PEOPLE

Our research is all about teamwork - both within the group and through collaborations. We have no firm views on required skills, we are a group of people from lots of backgrounds, both geographically and scientifically.

Philipp Kukura

Principal Investigator

Favourite pub: The library
Favourite place: Cafe orient
Favourite lab kit: Ball driver

philipp.kukura@chem.ox.ac.uk

Jan Christoph Thiele

Postdoc

Favourite colour: 480 nm
Favourite food: Cheese
Favourite lab kit: Magnetic ruler

jan.thiele@chem.ox.ac.uk

Roi Asor

Postdoc

Favourite pub: Victoria Arms
Favourite molecule: Caffeine
Favourite destination: Paris

roi.asor@chem.ox.ac.uk

Dan Loewenthal

PhD Student

Favourite place: The beach
Favourite food: Apple crumble
Favourite Molecule: Acetylcholine

dan.loewenthal@chem.ox.ac.uk

Raman Van Wee

PhD Student

Favourite destination: Berlin
Favourite scientist : Robert Hooke
Favourite optomechanic : Dichroic

Raman.vanwee@sjc.ox.ac.uk

Henry Hall

Part II

Favourite transport: Aeroplane
Favourite carbon allotrope: C60
Favourite bean: Kidney

Sabine Huth-Rauschenbach

Personal Assistant

Favourite food: Aglio Olio
Favourite scientist: Darwin
Favourite destination: Wales

biophyspa@chem.ox.ac.uk

Jiri Kratochvil

Postdoc

Favourite language: Java
Favourite block: Nanoparticle
Favourite conveyance: Inline skates

jiri.kratochvil@chem.ox.ac.uk

Seham Helmi

Postdoc

Favourite destination: Italy
Favourite molecule: Caffeine
Favourite movie: Casablanca

seham.helmi@chem.ox.ac.uk

Jack Peters

PhD Student

Favourite pub: King's Arms
Favourite restaurant: Spiced Roots
Favourite destination: Japan

jack.peters@exeter.ox.ac.uk

Jack Bardzil

PhD Student

Favourite Pub: The Fir Tree
Favourite Pipette: 10 – 100 µL
Favourite Scientist: Lavoisier

jack.bardzil@chem.ox.ac.uk

Yaxin Deng

Part II

Favorite food: hotpot
Favorite place: ODEON
Favorite movie: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Jan Becker

Postdoc

Favourite beer: Krug Bräu
Favourite holiday: Climbing
Fav. Thorlabs treat: Gummi bears

jan.becker@chem.ox.ac.uk

Manish Kushwah

Postdoc

Favourite pub: The Perch
Favourite molecule: F0/F1 ATPase

manish.kushwah@chem.ox.ac.uk

Stephen Thorpe

Postdoc

Favourite scientist: Cavendish
Favourite food: BBQ Ribs
Favourite movie: Shawshank

stephen.thorpe@chem.ox.ac.uk

Kishwar Iqbal

PhD Student

Favourite pub: Oxford Retreat
Favourite food: Ramen
Favourite optomechanic: Iris

kishwar.iqbal@chem.ox.ac.uk

Dani Yates

Part II

Favourite pub: Red Lion
Favourite molecule: Xenon Hexafluoride
Favourite band: Nothing But Thieves

Past members

PDRAs - and their first/current stop

Dr Samuel Tusk: Refeyn, Oxford

Dr Adar Sonn-Segev: Refeyn, Oxford

Dr Nikolas Hundt: LMU Munich

Dr Maria Lebedeva: Radley College, UK

Dr Joanna Andrecka: Refeyn, Oxford

Dr Jooyoung Sung: DGIST, Korea

Dr Jongmin Lim: Korea Basic Science Institute

Dr Alex Duarte: ICFO Barcelona

Dr Torsten Wende: Greateyes, Berlin

Dr Alex Duarte: ICFO Barcelona

Dr Alexander Weigel: Ultrafast Innovations, Munich

Dr Katelyn Spillane: King's College London

Dr Lars Meyer: BASF

DPhils - and their first/current stop

Lee Priest: Refeyn, Oxford

Fabian Soltermann: Canton Biologics, China

Anne Schuhmacher: ATD Bio

Xuanhui Meng: Refeyn, Oxford

Adam Fineberg: NIH, USA

Gavin Young: Refeyn , Oxford

Daniel Cole: Refeyn, Oxford

Aleksandar Sebesta: Ultrafast Innovations, Munich

Gabi de Wit: Calumino, Sydney

Jaime Ortega-Arroyo: ICFO Barcelona

Giovanni Bassolino: ETH Zurich

Matz Liebel: ICFO Barcelona