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Current Members

Orkun S Soyer, PI

Born in Istanbul, Turkey on 5th of July, 1975. BSc in Chemistry from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (2000). PhD from University of Michigan for work with Richard A. Goldstein (2004). Postdoc with Sebastian Bonhoeffer at ETH, Zurich (2004 - 2006). Independent researcher at Microsoft Research - University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (2006 - 2009). Lecturer/Senior Lecturer of Systems Biology at University of Exeter (2009 - 2013). Professor of Evolutionary Systems and Synthetic Biology at University of Warwick (2013 - ). Research area: Networks, evolution, and all in between. Off work: Keen sailor. Google ScholarLink opens in a new window | OrcidLink opens in a new window | AcademicTreeLink opens in a new window

Mary Coates, Lab Manager

Born in Leamington Spa 1978. BSc in Biological Sciences from The University of Exeter (2001). PhD from The University of Warwick (2007) working with Prof. Jim Beynon on Plant-Microbe Interactions. I have undertaken various part-time Project Facilitator and Project Management positions within the University of Warwick since 2008 and have been with OSS Lab since 2012. Since 2020, in addition to my Project Management role, I have ventured back in the Lab to assist with the Gordon and Betty Moore foundation project and to help with Lab management and technical support. Off work: walking my dog, reading, crochet.

 
Post Doctoral Research Assistants
Robert West, PDRA

Born in Rochford, UK. MMath from University of Bath (2014), MSc from University of York (2016). PhD in Applied Mathematics from University of Leeds (2020) focused on coloured external noise in stochastic population dynamics, supervised by Prof. Mauro Mobilia and Prof. Alistair Rucklidge. Postdoctoral researcher in the department of Physics at Bar Ilan (2020-2021) with Prof. Nadav Shnerb focused on Modern Coexistence Theory. Joined OSS lab in February 2022. Interested in mathematical modelling of biological communities with emphasis on the role and implementation of external noise, particularly in situations where there is interplay between external and demographic noise.

Kelsey Cremin, PDRA

Born in Swindon, England in June 1996. BSc (Hons) in Analytical Chemistry and Forensic Science from Coventry University, completed May 2017. MSc to PhD student in the Molecular Analytical Science- Centre of Doctoral Training (MAS-CDT), based in the OSS Lab and the Warwick Electrochemistry and Interface Group, University of Warwick (2018-2022). PDRA in OSS Lab from 2022. Off work: drawing, cooking.



Collaborators

Current and recent collaborators include...
University of Warwick: Pat UnwinLink opens in a new window, Marco PolinLink opens in a new window, Munehiro AsallyLink opens in a new window.
External: Chris Quince (Earlham Institute) Alex FletcherLink opens in a new window (University of Sheffield); Elisenda FeliuLink opens in a new window (University of Copenhagen); Wenying Shou (UCL).

Alumni


 

OSS Lab proudly acknowledges the following students and researchers for their work and enthusiasm during their time in the lab. We wish them all the best in their future career (their immediate destinations indicated, where available).

  1. Tailise Rodrigues (PDRA 2023-2024, University of Exeter)
  2. Sarah Duxbury (PDRA 2020-2024, University of Exeter)
  3. Luke Richards (PDRA 2023-2024, Uppsala University)
  4. Sonal Sonal (PDRA, 2023-2024, UCL)
  5. Jerko Rosko (PDRA, 2021 - 2023, PicturaBio)
  6. Adil Mustafa (PDRA, 2022-2023, Bolton University)
  7. Luke Richards (PhD student 2020-2023)
  8. Clare Hayes (PhD student 2016-2023)
  9. Emily Skates (PhD student 2019-2023, PDRA University of California Merced)
  10. Kelsey Cremin (PhD student 2018-2022, PDRA University of Warwick)
  11. Connah Johnson (PhD student 2018 - 2022, PDRA at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
  12. Zoe Schofield (PDRA 2019-2022, WMG Warwick)
  13. Hadrien Delattre (PDRA 2018-2021, AFM-Telethon)
  14. Ciaran Duff (URSS project student, summer 2021)
  15. Katie Croft (Summer student 2021, PhD Oxford University)
  16. Praneet Prakash (PDRA 2019-2021, University of Cambridge)
  17. Craig McBeth (PDRA, 2019-2020, University of Nottingham)
  18. Jing Chen (PDRA, 2016-2019, Sichuan UniversityLink opens in a new window)
  19. Christian Zerfass (PDRA, 2015-2019, Jena University,Germany)
  20. Andrea Martinez-Vernon (PhD Student, 2014-2018, AigenPlus)
  21. Kalesh Sasidharan (Post-doc, 2013-2018, moved on to his own spin-out; Humane Technologies Ltd)
  22. Sean Aller (PhD Student, 2014-2018, St George's, University of London)
  23. Xue Jiang (PhD student, 2013-2017, Los Alamos Labs)
  24. Fred Farrell (Post-doc, 2016-2017, Illumina)
  25. Tobias Grosskopf (Post-doc, 2013-2016, Roche)
  26. Kent McClymont (Scientific Computing, 2014-15)
  27. Song Feng (PhD student, 2011-15, Los Alamos National Labs)
  28. Chris De Wolf (Technician, 2013-15, University of Warwick)
  29. Nicolas Delalez (Post-doc, 2014-2015, University of Oxford)
  30. Jamie Lue (Post-doc, 2012-15, University of Warwick)
  31. Simone Zenobi (Technician, 2013-14)
  32. Francesco Montefusco (Post-doc, 2011-14, University of Padova)
  33. Varun B Kothamachu (PhD student, 2010-14)
  34. Arno Steinacher (Post-doc, 2011-14, University of Cambridge)
  35. Munia Amin (PhD student, 2010-13)
  36. Kaitlin Weegman (MSc student, summer 2012)
  37. Tuba Ayhan (UG project, summer 2011)
  38. Steve Cockram (UG project, summer 2011), and
  39. Nihat Sayar (PDRA, 2010-11).