We are a multidisciplinary team brings together biochemists, immunochemists, chemists, biologists, mass spectrometrists and structural biologists, with specialised expertise in carbohydrate science and glycobiology.
Click on the images below to learn more about each member of our team and their areas of expertise.
Research group members
Associate Prof. Yan Liu
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Associate Prof. Yan Liu
Associate Professor in Glycosciences and Director of the Glycosciences Laboratory
Prof Emer. Ten Feizi
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Prof Emer. Ten Feizi
Professor Emer. in Glycosciences
Dr Wengang Chai
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Dr Wengang Chai
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Antonio Di Maio
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Dr Antonio Di Maio
Manager of the Glycan Microarray Facility and of the Glycosciences Laboratory
Dr Virgina Tajadura-Ortega
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Dr Virgina Tajadura-Ortega
Research Associate
Dr Jin Yu
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Dr Jin Yu
Research Associate
Prof. Barbara Mulloy
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Prof. Barbara Mulloy
Visiting Professor
Dr Vladimir Bokun
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Dr Vladimir Bokun
Students
Miss Ilaria Liguori
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Miss Ilaria Liguori
PhD Student @IC - MSCA Doctoral candidate inside the ETN AUREUS
Miss Lisi Li
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Miss Lisi Li
Visiting Student @ Max Planck Institute, DE
Miss Desi Dermawan
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Miss Desi Dermawan
Joint PhD Student
Miss Yanke Jin
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Miss Yanke Jin
Master Student in Biomedical Research @ Imperial
Honorary Researcher
Dr Angelina Palma
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Dr Angelina Palma
Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Lisete Silva
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Dr Lisete Silva
Honorary research associate
Dr Yukie Akune-Taylor
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Dr Yukie Akune-Taylor
Honorary research associate
Dr Khai Zhu
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Dr Khai Zhu
Affiliated members
Prof Benjamin Schumann
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Prof Benjamin Schumann
Co-I of the Facility
Dr Alexiane Decout
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Dr Alexiane Decout
Imperial College Research Fellow
Former Members
Dr Jodie Abrahams
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Dr Jodie Abrahams
Research Associate
Dr Nian Wu
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Dr Nian Wu
Honorary research associate
Dr. Yuan Chen
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Dr. Yuan Chen
ex PhD student
Dr Yibing Zhang
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Dr Yibing Zhang
Research Technologist
Simrit Sahota
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Simrit Sahota
Master student
Huilin Zhan
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Huilin Zhan
Master student
Dr David Sharp
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Dr David Sharp
ex Joint PhD student
Miss Chelsea Choi
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Miss Chelsea Choi
Master's student in Reproductive and Developmental Biology
Dr Apoorva Srivastava
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Dr Apoorva Srivastava
Research Associate
Dr Zhen Li
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Dr Zhen Li
Honorary research associate
Visiting Students
Beatrice Masciovecchio
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Beatrice Masciovecchio
PhD Student - Doctoral Candidate MSCA ETN AUREUS - UGA, FR
Alexander Locher
Alexander Locher
PhD Student - Doctoral Candidate MSCA ETN AUREUS - NIRBT, IR
General enquiries
Carbohydrate microarray analyses
Dr Yan Liu
yan.liu2@imperial.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7594 2598
Dr Antonio Di Maio
a.di-maio@imperial.ac.uk
Carbohydrate structural analyses
Dr Wengang Chai
w.chai@imperial.ac.uk
+44 (0) 20 7594 2596
