Previous Research Fellows
2025 Fellows
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Dr Ashleigh Chester
Metal-organic frameworks for anaesthetic emissions capture: towards NHS decarbonisation
University College London
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Dr Lucas Le Nagard
Harnessing physics to exploit bacteria’s sense of touch against them
University of Cambridge
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Dr Anindya Majhi
Understanding gully erosion better: Global soil losses and local dynamics
University College London
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Dr Matthew Mould
Uncovering black-hole binary origins with gravitational waves and machine learning
University of Nottingham
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Dr Samuel Coward
Empowering computer chip design through formal methods
University College London
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Dr Trisha Gopalakrishna
Stability of the tropical savanna biome to global environmental stressors
University of Bristol
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Dr Jeannine Grüne
Single-molecular qubits with optical readout for next generation quantum technologies
University of Oxford
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Dr Alex Chan
Combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with covalent cyclic peptides (CPs)
University College London
2024 Fellows
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Dr Aisha Bismillah
Switchable Supramolecular Hosts Capable of Bio-Inspired Recognition and Communication
King's College London
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Dr Christina Woltz
Tracking geochemical changes in organic fossils through time
Imperial College London
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Dr Joseph Wynn
Integrating across timescales for a dynamic perspective on avian migration
University of Liverpool
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Dr Sophie Koudmani
Simulating Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes in the Multi-Messenger Era
University of Hertfordshire
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Dr Adam McKenzie
Into the Void: a new architecture for next-generation semiconductor devices
University of Glasgow
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Dr Elise Needham
Decoding cellular communication with focused systems genetics
University of Cambridge
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Dr Mohamed Elzeadani
Enhancing Connection Ductility for the Safe Design of Timber Structures
University of Cambridge
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Dr Harriet Stanway-Gordon
CyPeMs: New Modalities for Targeting AMR and NDD
Newcastle University
2023 Fellows
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Dr Emma Banks
Illuminating the mechanistic basis of virus-like gene transfer between bacteria
John Innes Centre
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Dr Alison Cribb
Ecosystem engineers, resilience, and climate change through Earth history
University of Southampton
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Dr Larissa Gomes Franca
Stimuli-responsive liquid crystal host materials for energy upconversion systems
University of Cambridge
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Dr Freya Johnson
Antiferromagnetic materials for fast and energy-efficient computing
University of Cambridge
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Dr Dean Lomax
Novel Imaging Elucidates Hunting Behaviours of Giant ‘Sea Dragons’
University of Bristol
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Dr Giulia Rubino
Undoing Quantum Operations using Integrated Photonics Technologies (UQIPT)
University of Bristol
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Dr Benito Wainwright
How does evolution break functional barriers to fine-tune adaptation?
University of St Andrews
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Dr Dan Wilson
Transition-Metal Main-Group Cooperativity: A Strategy for Catalytic Transformations with Ammonia
University College London
2022 Fellows
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Dr Sathya Subramanian
Quantum Algorithms for Testing and Learning
University of Warwick
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Dr Alex Riley
Constraining the nature of dark matter with Galactic halo substructures
Durham University
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Dr Daniel Leybourne
Elucidating the agro-ecological factors influencing virus success in cereal ecosystems
University of Liverpool
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Dr Gal Kronenberg
Edge colouring and decomposition of graphs and hypergraphs
University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute
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Dr Tim Hageman
Next-generation ice-sheet fracture models to quantitatively predict sea-level rise
Imperial College London
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Dr Mark England
Investigating the near-term climate benefits of reducing methane emissions: MethaneMIP
Exeter University
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Dr Harvey Dale
Chemical Origins of the Genetic Code: Lost in Translation
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
2021 Fellows
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Dr Philip Wijesinghe
Revealing cell mechanics with light-sheet microscopy
University of St Andrews
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Dr Matthew Westaway
Simple representations of modular Lie algebras
University of Birmingham
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Dr Jasmine Lee
Mapping conservation actions for Antarctic biodiversity facing rapid global change
British Antarctic Survey
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Dr Amparo Güemes
Development of neurotechnology systems for improving glucose control
University of Cambridge
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Dr Thomas Breithaupt
Redefining the relationship between crystal defects and mantle flow
University of Cambridge
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Dr Monireh Kabirnezhad
A holistic approach to neutrino-nucleus interaction calculations for neutrino experiments.
Imperial College London
2020 Fellows
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Dr John Patrick Stowell
Cosmic Ray Neutron Detectors for Smart Agriculture/Civil Engineering Monitors
Durham University
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Dr Alex Plajer
Addressing the Future of Plastics with CO2 Based Polymers
University of Oxford
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Dr Harry Miller
Geometric approach to optimisation in quantum thermodynamics
University of Manchester
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Dr Claudia Bonfio
Exchange of chemical messages between primitive cells
University of Cambridge
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Dr Adam Smith
Understanding strongly-correlated matter using quantum computers
University of Nottingham
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Dr Niclas Westerberg
Reshaping the quantum vacuum for photon sources
University of Glasgow
2019 Fellows
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Dr Keith Andrews
Addressing diabetes: Glucose recognition with a bespoke molecular glove
University of Oxford
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Dr Luke Rhodes
Emergent electronic properties of strain tuned superconducting materials
University of St Andrews
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Dr Thomas Macdonald
Exploring nanostructured light absorbers: from optoelectronics to innovative photovoltaics
Imperial College London
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Dr Benno Simmons
How invasive species transform a critical ecosystem function
University of Exeter
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Dr Tessa Young
Characterising the cobalt delivery pathway for vitamin B12
Durham University
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Dr Timothy Haskett
Development of genetic tools for rhizosphere engineering
University of Oxford
2018 Fellows
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Dr Guillaume Nataf
Colossal barocaloric effects in liquid crystals
University of Cambridge
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Dr Susannah Bourne-Worster
New design principles for biomimetic photosynthesis
University of Bristol
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Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda
Micromechanical modelling of rock fracture: towards energy-efficient mining
University of Cambridge
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Dr Davide Foffa
‘Elgin Reptiles’: the origins of the modern terrestrial fauna
National Museum Scotland
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Dr Christoph Schnedermann
Investigation of efficient next-generation photo-electrochemical devices
University of Cambridge
2017 Fellows
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Dr Felicity Allen
Powerful CRISPR/Cas9 screens via computational prediction of DNA repair profile
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
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Dr Zahid Padamsey
Speed or precision? Dynamics of information flow in the brain
University of Edinburgh
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Dr Matthew Wallace
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging analysis of biopolymer materials
University of East Anglia
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Dr Paul Holloway
A microfluidic model of the neurovascular unit for stroke research
University of Oxford
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Dr Claire McIlroy
Semi-crystalline materials in additive manufacturing
University of Nottingham
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Dr Nicole Reindl
Probing the nature of dark matter using hot white dwarfs
University of Leicester
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Dr Mark Puttick
Biodiversity and the sixth mass extinction: lessons from the past
University of Bath
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Dr Paul Knott
Employing computer algorithms to automate the engineering of quantum states
University of Nottingham