Group Members
Group Leader
PhD student Year 4
PhD student Year 4
Part-time PhD student Year 4
PhD student Year 2
PhD student Year 1
MSci student
MSci student
MSci student
Bologna, Italy. September 2017
Former Group Members
PhD Students
Mr. Jack Wadey (2013-2018), PhD student; PhD awarded 2018.
Ms. Michelle Bound (2013-2018), PhD student; PhD awarded 2018.
Mr. Eric Brazil Lindgren (2013-2017), PhD student; PhD awarded 2017.
Subsequent destination: postdoc in the Stamm's group, Department of Mathematics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Mr. Stephen Skowron (2012-2016), PhD student; PhD awarded 2016.
Subsequent destination: postdoc in the E. Besley's group.
Mr. Gerardo Raggi (2011-2015), PhD student; PhD awarded 2015.
Subsequent destination: postdoc at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Applied Physics.
Mr. Adriano Santana Sanchez (2009-2014), PhD student; PhD awarded 2014.
Ms. Evgeniya Volkova (2010-2013), PhD student.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Anton Nizovtsev (2017-2019), postdoc.
Subsequent destination: research scientist, Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Novosibirsk, Russia
Dr. Harriet Åhlgren (2015-2019), postdoc.
Subsequent destination: FWF Lise Meitner Fellowship, University of Vienna, Austria
Dr. Ivan Derbenev (2015-2018), postdoc.
Subsequent destination: postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Jonathan Hirst, University of Nottingham
Dr. Stephen Skowron (2016-2018), postdoc.
Subsequent destination: postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Andrei Khlobystov, University of Nottingham
Dr. Alexander Markevich (2013-2018), postdoc.
Subsequent destination: postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Toma Susi at the University of Vienna, Austria
Dr. Matteo Baldoni (2013-2017), postdoc.
Subsequent destination: scientific researcher, ISMN CNR Bologna, Italy
Dr. Matthew Lennox (2014-2016), postdoc.
Subsequent destination: assistant professor/lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, UK
Dr. Ho-Kei Chan (2013-2015), postdoc.
Subsequent destination: assistant professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China
Dr. Mikhail Suyetin (2011-2014), postdoc.
Subsequent destination: research scientist, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Navaratnarajah Kuganathan (2010-2011), postdoc.
Subsequent destination: postdoctoral fellow at UCL, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Dr. Tim Lillestolen (2009-2010), postdoc.
MSci Research Project Students
The titles of MSci research projects untertaken over the years in the group can be found here.Summer Project Students
Mr. John Fox (2019)
Project: "Electrostatic manipulation of nano-scale objects in planetary environments"
Ms. Abigail Miller (2018)
joint with Prof. Tony Stace (Chemistry)
Project: "Stability and fragmentation of multiply charged fullerene clusters"
Ms. Isabel Cooley (2018)
joint with Prof. Tony Stace (Chemistry)
Project: "Molecular dynamics simulations of ice particles aggregation"
Mr. Matthew Evans (2013), University of Manchester
Project: "Dense packing of fullerenes"
Ms. Alice Henley (2013)
Project: "Computational screening of functional groups for methane capture via weak hydrogen bonding in MOFs"
Mr. Eliot Jones (2012)
joint with Prof. Tony Stace (Chemistry) and Dr. Richard Hill (Physics)
Project: "Using magnetic levitation to measure interactions between macroscopic particles"