Meet The Team

Andre joined the lab in April 2023 as a PhD student investigating late-stage skeletal editing of complex molecules via methylene extrusion. Andre is Swiss, French, and Portuguese but was born and raised in Lausanne, Switzerland. He studied chemistry during his bachelor’s and master’s degree at EPFL, Switzerland. He completed his master's thesis and a graduate internship in the laboratory of Prof. Jerome Waser at EPFL, where he worked on photocatalyzed [3+2] cycloadditions of acceptor-only cyclopropanes. Outside of the lab, Andre enjoys cooking, football, or just discovering new bars and restaurants.

Ruth joined the lab in September 2023 as a PhD student and is investigating red-light photoredox reactions. Ruth was born and raised in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. She completed her MChem degree at the University of Leeds, where she did an industrial placement in synthetic chemistry at GSK in her 3rd year. She completed her final year project under the supervision of Prof. Adam Nelson, where she worked on securing covalent probes using Rhodium-catalysed annulation. Outside of the lab, Ruth enjoys walking her dog, climbing and exploring new places in Manchester. 

Ben joined the lab in January 2023 as an iCAT rotation student and has stayed in the group to complete his PhD. He is investigating photocatalytic alcohol transpositions. Ben was born in Lancashire and proceeded to complete his MChem degree at the University of Manchester with an industrial placement at AstraZeneca. He completed his final year project under Prof. Michael Greaney developing metal free aryl amine synthesis. Outside of the lab Ben enjoys running, hiking and football.