Chemistry Staff Directory
Dr Lona Alkhalaf
Assistant Professor
l.alkhalaf.1@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: The chemistry and biology of natural products e.g. antibiotics, siderophores, phytotoxins, autoinducers and other bioactive metabolites
Martin Annis
Senior Teaching Lab Technician
Martin.Annis@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Teaching and learning technical support
Dr Alex Baker
Assistant Professor - Leverhulme Fellow
Alexander.Baker@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Creating and developing chemical solutions to humanitarian challenges impacting marginalised groups
Dr Mark Barrow
Reader
M.P.Barrow@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Energy, environmental, and complex samples by ultrahigh high resolution mass spectrometry and advanced data processing.
Hannah Barney
Senior Teaching Lab Technician
Hannah.Barney@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Teaching and learning technical support
Dr Livia Bartók-Pártay
Associate Professor
livia.bartok-partay@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Computational modelling of phase transitions and crystal structure prediction, understanding macroscopic behaviour from the microscopic.
Prof Remzi Becer
Professor
remzi.becer@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Polymerization and click reactions, to prepare polymers for the oil industry, from biomass and for sequence-designed biomaterials.
Elise Bennett
Research Administrative officer
e.bennett.1@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Chemistry research news, events, engagement and communications; REF; Open Access; Research Funding and Fellowships support.
Prof Claudia Blindauer
Professor
C.Blindauer@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Inorganic biochemistry, focusing on metal-binding proteins from a variety of organisms aiming to aid the understanding of zinc homeostasis.
Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon
Professor
S.Bon@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Polymer and colloid science with a chemical engineering approach for environmentally sustainable innovation.
Dr Katharina Brinkert
Associate Professor
katharina.brinkert@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: (Photo-)electrocatalytic chemical synthesis for Earth and space applications. Interface phenomena and small molecule activation.
Philip Broad
Stores Technician
p.w.broad@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Purchasing chemicals, lab supplies and stationery
Dr Stephen Bromfield
Director of Teaching Laboratories
Stephen.Bromfield@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Teaching and my strategic oversight of the curriculum and underpinning processes (e.g. demonstrating) within teaching laboratories.
Prof Tim Bugg
Professor
T.D.Bugg@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests:
Enzyme catalysis, conversion of lignin to renewable chemicals using enzymes and engineered microbes.
Louise Busk
Core Technician
l.h.busk@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Research labs and facilities technical support.
Lee Butcher
Mechanical Engineer
lee.butcher@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Your bespoke mechanical equipment needs.
Suzanne Capaldi
Stores Technician
Suzanne.Capaldi@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about:
Chemistry Stores and Goods-In
David Capper
Administrative Assistant (HR)
chem-admin@warwick.ac.uk
HR processes (e.g., staff rectruitment, induction and travel support); Research Groupings Support (projects, events and meetings)
Ayça Cevik
Senior Support Technician (Research)
Ayca.Cevik@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Research labs and facilities technical support
Prof Greg Challis
Professor
G.L.Challis@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: The chemistry and biology of natural products e.g. antibiotics, siderophores, phytotoxins, autoinducers and other bioactive metabolites
Prof Adrian Chaplin
Professor, Grouping Lead
A.B.Chaplin@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Synthetic organometallic chemistry and catalysis with a supramolecular twist. Activation of alkanes and nitrous oxide.
Dr Nikola Chmel
Deputy Head of Department (Education)
N.Chmel@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Chemistry education; spectroscopy of complex biomolecular systems; dichroism; fluorescence; dynamic light scattering; vibrational spectroscopy.
Prof Andrew Clark
Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor
a.j.clark@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Education Policy; Synthetic organic chemistry (free radical reactions, copper catalysis, atropisomers and renewable polymers).
