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)

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