​Current members

Kyle Jonsson
MRes in System and Synthetic Biology Project student (2022-23)
Xintao Yan
MSc in Bioengineering Project student (2022-23)
Loubaba El Ayoubi
MEng in Molecular Engineering Final Year Project student (2022-23)
Daniella Arnal
​MEng in Molecular Engineering Final Year Project student (2022-23)
Sam Mason
PhD student (2022-)

MEng in Bioengineering, University of Sheffield (2022)
Thien Son Vu
PhD student (2022-)

MSc, University of Tokyo (2020)
​Dhanya Radhakrishnan
Postdoctoral research associate (2022-)

PhD in Biology, IISER-TVM, India (2021)
Oliver Hernandez Fernandez
MRes student > PhD student (2021-)
(Co-supervised by Prof Tom Ellis and Dr Vahid Shahrezaei)

MRes in System and Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London
Ritesh Ghosh
Postdoctoral fellow (Royal Society Newton International Fellow) (2021-)

PhD in Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, South Korea
(Elif) Gediz Kocaoglan
PhD student (2020-)

MSc in Biotechnology, University of Edinburgh, UK (2018)
Naomi Nakayama 
​Principal investigator/group leader (2013-)
​Royal Society University Research Fellow (2015-)
University of Edinburgh Chancellor's Fellow (2013-2018)

PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, USA (2006)
​
www.imperial.ac.uk/people/n.nakayama
Twitter: @nakayama_naomi

Past members
​Tara Wight 
PhD student (2017-2022)
(co-supervised by Prof Karen Halliday, Dr Ann Bruce, Prof Alan Raybould)

MRes in Biology, Durham University, UK (2017)
​Alessandro Serafini
MEng in Biomedical Engineering Final Year Project student (2021-22)
​(Co-supervised by Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro)
Tsung-Yen Johnson Lee
MEng in Molecular Engineering Final Year Project student (2021-22)

​Now PhD student in Queen Mary University.
​Shida Oscar Chen
​MEng in Molecular Engineering Final Year Project student (2021-22)
​Yik Ting Chan
MEng in Molecular Engineering Final Year Project student (2021-22)
​Nathanael Tan 
MEng Final Year Project student > Research Assistant (2020-2021)
MEng in Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London

Now a MRes student in Bristol Mechanical Ecology group at University of Bristol.
Tanel Lorand
MPhil in Bioengineering student (2020-21)
(Co-supervised by Dr David Labonte)
James Millet
MRes project student (2021)
​(Co-supervised by Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro)
Rahel Ohlendorf 
MSc in Bioengineering project student (2021)
Mingxu Leo Zhao
MSc in Bioengineering project student (2021)
Sabrina Lim 
MEng in Biomedical Engineering Final Year Project student (2020-21)
Elisabeth Bavorova 
MRes student in Systems and Synthetic Biology (2020)
(Co-supervised by Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro)

​Now a PhD student in Patrik Jones' Lab, Imperial College London
​Jessica Nirkko
PhD student (2017-)

BSc in Biotechnology, University of Edinburgh, UK (2017)

Now in Gary Loake's Lab, University of Edinburgh
Madeleine 'Maddy' Seale
​Postdoc (2016-2018) 
(Co-affiliated with the Mastropaolo Group at the Scottish Microelectronic Centre)

PhD in Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK (2016)

Now a Leverhulme Early Career Development Fellow at University of Oxford
www.plants.ox.ac.uk/people/madeleine-seale
Cathal Cummins
​Postdoc (2016-2019) 
​(Co-affiliated with the Fluid Dynamics Research Lab)

​PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of Limerick, Ireland (2015)

Now a Lecturer at Heriot-Watt University
​researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/cathal-cummins 
Andreas Andreou (a.k.a. Antreas Antreou)
PhD student (2015-2019)
Research assistant (2014-2015)

MSc in Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK (2014)
Fay Walsh
Honours Project student  from the Plant Sciences programme at the University of Edinburgh (2019)

​Now a PhD student at University of Leeds 
Eric Thorand
PhD student (2014-2018)​​
(Co-supervised by Dr Teuta Pilizota)

MSc in Theoretical Mechanical Engineering (Material Science and Biophysics), Hamburg University of Technology, Germany  (2014)
​Erika Kroll
Undergraduate intern/research assistant (2017-18)
​
Now a PhD student at Rothamsted Research 
Kim Truong 
Research student from the MRes Biomedical Sciences programme at University of Edinburgh (2018)​
​
Christopher McCully
Honours Project student from the Development and Stem Cell programme at University of Edinburgh (2018)
Marisol Ochoa-Villareal
Research assistant (2017-2018)

Now a research associate in the Gary Loake's group, University of Edinburgh
Kate Mackie 
Honours Project student from the Molecular Genetics programme at the University of Edinburgh (2017)
​
Elaine Ford
Honours Project student from the Evolution and Ecology programme at the University of Edinburgh (2017)
Livia Scorza
Postdoc (2016-2017)

PhD in Plant Biology, University of Campinas, Brazil (2015)

Now a research associate in the McCormick Lab, University of Edinburgh​ 
Cam tu Nguyen phan
Research assistant/associate (2014-2016)
​
PhD in Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK (2015)

Now a research associate at the University of Glasgow, UK 
Nahuel Manzanaro Moreno
MSc student in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology at the University of Edinburgh (2016)
​
Now a PhD student in Peter Swain's lab 
Qiling Chen
MSc student in Biotechnology at University of Edinburgh (2016)
Madeleine 'Maddi' Carter
​Honours Project student from the Molecular Genetics programme at University of Edinburgh (2016)
Patricia Tan
Honours Project student from the Biotechnology programme at University of Edinburgh (2016)
Efrain Zarazua-Arvizu
MSc student in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology at University of Edinburgh​ (2015)

Now a PhD student in the Jon Marles-Wright's Lab
Zongfan Yang 
MSc student in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology at University of Edinburgh (2015)

Now a PhD student at the School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol
John 'Tim' Fisher
MSc student in Bioinformatics  at the University of Edinburgh (2015)
​(co-supervised by Dr Justin Goodrich)
Vasilis Andresou
Research assistant (2014-2015)
Kathryn Grant
PhD student (2014-2015) 
​
Now a PhD student in the Hoad Group at SRUC 
Sohrab Noshirwani
Mechanical Engineering summer intern (2014)
Zi Hao 'Jason' Shen
BEng in Mechanical Engineering Final-year/honours project student (2015)
Bioengineering summer intern (2014) 

Now a MSc student in Bioengineering at Imperial College London
Christopher Jonkergouw
MSc student in Biotechnology at the University of Edinburgh (2014)

Now a PhD student in Synthetic Biology at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

Visitors

Jaume Margalef Rieres
Undergraduate visiting researcher
(Supervised by Dr Jose Jimenez Zarco)
​​Claire Lallemand
Visiting student from Ecole Normale Superieure de Chimie de Mullhouse (ENSCMu), France (2018)
Corentin Mollier

Visiting MSc student from Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France (2016)

Now a PhD student in the Biophysics group at Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France
Vaidurya Sahi

Visiting postdoc from the group of Dr Katerina Schwarzerova, Charles University in Prague, Czech (2015)
Valeria Hernandez-Hernandez

Visiting MSc student from the group of Dr Mariana Benitez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2015)

Now PhD student in the Biophysics group at Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France


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