2015 PhD projects
Students choose their PhD project towards the end of the first year at BCFN, and it can be a continuation of their Extended Project. The following PhD projects are being carried out by the 4th cohort of BCFN students, who began these projects in 2015.
- Noha Abu El Magd
Nanoporous protein crystals based bio-hybrid materials for light/energy conversion applications.
Supervisors: Avinash Patil (Chemistry) and Ross Anderson (Biochemistry)
- Tania Castillo Hernandez
Using nanotechnology to reach the parts other drugs cannot.
Supervisors: Mark Jepson (Biochemistry) and Margaret Saunders (Biochemistry/BIRCH)
- Jennifer Coombs
Structure - function relationship of Self Assembling caGEs (SAGEs).
Supervisors: Paul Verkade (Biochemistry) and Dek Woolfson (Chemistry)
- Rosalia Cuahtecontzi Delint
Sticky Stem Cells: Reengineering the Membrane using Nanobiohybrid Materials.
Supervisors: Adam Perriman (Cellular & Molecular Medicine), Wael Kafienah (Cellular & Molecular Medicine) and Andy Collins (Physics)
- Omar Gomez
Strontium Niobates as a new Family of Superconductors.
Supervisors: Simon Hall (Chemistry) and Chris Bell (Physics)
- Mincy Naduthottathil
Biomimetic extra cellular matrix for the mechanical modulation of stem cells fate.
Supervisors: Bo Su (Oral & Dental Sciences) and Sean Davis (Chemistry)
- Maddy Nichols
Directed fabrication of co-acervate gel structures as models of prototissues.
Supervisors: Avinash Patil (Chemistry) and Adrian Barnes (Physics)
- Kate Oliver
Morphogenesis Manufacturing Across the Length Scales.
Supervisors: Annela Seddon (Physics) and Richard Trask (University of Bath)
- Sam Pearce
Triblock Terpolymer Thin Film Self-assembly for Nanolithographic Applications
Supervisors: Ian Manners (Chemistry) and Rob Richardson (Physics)
- Tom Swift
Using fluorescence to affect the rate of photosynthesis in plant systems.
Supervisors: Heather Whitney (Biological Sciences) and Ruth Oulton (Physics/Electrical and Electronic Engineering)