Group Members

Professor Steven P. Brown Professor Department: Physics S dot P dot Brown at warwick dot ac dot uk A0.20 Millburn House +44 (0)24765 74359		Professor John V. Hanna Professor Department: Physics J dot V dot Hanna at warwick dot ac dot uk A0.17 Millburn House +44 (0)24761 50806
The development of high-resolution solid-state NMR methods (especially ¹H) using dipolar and J couplings, Applications to the investigation of structure and dynamics, especially hydrogen bonding and aromatic pi-pi interactions, in pharmaceuticals, supramolecular chemistry and biosolids.		The development and application of multinuclear solid-state NMR techniques including DFT calculations in the study of organometallic chemistry, glasses and bioglasses, and ‘energy-related’ materials such as solid oxide fuel cell, hydrogen storage, battery and metal-incorporated biomass systems.
Professor Józef R. Lewandowski Professor Department: Chemistry J dot R dot Lewandowski at warwick dot ac dot uk A0.22 Millburn House +44 (0)24761 51355		Professor Ray Dupree Prof. Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor Department: Physics R dot Dupree at warwick dot ac dot uk A0.21 Millburn House +44 (0)24765 23403
Development and applications of solid-state and solution NMR methodology to study structure and dynamics of biomolecules. Large protein complexes. Structural biology of polyketide synthases. Protein dynamics. Fast magic angle spinning.		Applications of solid state NMR to plants, biomaterials and structurally or chemically disordered materials.
Dr Andrew Howes Associate Professor Department: Physics A dot P dot Howes at warwick dot ac dot uk A0.19 Millburn House +44 (0)24765 22238		Dr Wing Ying Chow Assistant Professor Department: Physics W dot Ying dot Chow at warwick dot ac dot uk A0.18 Millburn House +44 (0)24765 28950
Low-γ nuclei, Technique development, DOR, Probe development.		Structure and dynamics of complex biological materials of the extracellular matrix, with emphasis on gaining insight into human health and disease. Techniques include solid-state NMR, isotopic enrichment of mammalian cell cultures, MAS-DNP, and EPR.
Dr Michael A. Hope Assistant Professor Department: Chemistry Michael dot Hope dot 1 at warwick dot ac dot uk G0.4b Millburn House
Multinuclear solid-state NMR to understand the structure of materials and how that affects their properties. A particular focus on energy materials for batteries and solar cells and the development of in-situ methods.

Visiting Academics

Dr Dominik Kubicki Visiting Professor Department: Physics Dominik dot Kubicki at warwick dot ac dot uk
Dominik’s research focuses on developing new materials for sustainable optoelectronic technologies. He uses a combination of solid-state NMR, MAS DNP and diffraction strategies to study their structure at multiple length scales.

Research Personnel

Dr Koorosh Fatemian

Department: Chemistry and Life Sciences
Supervisors: Józef Lewandowski and Chris Dowson

Funded by: Howard Dalton Centre
K dot A dot Fatemian at warwick dot ac dot uk
G03 Millburn House

Dr Rosalie Thompson

BBSRC funded Research Fellow

Department: Physics Rosaline dot Cresswell at warwick dot ac dot uk
A0.13 Millburn House

Structural and biophysical characterization of antibiotics and novel compounds binding peptidoglycan precursors.

Studying the molecular architecture of plants using solid state NMR.

Dr Anjali Menakath

Department: Physics and Chemistry
Supervisors: Józef Lewandowski and Steven Brown

Funded by: EPSRC and BBSRC
a dot menakath dot 1 at warwick dot ac dot uk
A0.12 Millburn House

Dr David Bradley
Department: Physics
Supervisor: John Hanna
Funded by: Johnson Matthey
D dot Bradley dot 1 at warwick dot ac dot uk

G0.38b

PhD Students



Jack Drant Department: Chemistry Supervisor: Józef Lewandowski Funded by: BBSRC and GSK Jack dot Drant at warwick dot ac dot uk		Liam Medlin Department: Chemistry Supervisor: Steven Brown and Józef Lewandowski Funded by: University of Warwick and GSK Liam dot Medlin at warwick dot ac dot uk
Characterisation of protein aggregation using solid-state NMR and cryo-EM
Hannah Pilsworth Department: Physics Supervisor: John Hanna Funded by: Infineum H dot Pilsworth at warwick dot ac dot uk		Chris Trembath Department: Chemistry Supervisor: Józef Lewandowski, Stephanie Brookes (AZ), Les Hughes (AZ) Funded by: University of Warwick and AstraZeneca Chris dot Trembath at warwick dot ac dot uk
Using solid-state NMR to gain a more complete understanding of asphaltenes.
Jairah Lubay Department: Physics & Chemistry Supervisors: Steven Brown and Józef Lewandowski Funded by: University of Warwick and Bruker Jairah dot Lubay at warwick dot ac dot uk		Ananya Singh Department: Physics Supervisor: Wing Ying Chow Funded by: EPSRC Ananya at warwick dot ac dot uk
Developing fast magic-angle spinning NMR methods for applications to biological systems.		Development of solid-state NMR approaches for probing extracellular matrices with relevance to human disease.
Svetlana Pavlović Department: Chemistry Supervisor: Steven Brown Funded by: University of Warwick and Novartis Svetlana dot Pavlovic at warwick dot ac dot uk		Todd Davey Department: Chemistry Supervisor: Józef Lewandowski Funded by: University of Warwick and AstraZeneca todd dot davey at warwick dot ac dot uk
My research is focused on developing solid-state NMR methods for the analysis of soft gel-like materials produced during dissolution of oral pharmaceutical products.		My research will be focused on the development of advanced NMR spectroscopy methods for qualitative and quantitative determination of peptide secondary structure to calibrate solid-state FTIR models.
Helena Loan Department: Chemistry Supervisor: Michael Hope Funded by: EPSRC Helena dot Loan at warwick dot ac dot uk

Former Members can be found here.