Reimagining how we study biomolecules
People
Our research is all about teamwork - both within the group and through collaborations. We have no firm views on required skills, we are a group of people from lots of backgrounds, both geographically and scientifically.
Philipp Kukura
Principal Investigator
Favourite pub: The library
Favourite place: Cafe orient
Favourite lab kit: Ball driver
Jan Christoph Thiele
Postdoc
Favourite colour: 480 nm
Favourite food: Cheese
Favourite lab kit: Magnetic ruler
Seham Helmi
Postdoc
Favourite destination: Italy
Favourite molecule: Caffeine
Favourite movie: Casablanca
Alexandros Hannon
PhD Student
Favourite pub: The Gardners Arms
Favourite molecule: Resveratrol
Favourite Scientist: Marie Curie
Henry Hall
PhD Student
Favourite transport: Aeroplane
Favourite carbon allotrope: C60
Favourite bean: Kidney
Raman van Wee
PhD Student
Favourite destination: Berlin
Favourite scientist : Robert Hooke
Favourite optomechanic : Dichroic
Sabine Huth-Rauschenbach
Personal Assistant
Favourite food: Aglio Olio
Favourite scientist: Darwin
Favourite destination: Wales
Jiri Kratochvil
Postdoc
Favourite language: Java
Favourite block: Nanoparticle
Favourite conveyance: Inline skates
Stephen Thorpe
Postdoc
Favourite scientist: Cavendish
Favourite food: BBQ Ribs
Favourite movie: Shawshank
Anand Raghavan
PhD Student
Favourite pub: The Victoria
Favourite scientist: George Stokes
Favourite activity: producing music
Jack Bardzil
PhD Student
Favourite Pub: The Fir Tree
Favourite Pipette: 10 – 100 µL
Favourite Scientist: Lavoisier
Juan Erazo Rojas
Part II
Favourite Pub: Royal Blenheim
Favourite Destination: Cali, Colombia
Favourite Molecule: Penguinone
Jack Peters
Postdoc
Favourite pub: King's Arms
Favourite restaurant: Spiced Roots
Favourite destination: Japan
Roi Asor
Postdoc
Favourite pub: Victoria Arms
Favourite molecule: Caffeine
Favourite destination: Paris
Wenjie Liu
Postdoc
Favourite food: Noodles
Favourite lab app: Fiji
Favourite lab facility: Microscopy
Dan Loewenthal
PhD Student
Favourite place: The beach
Favourite food: Apple crumble
Favourite Molecule: Acetylcholine
Kishwar Iqbal
PhD Student
Favourite pub: Oxford Retreat
Favourite food: Ramen
Favourite optomechanic: Iris
Past members
PDRAs - and their first/current stop
Dr Manish Kushwah: Aston University, Birmingham
Dr Jan Becker: ZOMP, Cambridge
Dr Emanuel Pfitzner: attocube systems, Munich
Dr Samuel Tusk: Refeyn, Oxford
Dr Adar Sonn-Segev: Refeyn, Oxford
Dr Nikolas Hundt: LMU Munich
Dr Maria Lebedeva: Radley College, UK
Dr Joanna Andrecka: Refeyn, Oxford
Dr Jooyoung Sung: DGIST, Korea
Dr Jongmin Lim: Korea Basic Science Institute
Dr Alex Duarte: ICFO Barcelona
Dr Torsten Wende: Greateyes, Berlin
Dr Alex Duarte: ICFO Barcelona
Dr Alexander Weigel: Ultrafast Innovations, Munich
Dr Katelyn Spillane: King's College London
Dr Lars Meyer: BASF
DPhils - and their first/current stop
Yiwen Li: JP Morgan Chase
Eric Foley: Clearview Healthcare Partners, London
Anna Olerinyova: Francis Crick, London
Lee Priest: Refeyn, Oxford
Fabian Soltermann: Canton Biologics, China
Anne Schuhmacher: ATD Bio
Xuanhui Meng: Refeyn, Oxford
Adam Fineberg: NIH, USA
Gavin Young: Refeyn , Oxford
Daniel Cole: Refeyn, Oxford
Aleksandar Sebesta: Ultrafast Innovations, Munich
Gabi de Wit: Calumino, Sydney
Jaime Ortega-Arroyo: ICFO Barcelona
Giovanni Bassolino: ETH Zurich
Matz Liebel: ICFO Barcelona