Group Leader – Professor James Wilton-Ely

James received his BSc in Chemistry with a Year in Europe from Imperial College London, spending his year abroad in Florence, Italy. He remained at Imperial College for his PhD studies with Prof. Tony Hill. Following a position as a Fixed-Term Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at the same institution, he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to work with Prof. Hubert Schmidbaur at the Technical University Munich. He returned to the UK to work with Prof. David Cole-Hamilton at the University of St. Andrews. This was followed by an independent Ramsay Fellowship at University College London (2003-5) before moving in 2005 to Oxford University as Fitzjames Fellow (Merton College). In 2009 he returned to Imperial College London, where is currently Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. James is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and received their 2021 Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award.

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Research Group

Sean McCarthy

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Sean McCarthy
PhD (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)

Gregor Ekart

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Gregor Ekart
PhD (joint with Dr Michelle Ma, KCL)

Adila Islam

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Adila Islam
PhD (joint with Prof. Gemma Davies, UoB)

Anwar Alsharif

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Anwar Alsharif
PhD

Yu Qin

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Yu Qin
PhD

Jhonn Cañón Gómez

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Jhonn Cañón Gómez
PhD

Yixuan Niu

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Yixuan Niu
PhD (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)

Steffan James

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Steffan James
PhD

Olivia Wang

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Olivia Wang
PhD (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)

Olga Tyurina

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Olga Tyurina
PhD (joint with Dr Graeme Stasiuk, KCL)

Chao Zeng

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Chao Zeng
PhD (joint with Prof. Fernando Bresme)

Marem Sy

Student

Marem Sy
MRes (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)

Lyra Gao

Student

Lyra Gao
MRes (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)

Weiran Ren

Student

Weiran Ren
MRes (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)

Angad Deshmukh

Student

Angad Deshmukh
MRes (joint with Prof. Fernando Bresme)

Manveer Dhanjal

Student

Manveer Dhanjal
MRes (joint with Dr Maxie Roessler)

Cliona Ní Chochláin

Student

Cliona Ní Chochláin
MRes (joint with Dr Nazila Kamaly and Dr Alkystis Phinikaridou, KCL)

Alban Gegout

Student

Alban Gegout
MSci

Max King

Student

Max King
BSc

  

Past group members

We have enjoyed working with many talented and enthusiastic students over the years. Past members of the group have been drawn from more than fifteen countries from around the world.


Group photos

It is important to us that the group is a stimulating and enjoyable place to work. We organise multiple social events throughout the year including an international night in the summer, when group members bring food from their home countries. For more photos and news, visit the JWE group's flickr and twitter pages.