Dr Guy Clarkson
Honorary Associate Professor
G.Clarkson@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Metal complexes and their application to catalysis and materials, particularly chiral systems, their kinetics and in the elucidation of mechanisms
Prof Christophe Corre
Professor
C.Corre@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests:
Bacterial Transcriptional Regulators; discovery of new bioactive natural products; Biocatalysts
Steve Dawson
Stores Manager
s.dawson@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about:
Purchasing chemicals, lab supplies and stationery
Emilie Day
Postgraduate Programme Administrative Officer
Emilie.J.Day@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Postgraduate student and CDT Support; Postgraduate taught programme management
Dr Ann Dixon
Deputy Head of Department
(People and Culture)
Ann.Dixon@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Investigating the assembly, interactions and 3-D structures of membrane proteins, particularly those associated with cancers and immunity.
Joanna Drozd
Senior Technician
j.drozd@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about:
Mass Spectrometry Facilities technical support
Dr David Fox
Associate Professor
D.J.Fox@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry; drug discovery and development; synthetic methodology.
Reece Goodall
Student Experience Officer
Reece.Goodall@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Student voice and community, student recruitment, Welcome Week, Open Days, Graduation, NSS, student and alumni communications.
Marcus Grant
Mechanical Engineer
marcus.grant@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about:
Your bespoke mechanical equipment needs.
Dr Mark Greenhalgh
Associate Professor
Mark.Greenhalgh@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Synthetic chemist; organocatalysis meets main group catalysis; novel catalysts; unconventional interactions; understanding mechanism.
Patti Grierson
Senior Support Technician (Research)
patti.grierson@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about:
Research labs and facilities technical support.
Prof Scott Habershon
Professor
S.Habershon@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests:
Developing and applying new computational methods to model chemical dynamics in complex systems.
Prof Dave Haddleton
Professor
D.M.Haddleton@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Sustainable polymer synthesis and catalysis for polymers in health care, 3D printing, personal care and related applications.
Dr Rachel Hand
Assistant Professor (Teaching)
rachel.a.hand@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Global Decarbonisation and Climate Change
Prof Maria Harkiolaki
Honorary Professor
maria.harkiolaki@warwick.ac.ukk
Research interests: Microscopy technology development; structural cell biology and morphogenesis pathways; understanding host pathogen-interactions.
Prof Ross Hatton
Professor, Cluster Lead
Ross.Hatton@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Development of electrode materials for organic and perovskite photovoltaics
Louise Hockenhull
PGCTSS Administrator
l.hockenhull@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about:
The Postgraduate Certificate in Transferable Skills in Science for Doctoral Researchers.
Dr Michael Hope
Assistant Professor
Michael.Hope.1@warwick.ac.uk
Millburn House
Research interests: Using solid state NMR and other techniques to study next generation energy materials.
Dr Tim Horne
Programme Coordinator
chem-pgt@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Postgraduaate student learning support
Dr Hannes Houck
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Hannes.Houck@warwick.ac.uk
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Research interests: Development of light- and temperature-responsive chemical building blocks that can be incorporated into sustainable polymer materials
Robert Jenkins
Core Technician
r.jenkins@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Research labs and facilities technical support
Dr Matthew Jenner
Associate Professor
M.Jenner@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Application of mass spectrometry to solve complex biological problems related to natural product biosynthesis.
Lucy Johnson
Teaching and Learning Services Manager
l.johnson.3@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Teaching and Learning support services for student experience, from recruitment to graduation.
Dr Bora Karasulu
Assistant Professor and EPSRC Early-Career Fellow
bora.karasulu@warwick.ac.uk
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Research interests: Atomistic modelling of next-generation energy storage materials, and their first-principles characterisation.
Sukhbinder Kaur
Senior Accounts Officer
Sukhbinder.Kaur@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Chemistry finance support
Dr Daniel Lester
Platform Manager RTP
d.lester@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: The Polymer Research Technology Platform at The University of Warwick.
Prof Józef Lewandowski
Professor
j.r.lewandowski@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Solution- and solid-state NMR led integrated structural biology. Protein dynamics. Natural products biosynthesis.
