2025 Fellows

  • Wan Yeung

    Hydro for Hydrogen: Charting a Course for Green Hydrogen Production with Offshore Seawater

  • Maggie So

    Expediting Covalent Medicine Discovery through Electrophile Diversification

  • Anna Passmore

    Value from Abundance: A New Catalytic Strategy for Unlocking Crucial Tertiary Amine Products

  • Alex Bentley

    High-throughput generation of ligase molecular glue libraries

  • Carl Parsons

    High Resolution Thermal Imaging of Temperature Memory Coatings

  • Samuel Winter

    Variational quantum algorithms for the optimisation of telecommunications systems

  • Charlie Chandler

    Femtosecond laser ablation X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy depth profiling

  • Graham Lightfoot

    A Novel Sustainable Catalyst for the Synthesis of Methanol, a Foundational Chemical

  • Zaeem Najeeb

    Quantitative High-Throughput Characterisation of Catalyst Nanoparticles Using Advanced 4D-STEM and Spectroscopy

  • Natasha Bury

    Discovery of novel BacTACs: Advancing antibacterial drug discovery

  • Cordelia Cavill

    AI-driven design of perovskite materials for next-generation energy devices

  • Viktoria Brachmaier

    The astrocyte nexus: Developing a platform using translatable human cell models for motor neuron disease

    2024 Fellows

    • Maja Schmidt

      Advancing AI-Driven remote heart health monitoring for early detection and diagnosis

    • Karina Wojdat

      Improving drug development by design - making drugs quicker and better

    • Ryan Teo

      Designing new gut-friendly antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance

    • Harry Palmer

      Design and synthesis of new Antibody-Drug Conjugates to improve cancer treatment

    • Katie Ollerton

      Development of an innovative characterisation toolbox for personal care and pharmaceutical deposition and delivery

    • Charlie Hutchings

      Evaluating infrastructure degradation and compatibility for the hydrogen economy

    • Gareth Hart

      Designing a new catalyst to enable the hydrogen economy

    • Alberto Gomez Saiz

      Integrating quantum components into traditional microchip technology to enhance the performance of electronics

    • Colm Downing

      Developing a platform for healthcare professionals to prevent suicide, self-harm, and violence in care

    • Tina-Maria Burova

      Developing a NanoBRET-Based methodology to accelerate the discovery of new chemical tools

    • Eve Andrews

      Developing a circularity assessment tool for offshore wind to drive sustainability and optimise resource utilisation

    • Lucinda Abell Black

      Using smart leggings to understand the causes of sports injury and identify possible interventions for women athletes

      2023 Fellows

      • Marina Economidou

        Investigations Into the Ligand- and Oxidation State-Dependent Extraction of Residual Palladium from Pharmaceutically Relevant Molecules

      • Claudine Greenwood

        Identification of Covalent Tools for Essential Parasite Proteins Implicated in Tropical Diseases

      • Samantha Ree

        Separation techniques for the recovery of radionuclides suitable for cancer therapy from extant nuclear materials

      • Anna Miller

        Feed the world: harnessing Nature’s molecules for maximising future food productivity

      • Fabian Spoendlin

        Advancing Computational Methods for the Functional Characterisation of Antibodies Using Structural and Flexibility Data

      • Rebecca Stevens

        High-Throughput Chemical Synthesis and Biological Testing of Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras

      • Aleksy Kwiatkowski

        Closing the Loop: A Computational-Experimental Feedback Approach for Predicting Macrocycle Closure

      • Mark Bell

        Short Range Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) for Environmental Monitoring

      • Kate Turley

        Environmentally affective circadian lighting and IoT solution for healthy ageing

      • Matthew Southern

        Delivering novel 3D-rich building blocks for drug discovery

      • Sara Abreu

        Investigation of factors affecting the downstream purification process of lentiviral vector manufacturing

      • Sarah Oatway

        Investigation of a novel Sensory discrimination training device for the management of phantom limb pain

      • Paul McHard

        Autonomous Robotic Detection and Correction of Surface Defects in Manufacturing

      • Peter Doggart

        Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Electrocardiography in Emergency Departments

      • Gillian Cameron

        The role of digital interventions in supporting workplace mental health and wellbeing

        2022 Fellows

        • Finbar Gaffey

          Developing a platform to improve the identification of therapies for Motor Neurone Disease

        • James Rowley

          A Platform for the High-Throughput Screening of Reactive Fragments in Cells

        • Aleksandra Nikoniuk

          Integrating automated microfluidics process analytical technology platforms into autologous CAR-T cell manufacturing

        • Jessica Crompton

          Synthesis of Quaternary Stereocentres via Hydrogen Borrowing Catalysis

        • Joe Ross

          Cell State Estimation For Modular Battery Packs

        • Joseph Counte

          Reducing temperature uncertainty in thermal memory coatings for advanced gas turbine applications

        • Magdalene Ho

          Home-Grown Therapeutics- Using bioinspired nanotechnology to harvest patient-derived biologics for healing chronic wounds

        • Matthew Diable

          Development and industrialisation of novel hyperbranched photopolymers via proprietary technology to revolutionise 3D printing

        • Nicholas Nyamayedenga

          Practical approaches to address non-dewatered alum sludge properties and benefits of dewatering

        • Yohn Taylor

          Development of Hyperpolarised 129Xe Magnetic Resonance Imaging to provide a Novel Translational Drug-development Imaging Framework

