2015 PhD projects
Students choose their PhD project towards the end of the first year at BCFN, and it can be a continuation of their Extended Project. The following PhD projects are being carried out by the 4th cohort of BCFN students, who began these projects in 2015.
Noha Abu El Magd
Nanoporous protein crystals based bio-hybrid materials for light/energy conversion applications.
Supervisors: Avinash Patil (Chemistry) and Ross Anderson (Biochemistry)
Tania Castillo Hernandez
Using nanotechnology to reach the parts other drugs cannot.
Supervisors: Mark Jepson (Biochemistry) and Margaret Saunders (Biochemistry/BIRCH)
Jennifer Coombs
Structure - function relationship of Self Assembling caGEs (SAGEs).
Supervisors: Paul Verkade (Biochemistry) and Dek Woolfson (Chemistry)
Rosalia Cuahtecontzi Delint
Sticky Stem Cells: Reengineering the Membrane using Nanobiohybrid Materials.
Supervisors: Adam Perriman (Cellular & Molecular Medicine), Wael Kafienah (Cellular & Molecular Medicine) and Andy Collins (Physics)
Omar Gomez
Strontium Niobates as a new Family of Superconductors.
Supervisors: Simon Hall (Chemistry) and Chris Bell (Physics)
Mincy Naduthottathil
Biomimetic extra cellular matrix for the mechanical modulation of stem cells fate.
Supervisors: Bo Su (Oral & Dental Sciences) and Sean Davis (Chemistry)
Maddy Nichols
Directed fabrication of co-acervate gel structures as models of prototissues.
Supervisors: Avinash Patil (Chemistry) and Adrian Barnes (Physics)
Kate Oliver
Morphogenesis Manufacturing Across the Length Scales.
Supervisors: Annela Seddon (Physics) and Richard Trask (University of Bath)
Sam Pearce
Triblock Terpolymer Thin Film Self-assembly for Nanolithographic Applications
Supervisors: Ian Manners (Chemistry) and Rob Richardson (Physics)
Tom Swift
Using fluorescence to affect the rate of photosynthesis in plant systems.
Supervisors: Heather Whitney (Biological Sciences) and Ruth Oulton (Physics/Electrical and Electronic Engineering)