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Post-doctoral Associates

Ph. D. Students

  • Charlie Parfitt

    Personal details

    Charlie Parfitt 4th Year PhD Student

    Affiliations

    Charlie has a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Manchester. He obtained his MRes from Imperial College London working with Dr Mark Chadwick and Dr Maxie Roessler on the synthesis of paramagnetic chromium pincer complexes. He is now undertaking a PhD, co supervised by Prof Klaus Hellgardt, on the development of high-octane fuels from sustainable feedstocks.

  • Hawra Bin Saad

    Personal details

    Hawra Bin Saad 4th Year PhD Student

    Affiliations

    Hawra  is a PhD student working on the design and application of novel polyethylene (PE)-based block copolymers. She is a sponsored student by Saudi Aramco. Her PhD project focuses on the synthesis and characterization of end-functionalized polyethylene (PE) via catalyzed chain-growth polymerization which then serves as macroinitiators for the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic monomers, such as lactones. The project is co-supervised by Dr. Charles Romain.

  • Conor Crooks

    Personal details

    Conor Crooks 3rd year PhD student

    Background

    Conor received his MSci from Imperial College London before working on the development of novel psychedelics. He has now returned to Imperial to pursue a PhD focussing on utilising CO2 as a C1 source for industry.

  • Junxi Liu

    Personal details

    Junxi Liu 3rd year PhD Student

    Background

    Junxi received his BSc. from University College London and MRes in catalysis from Imperial College London. He is currently undertaking a Phd in electrocatalytic carbon dioxide conversion to produce valuable industrial ingredients co-supervised by Prof. Anthony Kucernak.

  • Ines Perez Tabarnero

    Personal details

    Ines Perez Tabarnero 3rd year PhD Student (CDT)

    Background

    Ines obtained her MEng in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London. After working at Procter and Gamble for a year, she returned to Imperial for a PhD. She received an MRes in Advanced Molecular Synthesis working with Dr. Andy Ashley and Dr. Chris Tighe on Frustrated Lewis Pair catalysed CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. She is currently undertaking a PhD, co-supervised by Dr. Chris Tighe, exploring CO2 hydrogenation and integration with current carbon capture processes.

  • Sana Haamidah

    Personal details

    Sana Haamidah 3rd year PhD Student (CDT)

    Background

    Sana received her MChem from Southampton University where in her final year she undertook a year in industry placement at Diamond Light Source. She is currently working on 3D printed scaffolds for catalytic hydrogenation reactions in flow co-supervised by Dr Billy Wu.

  • Kat Ailles

    Personal details

    Kat Ailles 2nd year PhD Student (CDT)

    Background

    Kat received her MChem from the University of York. She is currently undertaking a PhD in designing ethylene oligomerisation catalysts by tracking unpaired electrons and is co-supervised by Prof. Maxie Roessler.

MRes Students

  • Yufeng Shen

    Personal details

    Yufeng Shen

    Affiliations

    Yufeng obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Reading and is currently researching the Active Site in Chromium-catalysed Ethylene Oligomerisation. This project is jointly supervised by Professor Maxie Roessler.

MSci Students

B. Sc. Students

Past Group Members
NameResearch LevelCurrent position
Dr. Sebastian Green Postdoctoral Research Associate Hydrogen Scientist at H2Go Power
Dr. Sami Gesslbauer Postdoctoral Research Associate  
Dr. Clément Lesage Postdoctoral Research Associate CEA (French Alternaticve Energies and Atomic Energy Commission)
Dr. Atanas Tomov Postdoctoral Research Associate Chemistry Laboratories Manager, Queen Mary University of London
Dr. Tian Sang Postdoctoral Research Associate  
Dr. Panagiotis Bexis Postdoctoral Research Associate  
Dr. Charles Romain Postdoctoral Research Associate Imperial College London
Dr. James Nobbs Postdoctoral Research Associate  
Dr. Chris Conifer Postdoctoral Research Associate  
Dr. Paul Corbett Postdoctoral Research Associate  Royal Dutch Shell plc
Dr. Charles Vriamont  Postdoctoral Research Associate  ABX
Dr. Shlomi Elias Postdoctoral Research Associate  
Dr. Philip Mallender Postdoctoral Research Associate  GE Healthcare
Dr. Rafael de Rosales Postdoctoral Research Associate  King´s College London

Dr. Dom Pye

Postdoctoral Research Associate Imperial College London

Dr. Ahmad Aljaber

PhD Student SABIC
Dr. Sarah Ho Ph.D Student Polymateria Ltd.
Dr. Richard von Goetze Ph.D Student ALBA Recycling GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Dillon Tay Ph.D. Student A*Star, Singapore
Dr. Sara Sharuddin Ph.D. Student Petronas Ltd.
Dr. Craig Young Ph.D. Student  Nomura International Plc
Dr. Matthew Morton Ph.D. Student   Mathys & Squire LLP, London, UK
Dr. Maria Gragert Ph.D. Student  Meyer Burger AG, Thun, Switzerland
Dr. Michaela Grau Ph.D. Student   BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Dr. Allan Petersen Ph.D. Student  DTU, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dr. Ian German Ph.D. Student   Gnosys Global Ltd., Guildford, UK
Dr. James Nobbs Ph.D. Student  ICES (A*Star), Singapore
Dr. Chris Conifer Ph.D. Student   Shell, Hamburg, Germany
Dr. Timur Coskun Ph.D. Student  
Dr. Chris Whiteoak Ph.D. Student   Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
Dr. Russel Taylor Ph.D. Student  Durham University, UK
Dr. Juri Ugolotti Ph.D. Student  RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Dr. Jason England  Ph.D. Student   NTU, Singapore
Status of August 2022
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Contact

Prof. Dr. George Britovsek FRSC

Director MRes Catalysis & Engineering

Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 5863

Email: g.britovsek@imperial.ac.uk

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