"Amazing Science comes through Adventurous Minds"


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Dr Juliet Barclay

Research Associate
Joined: Jan 2026

PhD, the University of York, UK





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Dr Andrew Foster

Research Associate (jointly with Prof Budd)
Joined: June 2026

PhD, Queen's University, Belfast, UK





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Dr Shreyasi Banik

Research Associate
Joined: Jan 2026

PhD, IIT Kanpur, India


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Dr Vikas Sharma

Research Associate
Joined: October 2021

PhD, IISER Bhopal, India





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David Preston



PhD
Joined: October 2025

M.Chem, The University of Manchester











Dona Michael 



PhD
Joined: October 2025

M.Sc Chemistry, IIT Hyderabad, India











Jaise Johnson 



PhD
Joined: October 2025

Joint PhD  UoM-IISc
​(Prof. Manoj Varma, IISc Bengaluru, India)

M.Sc Physics, Pondicherry University, India






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Sabiar Rahaman

PhD (main supervisor, Prof Radha Boya)


Joined: September 2024
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​M.Sc Physics, Aligarh Muslim University

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Kaysa Sekhavati

PhD (co-supervisor, Prof Richard Winpenny)


Joined: September 2024

​B.Sc Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK

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Latakshi Sharma

Joint PhD UoM-IIT KGP
(Prof. Kumar Biradha, IIT Kharagpur, India)

​Joined: August 2024

MSc Chemistry, IIT Ropar, India

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Sauvrav K.V.


PhD (Co-supervisor, Prof. Radha Boya)

​Joined: April 2023

BS-MS Chemical sciences, IISER Bhopal, India



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Korak Kar

Joint PhD UoM-IIT KGP
(Prof. Kumar Biradha, IIT Kharagpur, India)

​Joined: August 2022

MSc Chemistry, IIT Dhanbad, India​
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Tirumala Rao Dumpala

PhD (Co-supervisor, Prof. Radha Boya)

​Joined: November 2022

BS-MS Physical Sciences, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India

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Trudie Culverhouse

PhD, on UoM-A*Star Singapore joint program
(Dr. Maheswar Repaka and Prof. Kedar Hippalgaonkar)

Joined: October 2022

MSc Materials Science, The University of Manchester, UK

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MChem/M.Sc/UG students



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Yuchen Liu

M.Chem - 2025-26
Internship student - 2022-24
​M.Chem, The University of Manchester


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​Xiaoguang Wang

M. Sc Chemistry - 2025-26
The University of Manchester

B.Tech (applied Chemistry), Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China.


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Group Alumni


Dr. ​Muhammad Sajeer Parambath


PhD,  UoM-IISc joint degree program 
​(jointly with Prof Boya, UoM and Prof. Manoj Varma, IISc Bengaluru, India)

2023 - 2026




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Xiaoguang Wang

M. Sc Chemistry, 2025-26
The University of Manchester



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Yuchen Liu

M.Chem - 2025-26
(Outstanding Undergraduate Award)
Internship student - 2022-25
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Dr Anmol
PhD, Oct 2021 - Oct 2025



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Junyang Zhang

M.Phil, Sept 2023 - Sept 2024


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Jiaqiu He

Carmen Barker Benavides

Kunlong Liu

Summer intern
2025 & 2024

Summer intern
2024

MChem
2023 - 24

Olivia Aten

MChem
2023 - 24

Simla Cebi

Summer intern
June 2023​

Lujie Pu

M.Sc
​2022 - 23

Tehmina Sepai

MChem
​2022 - 23

Hassan Khan

​Summer internship student
​2022 & 2023

Sadiqur Rahman

​Summer internship student
​2022

Milan Weitzel

ERASMUS visiting student
​2021-22

Joshua Wakes

MChem
​2021-22

​Thomas Nunn

MChem
​2021-22

Yongsheng Gao

M.Sc
​2020-21

Emily Cuffin-Munday

MChem
​2020-21

Hannah Burnett

MChem
​2020-21