Dr Evelina Liarou
Assistant Professor-Research Focused
Leverhulme Fellow
Evelina.Liarou.1@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Polymer Physics, Polymerization Mechanisms and Advanced Electron Microscopy.
Dr Rianne Lord
Associate Professor
Rianne.Lord@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Biorelevant coordination and organometallic metallodrugs as chemotherapeutics for cancer treatments and antimicrobial agents.
Ruby Ma
Senior Teaching Lab Technician
Ruby.Ma@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Teaching and learning technical support
Prof Julie MacPherson
Professor
J.Macpherson@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Electro- chemistry and materials science, covering electroanalysis and sensor development, electrocatalysis, modelling, electrosynthesis.
Dr Andrew Marsh
Reader
A.Marsh@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Supramolecular chemistry: synthesis and actions of functional molecules. Chemical virology.
Samuel Martin
Senior Support Technician (Research)
sam.martin@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Research labs and facilities technical support
Brandon Mattu
Technical Assistant - Teaching Labs
Brandon.Mattu@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Teaching and learning technical support
Prof Reinhard Maurer
Professor
R.Maurer@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Hybrid materials; photo/electrocatalysis; surface spectroscopy; materials discovery; stochastic dynamics; and machine learning.
Donna McIntyre
Director of Operations
Donna.McIntyre@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: The strategic and operational planning for Chemistry and leading the development and delivery of the department’s support services. Book time with me
Dr Anish Mistry
Assistant Professor (research)
Anish.Mistry@warwick.ac.uk
Scott Group
Research interests: Synthetic organic and polymer chemistry, analysis and characterisation and working in collaboration with industrial partners.
Rachel Mosses
Admin Assistant and PA to HoD
chem-admin@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: HR processes (e.g., staff rectruitment, induction and travel support); Research Groupings support (projects, events and meetings)
Dr Alex Mullins
BBSRC Discovery Fellow
Alex.Mullins@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Evolution-inspired engineering of non-ribosomal peptide synthetase assembly lines to create novel bioactive scaffolds.
Dr Daniel Murdock
Dr Daniel Murdock
d.murdock@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: The student learning experience. I am the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry
Dr Rebecca Notman
Honorary Reader
R.Notman@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Modelling and simulation of a range of systems important to materials sciecnce, biomedicine and pharmaceuticals; reserach into human skin.
Prof Peter O'Connor
Professor
P.Oconnor@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Improving the performance and applications of Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometers
Dr Raj Pandya
Assistant Professor
raj.pandya@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests:
Ultrafast spectroscopy and imaging of quantum dynamics in nanoscale energy materials.
Cecilia Paredes
Laboratory Tutor
Cecilia.Paredes@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Undergraduate practical chemistry skills
Dr Dani Pearson
Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed)
D.Pearson.2@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Undergraduate teaching. Dani is the Deputy Director of Teaching Laboratories.
Prof Sébastien Perrier
Professor
S.Perrier@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: The synthesis of macromolecules with highly controlled and pre-determinable structures using modern polymer and organic synthetic methods.
Dr Sebastian Pike
Royal Society Research Fellow
Sebastian.Pike@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Inorganic materials on the molecular scale: photocatalysis using cluster molecules and cluster derived (nano)materials
Dr Ivan Prokes
Assistant Professor (Research)
I.Prokes@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Manager of solution state NMR Spectroscopy facility. NMR methodology and structural elucidation.
Dr S Rajendrakumar
Assistant Professor (Research)
Santhosh.
Rajendrakumar@warwick.ac.uk
Perrier Group
Research interests: Santhosh explores antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties of RAFT polymers.
Rajan Randev
Deputy Technical Services and Facilities Manager
r.randev@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about:
Managing technical services; teaching laboratory support
Dr Tania Read
Assistant Professor (Research)
tania.l.read@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Boron Doped Diamond Sensors for Real-World Analysis
Dr Tom Ritchie
Director of Student Experience
Tom.Ritchie@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Student experience, innovation and skills, widening participation and outreach and the history of science.
