Researcher and Associate Research Fellow for Prof. Gabriel Waksman
Interests:
DNA nanotechnology, nucleic acids chemistry, nanopores
Dr. Yongzheng Xing
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Interests:
DNA nanotechnology, molecular devices, smart materials
Dr. Rachel Dickman
Email:
rachael.dickman.13@ucl.ac.uk
UCL EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow
Interests:
Peptide synthesis and modification, organic synthesis
Education:
MChem Medicinal Chemistry, University of Manchester, 2009-2013
PhD, University College London, 2013-2018
Jointly supervised with Prof. Alethea Tabor
PhD Students
Dr. Adam Dorey
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Interests:
DNA nanotechnology, nanopores, electrophysiology
Education:
PhD, University of Southampton, 2014-2018
Joanna Louise Donnelly
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Interests:
Organic synthesis, nucleic acid chemistry, medicinal chemistry
Education:
MChem Chemistry, University of Southampton, 2011-2015
Jointly supervised with Dr. Jon Wilden
Patrick Marthijn Arnott
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Interests:
Nucleic acids chemistry
Education:
MChem with Medicinal Sciences, University of Southampton, 2011-2015
Daniel Offenbartl-Stiegert
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Interests:
Nucleic acids chemistry, organic synthesis
Education:
MRes Organic Chemistry: Drug Discovery, University College London 2015-2016
BA Chemistry, University of Cambridge, 2012-2015
Conor Lanphere
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Interests:
Organic Synthesis, membrane biophysics, nanopores
Education:
MSci Chemistry, University of Bristol 2012-2016
Katya Ahmad
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Interests:
DNA nanotechnology, membrane-nanopore interactions, computational chemistry/biology
Education:
MSci Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London 2011-2016
Jointly supervised with Prof. Peter Coveney
Helena Philpott
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Interests:
Enzymology, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry
Education:
BSc Biochemistry with Industrial Experience, University of Exeter 2013-2017
Jointly supervised with Prof. Helen Hailes
William Whitehouse
Email: w.whitehouse.17@ucl.ac.uk
Interests:
Nanomedicine, Gene therapy, Cell biology
Education:
MRes Chemical Biology, Imperial College London 2015-16
MSc Analytical Chemistry, Birkbeck University of London 2013-14
BSc (Hons) Chemistry, Reading University 2009-12
Sioned Fôn Jones
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Interests:
Nanotechnology, Microscopy, Biophysics, Cell biology
Education:
MChem Chemistry, University of Liverpool, 2013 - 2017
Jointly supervised with Prof. Ulrike Eggert
Jonah Ciccone
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Interests:
DNA Nanotechnology
Nanopore sensing
Synthetic Biology
Education:
M. Biol Biochemistry, University of Leeds 2011-2015
Alexia Rottensteiner
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Interests:
Biochemistry, Biological Chemistry,
DNA nanotechnology
Education:
MSc Chemical Research, University College London 2018-2019
BSc Chemistry, University of Innsbruck 2014-2018
Research Assistants
Elena Georgiou
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Interests:
DNA nanopores, Nucleic acids chemistry
Education:
MSc Applied Analytical Chemistry, University College London 2017-2018
Bsc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Reading 2014-2017
Master Students
Naeem Kaiyum
(MRes Drug Discovery)
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Interests:
Organic Synthesis & Methodology, Biological Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Education:
BSc Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London 2015-2018