2012 Cohort

• Dr Emma Blackham (PhD)

  Graduated from Nottingham Emma's PhD project studied palladium catalysed annulation reactions of tricyclic vinyl aziridines. Her work produced a paper published in Chemical Science, which is available from our Publications page. After graduating, Emma joined Sygnature Discovery, a leading centre for integrated drug discovery in Nottingham.
• Dr Charlotte Boott (PhD)

  A York graduate, Charlotte's PhD project was based on inorganic stereoregular polymers. She published 10 papers in national and international journals, including Science, Nature, JACS and Angewandte. Following her PhD, Charlotte wished to continue in academia and in 2016 she successfully applied for a Banting Fellowship to work with Prof. MacLachlan at University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada.
• Dr Kelly Butterfield (PhD)

  Graduated from the University of Bath, Kelly's PhD project investigated the building of controlled dendrimers. In 2016, after completing her PhD, she moved to Japan to teach Science (including chemistry) at a secondary school.
• Dr Craig Buxton (PhD)

  A Bristol graduate, Craig PhD project - sponsored by Pfizer - was on a metal catalyzed multicomponent carbonylative ring expansion of small N-heterocycles under the supervision of Dr. John Bower and Prof. Tim Gallagher. In 2017, Craig joined Evotec as a Senior Scientist.
• Dr Giacomo Crisenza (PhD)

  A graduate from the University of Milan, Giacomo undertook his PhD project with Dr. John Bower studying new methodologies for asymmetric C-H functionalization. After his PhD, he successfully applied for a Marie Curie Fellowship and in 2017 joined Institut Catala de Investigacio Quimica (Tarragona, Spain).
• Dr Ashleigh Griffith (PhD)

  A University of Southampton graduate, Kelly's PhD project was on the design and synthesis of synthetic lectins for cellulose and chitin, supervised by Professor Anthony Davis in collaboration with Professor Robin Bedford and Dr. Matt Crump. After graduating Kelly did a short internship as Special Events Intern at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. In 2017 she joined the Royal Horticultural Society as an Exhibitor Services Coordinator.
• Dr Isabel Perez-Powell (PhD)

  A Bristol graduate, her PhD was based on the synthesis of prostanoid derivatives working under the supervision of Profs. Aggarwal FRS and Gallagher. After her PhD, she became a INSPIRE PGCE trainee teacher at Imperial College London and in 2017 joined Twyford CofE Academies Trust as a Science Teacher, where in 2018 was promoted to Assistant Head of Year.
• Dr Lisa-Maria Recnik (PhD)

  A graduated from the University of Technology in Vienna (Austria), Lisa-Maria completed her PhD under the supervision of Profs. Willis and Jane (School of Physiology and Pharmacology) on the development of novel inhibitors of the kainate receptors. In 2016 she undertook a postdoctoral position at the Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (France), working on the development of antibody-radiolabeled drug conjugates in collaboration with the IRCM.
• Dr Timothy Shuttleworth (PhD)

  An Oxford graduate, Tim completed his PhD under the joint supervision of Prof Paul Pringle and Dr Jon Iggo (Liverpool) on the design of new ligands for Pd-catalysed methoxycarbonylation of ethene. After his PhD, he joined Cardiff University as a Technology Transfer Officer. In 2018 Tim started working at EPSRC as a Portfolio Manager in Healthcare Technologies Challenge Theme, responsible for Clinical Technologies portfolio. Supporting research across EPSRC’s remit with the aim of accelerating translation to healthcare applications. You can find out more at Life beyond the bench.
• Dr Andrew Smith (PhD)

  A Bristol graduate, Andrew completed his PhD project under the supervision of Dr. Chris Russell and Prof. Paul Pringle on the synthesis and characterisation of digold complexes. In 2017 Andrew joined Newton Europe (Oxford) as an Operational Improvement Consultant.

• Pradip Songara (MChem)

  Graduated from the University of Reading in 2012. During his industrial placement at GlaxoSmithKline he worked in the Immuno-Inflammation CEDD. His final year project was on the ‘Design and Synthesis of novel fluorescent polymers for detecting electron-deficient aromatic molecules’. Pradip was awarded the Paul Holt Prize for Top Student in Organic Chemistry. His PhD is based on ‘vinylsulfonium salts: ylide to metal-carbene exchange for the synthesis of heterocycles’ under the supervision of Prof. Varinder Aggarwal, Dr. Chris Russell and Dr. Eoghan McGarrigle (UCD, Dublin).
• Dr Steve Street (PhD)

  Graduated from the University of Reading, Steve carried out his PhD under the supervision of Dr Carmen Galan working on carbohydrate based anti-cancer drugs. This project was funded by Novartis. After completing his PhD, Steve successfully applied for an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship to work with Professor Ian Manners on the biological applications of monodisperse polymer micelles.