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The Buckley Group
Department of Chemistry
Loughborough University
LE11 3TU, UK
Current Group Members
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Professor Benjamin Buckley
Group Leader
Dr Adriano Randi
RAEng Enterprise Fellow
Funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering
Lokesh Rao
Year 3 PhD Candidate
Funded by Lubrizol Ltd.
Emily Kiloran
Year 3 PhD Candidate
Funded by Loughborough University
Stephen Marr
Year 4 PhD Candidate
Funded by the EPSRC and EffecTech Ltd.
Dr John Ritchie
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Funded by the Leverhulme Trust
James Finn
Year 2 PhD Candidate
Funded by Loughborough University
Richard Rooney
Year 2 PhD Candidate
Eric Zhou
Year 1 PhD Candidate
Erin Challenger
MSci Student
Holly Skrytek
MChem Student
Previous Group Members
Post-Doctoral Researchers:
2018-2020 Dr Anas Alkyal CARA Fellow (PhD, Al-
2017 Dr Max Sum (PhD, Cambridge)
2017 Dr Anthony Sum (PhD, Cambridge)
2014 Prof. Vajira Bulugahapitiya (PhD, Ruhuna)
2008 Dr Rehana Karim (PhD, Lboro)
PhD Students:
2019-2022 Dr Tom D'Arcy (UG at Nottingham) - PhD in collaboration with Lubrizol Ltd.
2019-2021 Ahmed Sheta - Visiting PhD in collaboration with the Egyptian Cultural Bureau, now PhD candidate at ICIQ Tarragona
2017-2020 Dr Fernanda Meloni - PhD at Birmingham in collaboration with Prof. John S. Fossey
2016-2019 Dr Yiming Zhao - PhD at Birmingham in collaboration with Prof. John S. Fossey
2016-2019 Dr James Fuster (UG at Warwick) - PhD in collaboration with Dr Felipe Iza
2015-2019 Dr Adriano Randi (UG at ) - PhD in collaboration with Dr Felipe Iza
2014-2018 Dr Volodymyr Tabas (UG at Lboro) - PhD in collaboration with Prof. Andrei Malkov
2013-2017 Dr Vanessa Silvestre (UG at Universitat De Valencia) - PhD in collaboration with Prof. Upul Wijayantha
2013-2017 Dr Joey Walker (UG at Lboro) - EngD in collaboration with EffecTech Ltd.
2013-2017 Dr William Brittain (UG Birmingham) - PhD at Birmingham in collaboration with Prof. John S. Fossey
2011-2014 Dr Carlos Castelló (UG at Universitat De Valencia) - PhD in collaboration with Dr Felipe Iza (lboro)
2010-2013 Dr Natasha Slater (UG at Lboro) - PhD in collaboration with Dr Marc Kimber
2009-2013 Dr Emmas Stubbs (UG at Lboro) - PhD in collaboration with Prof. Sandie Dann
2009-2013 Dr Anish Patel (UG at Lboro) - PhD in collaboration with Prof. Upul Wijayantha
2007-2011 Dr Stephen Neary (UG at Dublin City University) - PhD in catalysis
Erasmus Exchange Students:
2012/13 Pedro Franco Llopis (Universitat De Valencia), Maria Mercedes (Universitat De Valencia); 2011/12 2011/12 Óscar García (Universitat De Valencia); 2010/11 Beatriz Fernandez (Universitat De Valencia); 2011 Dominique Moalic (IUT Rennes); 2010 Carlos Castelló (Universitat De Valencia); 2009 Andrea Barba-Bon (Universitat De Valencia), Miquel Avellà Oliver (Universitat De Valencia).
LU, Nuffield, RSC, EPSRC and Industrially Funded Summer Students:
2014 Tatenda Mareya (RSC), Elliott Palmer (EPSRC); 2013 Annie Powell; 2012 Isabel Villarreal (Linde), Kayleigh Arthur (LU); 2011 Lauren Strange (LU); 2010 Sam Kilsby (EPSRC); 2009 Katherine Kellett (EPSRC), Daniel Harris (Nuffield); 2008 Rachel Butterworth (LU), Chris Fernon (Merck Sharpe and Dohme); 2007 Rachel Butterworth (EPSRC); Neal Ladwa (Nuffield)
Project Students:
M.Sc.
2018 Jingwen Hu, 2017 Jamie Webb, Leo Li, Grace Zhang; 2016 Thomas Griffiths, Hao Zhang; 2014 Khalsa Alsaadi; 2013 Fajrini Matjalina, Alicia Gittens; 2011 Shan He; 2010 Ashley Broughton; 2010 Wei Ren; 2009 Ashley McClintock, Tahir Khan; 2008 Chisato Nitta.
MChem
2023 Juwon Okunade, 2022 Morgan Johnson, Jacob Sewell, 2021 Lokesh Rao, 2020 Sophie Ezeilo, 2019 Ruth Bridgman, George Slack, 2018 Justin Macklin; 2017 Pete Fitton, Natalia Petrovic, Thomas Elliott, Jake Harris; 2016 Thomas Santurri, Daniel Gayton; 2014 Volodymyr Tabas, Ola Sadiq; 2013 Tim Smith, Karel Williams; 2012 Craig Buck, Sandeep Brar, Lauren Strange; 2011 Alix Horton, Oliver May; 2010 Adam Ross, Megan Athersmith; 2009 Patricia Standen, Anish Patel; 2008 Terry Bygrave .
B.Sc.
2023 Erin Challenger, Alasdair Grunshaw, Imogen Prior, Natyra Jashari, 2013 Anthony Harrington, Tom Monaghan, Volodymyr Tabas, Ian Gilmour; 2012 Richard Wilson, Thomas Brown, Alex Gliniecki, Harry Jenkins, Chris Malloy; 2011 Kenny Lo, Darren Bell; 2010 Natasha Slater, Daniel Harris, Ashley Unwin, Hamish Savania; 2009 Chris Fernon, Tom Constable; 2008 N. Alina A. Ghani, Ryan Macbeth, Paul O'Hora; 2007 Vimal Parekh, Sean Ng.
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