          2021 Fellows

          • Daniya Aynetdinova

            Cationic Cyclisation Cascades Mediated by Carbon-Electrophiles for the Formation of Novel Polycyclic Products

          • Andrei-Claudiu Roibu

            Mapping brain network activity from structural connectivity using deep learning

          • Thomas Corner

            Development of Potent AspH Inhibitors as Novel Small-Molecule Anti-Cancer Therapeutics

          • Elliott Smyth

            Discovery of novel small molecules for the treatment of human coronaviruses

          • Daniel Pybus

            Alternative Production Methodologies for Formation of Complex-Geometry Graphite Components from Recovered Graphite Powder

          • Parijat Patel

            Artificial Intelligence to improve Cardiometabolic Risk Evaluation using CT (ACRE-CT)

          • Amelia Markfort

            AI technologies for the next generation of quantum imaging

          • Daire O'Dubhthaigh

            Smart Green Manufacturing for Mass Customisation in the Textile Industry

          • Isobel Gordon

            Quantitative MRI of the Breast Parenchyma to Improve Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

          • Augusto Diaz de Budalles

            Development of a hierarchical nanocoating technology for enhanced electrode efficiency of commercial alkaline electrolysers

          • Kyle Bowman

            Accelerating the commercial implementation of Electromethanogenic Reactors

          • Liam Bussey

            A Quantum Optical Receiver for Ultra Sensitive Wireless Digital Communications

          • Shefali Bhumbra

            Developing a medicine designed to modulate cancer patients’ immune system to selectively eliminate cancerous cells

            2020 Fellows

            • Maral Bayaraa

              Satellite-enabled early warning system for geotechnical structures

            • Sam Bourne

              Characterising genetic variants associated with pain to improve the clinical translation of novel therapies

            • Sophie Duong

              Metal to Ceramic Interfacial Engineering for Armour Applications

            • Poppy Oldroyd

              Conducting polymer electrodes for interfacing with the brain

            • Euan Rodgers

              Development of a monitoring system using guided waves for nuclear components

            • Tom Waddell

              Causal modelling of type 2 diabetes and multi-organ dysfunction through quantitative magnetic resonance imaging: Applying Bayesian-networks

            • Jack Kay

              Discovery of novel antimicrobial peptides to combat current and emerging superbugs

            • Declan Williams

              Flow versus batch chemistry in the safe manufacture of explosives

            • Daniella Cheang

              Can you keep borrowing from future generations? A green biomimetic method for controlling chirality

            • Joe Lawton

              Remote Plasma Sputtering of High Quality Thermochromic Thin Films for Energy Conservation

              2019 Fellows

              • Jack Sutro

                Synthesising treatments for multi-drug resistant cancers

              • Tatiana Rogova

                Using light to speed up medicine development

              • Elisabeth Pickles

                Improving liver cancer diagnoses through new MRI techniques

              • Veronica Glyn

                Fighting cancer with the patient’s own cells

              • Marie Dale

                Digitally detecting invasive species on ship hulls

              • Shaun Smart

                Determining the boundary conditions of weld metal hydrogen cracking

              • Robert Rouse

                Predicting flooding effects with AI

              • Bojidar Rangelov

                Using machine learning to better diagnose COPD exacerbations

              • Alexander O’Neill

                Predicting tyre behaviour on different road surfaces

                2018 Fellows

                • Adam Hornsby

                  Machine learning models to understand consumer preferences

                • Marta Ferran Marqués

                  Luminescent coatings for ultrahigh temperature measurements

                • Mariastefania De Vido

                  Advanced gain materials for high energy, high average power lasers

                • Carlos Julià

                  White blood cell ‘photocopier’ to reduce cost of next generation cancer therapies by 60%

                • Ben Barnes

                  Developing techniques to speed regenerative treatment

                • Jasmine Bone

                  Predicting the degradation of polymer composites in marine environments

                • Christopher Magazzeni

                  Predicting fatigue in jet engines to make travel safer

                • Adam McKenzie

                  Growing compound semiconductors for optical communications

                • Alex Raymond

                  Helping autonomous ships talk to humans

                • Jonathan Vince

                  Improving the distribution of internal radiotherapy in tumours

                • Euan Ward

                  Improving the reliability of low cost radar systems

                • Aleksandr Kovaltsuk

                  Using big data to classify antibodies and improve therapeutic drugs

                  2017 Fellows

                  • Shaun Mansfield

                    A manufacturing process for clinically-relevant cord blood haematopoietic stem cells

                  • Laurence Devesse

                    Massively Parallel Sequencing in forensic genomics

                  • Iestyn Stead

                    Reduction of energy losses in zero emissions liquid air engines

                  • Andrew Anderson

                    Manufacturing enhanced heat transfer surfaces on commercial heat exchangers

                  • Dina Abdulaziz

                    Re-engineering bone

                  • Timur Avkiran

                    Discovery of novel small molecule drugs for the treatment of Tuberculosis

                  • Edward Williamson

                    New ceramic coatings for Small Modular Reactors

                  • Elsa Noaks

                    An upstream step to remove contaminating cell types from T-cells for immuno-oncology

                  • Sascha Ruggaber

                    New reclamation technologies for the remanufacture of combustion engines

                  • Ben Janes

                    “Smart Mixing” – AI in live music systems

                  • David Dearlove

                    The regulatory and downstream effects of supplemental ketosis