Helena Roalfe
Laboratory Tutor
Helena.Roalfe@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Undergraduate practical chemsitry skills
Katie Robertson
Programme Coordinator
chem-pgt@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Postgraduaate student learning support
Jo Russell
Undergraduate Programme Administrative Officer
chem-undergraduate@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about:Undergraduate student support; undergraduate taught programme management
Prof Peter Sadler FRS
Professor
P.J.Sadler@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Chemistry of metals in medicine (bioinorganic chemistry, inorganic chemical biology and medicine).
Dr Fredrik Schaufelberger
Assistant Professor
Fredrik.Schaufelberger@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Working at the interface of supramolecular chemistry, nanomedicine and biomaterials, using a toolbox of synthetic organic chemistry.
Prof Peter Scott
Professor, Health and Safety Chair
Peter.Scott@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests:
Self-assembling molecules as antimicrobials and cancer medicines; interfacially-active polyolefin materials for recycling.
Dr Mark Senn
Royal Society Research Fellow
M.Senn@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: understanding the link between microscopic structure of a material and its relationship to the observed macroscopic property.
Jane Shepherd
Administrative officer - HR
chem-admin@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Management of HR support including staff recruitment, induction, travel queries, and research cluster administrative support.
Dr Lijiang Song
Reader
Lijiang.Song@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: MS and NMR based metabolomic and proteomic for bioactive natural product/biomarker discovery; Head of Mass Spectrometry Facility
Prof Gabriele Sosso
Professor
G.Sosso@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Molecular simulations of disordered systems and phase transitions. Supercooled liquids and the glass transition, crystal nucleation and growth
Prof Phillip Stansfeld
Professor
phillip.stansfeld@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests:
Computational methods to study IMP structures, particularly multi-scale molecular dynamics simulations.
Prof Vasilios Stavros
Professor (Visiting)
V.Stavros@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests:
Time-resolved mass and velocity map ion imaging spectroscopies for photochemistry and photophysics.
Dr Manuela Tosin
Associate Professor
m.tosin@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests:
Development of chemical probes and tools for natural product and chemical biology research.
Prof Pat Unwin FRS
Head of Department
P.R.Unwin@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Discovering techniques to study electrochemical and interfacial processes; ultrasensitive probes; and surfaces-structure activity relationships.
Nishi Vasisht
Technical Services Facilities Manager
nishi.vasisht@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Management of technical services, the Techncians Commitment; health and safety; Estates projects
Prof Richard Walton
Deputy Head of Department (Research)
R.I.Walton@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Solid-state materials including metal-organic frameworks and transition-metal oxides for industrial applications in energy and catalysis.
Prof Mike Ward
Professor
M.D.Ward@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Coordination and supramolecular chemistry, especially self-assembly and host-guest chemistry of metal complex cages.
Rod Wesson
Chief Technician
r.c.wesson@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Your bespoke electronic equipment needs and repairs.
Steve Williams
University Glass Blower
stephen.j.williams@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about:Design, modification, fabrication and repair of bespoke and most commonly used scientific glassware.
Prof Martin Wills
Professor
M.Wills@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Asymmetric catalysis and synthetic organic chemistry methodology, with applications to medicinal chemistry and chemical biology.
Prof Paul Wilson
Royal Society Research Fellow, Cluster Lead
P.Wilson.1@warwick.ac.uk
Research interests: Organic and macromolecular electrosynthesis; platforms for sustainability and precision synthesis on the nanoscale.
Sarah Wixon
Administrative Assistant (HR)
chem-admin@warwick.ac.uk
HR processes (e.g., staff rectruitment, induction and travel support); Research Groupings Support (projects, events and meetings)
Begum Canan Yildiz Aras
Technical Assistant - Research Labs
Begum-Canan.Yildiz-Aras@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about:
Research labs and facilities technical support.
Iva Zivkovic
Programme Coordinator
chem-undergraduate@warwick.ac.uk
Talk to me about: Undergraduate student learning support