Group Members

The Cronin Group currently has 39 members, made up of 15 PhD students, 0 Post-Docs and 1 project students.
Group Leader
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Prof. Lee Cronin Room: A4-40 Tel.: 6650 |
Research Topics: Biography & Research Background |
Deputy Group Leader
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Dr. De-Liang Long Room: A4-15 Tel.: 5437 |
Research Topics: Polyoxometalates, Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, Cluster-based materials, Chemical Crystallography |
Senior Research Fellows
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Dr. Geoff Cooper Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
Research Topics: Complex Systems, Inorganic Biology, Hybrid Membrane Architectures |
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Dr. Haralampos N. Miras Room: Glass Tel.: 3435 |
Research Topics: Supramolecular POMs, Evolutionary systems, Complexity, Devices |
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Dr. Marie Hutin Room: A4-26 Tel.: 8583 |
Group Research Coordinator |
Group Technician
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Jim McIver Room: X-ray Tel.: 6555 |
Post-Doctoral Fellows
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Dr. Christoph Busche Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
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Dr. Jennifer S Mathieson Room: Upstairs Tel.: 3380 |
Research Topics: Coordination Chemistry, Ligand Design, Self Assembly, Mass Spectrometry |
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Dr. Jingli Xie Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
Marie Curie Research Fellow |
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Dr. Jun Yan Room: Lab Tel.: 7039 |
Research Topics: Selfassembly, Redoxactive POM |
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Dr. Laia Vila Nadal Room: Glass Tel.: 3435 |
Research Topics: Electronic structure of POMs, Self Assembly Mechanisms |
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Dr. Mali Husby Rosnes Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
Research Topics: Hybrid Polyoxometalates, Supramolecular Assemblies, Energy Conversion |
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Dr. Mark Symes Room: Lab Tel.: 7039 |
Research Topics: Solar Fuels, Renewable Energy, 3D-printing |
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Dr. Phil Kitson Room: Upstairs Tel.: 3380 |
Research Topics: Synthesis of DIP-based heterocycles |
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Dr. Ross Forgan Room: Lab Tel.: 7039 |
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Dr. Trevor Hinkley Room: Glass Tel.: 3435 |
Research Topics: Computational systems biology/chemistry, Evolutionary systems |
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Dr. Victor Sans Sangorrin Room: Glass Tel.: 3435 |
Research Topics: Flow systems, Nanoparticles, Evolutionary systems |
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Dr. Yohei Takashima Room: Glass Tel.: 3435 |
Research Topics: Polyoxometalate-hybrid, Open Framework Materials, Nanoparticles |
PhDs - Year 3
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Antoine Boulay Room: Glass Tel.: 3435 |
Research Topics: Far-From-Equilibrium Systems |
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Jing Gao Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
Research Topics: Polyoxotungstates, selfassembly, Nanomaterials |
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Pedro Molina Sanchez Room: Upstairs Tel.: 3380 |
Research Topics: Polyoxometalates, TMSPs, Water oxidation, synthetic inorganic chemistry |
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Thomas Boyd Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
Research Topics: Microporous Materials, Host-Guest Chemistry, Crystal Engineering |
PhDs - Year 2
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Andreu Ruiz Room: Glass Tel.: 3435 |
Research Topics: Flow systems, Networked Reactions, Inorganic Materials, Complex Chemical Systems |
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Andrew Macdonell Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
Research Topics: Hybrid POMs, Electrocrystallisation |
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Carine Yvon Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
Research Topics: Hybrid polyoxometalates, supramolecular assemblies, nanomaterials |
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Hongying Zang Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
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Jamie Cameron Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
Research Topics: Polyoxovanadates, Molecular Materials, Magnetism |
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Rachel Scullion Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
Research Topics: Polyoxopalladates, Self assembly, Polyoxometalates |
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Ross Winter Room: Glass Tel.: 3435 |
Research Topics: Transitionmetal substituted POMs, self assembly |
PhDs - Year 1
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Benjamin Rausch Room: Lab Tel.: 7039 |
Research Topics: Polyoxotungstates, Solar Fuels |
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Caihong Zhan Room: Soddy Tel.: 5530 |
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Phil Robbins Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
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Vincenza Dragone Room: Soddy Tel.: 5530 |
PhDs - Year 0
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Charikleia Sartzi Room: Lab Tel.: 7039 |
Visiting People
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Dr. Yukatsu Shichibu Room: library Tel.: 8262 |
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Katrin Peuntinger Room: Library Tel.: 8262 |
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Wei Chen Room: Library Tel.: 8262 |
(Undergraduate) Project Student
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Marc Rodríguez (Erasmus) Room: Main Tel.: 2536 |
Group Alumni
2012
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Group Position
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| Shen Zhao | Visiting Student |
2011
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| Dr. Yasutaka Suzuki | Post Doctoral Fellow | |||||
| James Taylor | Project Student | |||||
| Jamie Ingram | Project Student | |||||
| Jennifer Alex | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Katrin Peuntinger (Erlangen) | Visiting Student | |||||
| Kim Mathieson | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Niall Maclean | Project Student | |||||
| Simon Elsmie | Undergraduate Project Student |
2010
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| Alastair Kidd | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Charles Boyle | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Dr. Soichiro Tsuda | Visiting Researcher | |||||
| Dr. Victor Sans (Warwick) | Visiting Researcher | |||||
| Luzian Porwol (Kaiserslautern) | Erasmus Student | |||||
| Marjorie Sorus | Erasmus Student | |||||
| Merce Martin | Erasmus Student | |||||
| Samantha Moreton | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Sebastian Beeg | Erasmus Student | |||||
| Sekine Yoshihiro | Visiting Student |
2009
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| Laia Vilŕ (Tarragona) | Visiting Student | |||||
| Marti Busquets | Erasmus Student | |||||
| Yang Jiao | Visiting Student |
2008
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| Amanda Spence | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Andreu Ruiz (Barcelona) | Erasmus Student | |||||
| Dr. Claire Lydon | Ph.D. Student | |||||
| Dr. David Gabb | Ph.D. Student | website | ||||
| Dr. Feng Xu | Ph.D. Student | website | ||||
| Dr. Neus Corella Ochoa | Ph.D. Student | website | ||||
| Dr. Roslyn Eadie | Ph.D. Student | website | ||||
| Dr. Ryo Tsunashima | Post Doctoral Fellow | |||||
| Dr. Sumit Khanra | Post Doctoral Fellow | |||||
| Ruksana Mohammed | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Stephanie Kelly | Undergraduate Project Student |
2007
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| Claire McCormack | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Dr. Johannes Thiel | Ph.D. Student & Post Doctoral Fellow | website | ||||
| Dr. Thomas McGlone | Ph.D. Student | website | ||||
| Robert Thatcher | Undergraduate Project Student |
2006
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| Angela Kinnell | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Dr. Liz Wilson | Ph.D. Student & Post Doctoral Fellow | website | ||||
| Dr. Pradeep C. Parameswaran | Post Doctoral Fellow | website | ||||
| Dr. Scott Mitchell | Ph.D. Student & Post Doctoral Fellow | website |
2005
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| Andrew Neil | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Dr. Carsten Streb | Ph.D. Student & Post Doctoral Fellow | website | ||||
| Dr. Craig Richmond | Ph.D. Student & Post Doctoral Fellow | |||||
| Dr. Damiano Portinari | Ph.D. Student | |||||
| Dr. Eric Burkholder | Post Doctoral Fellow | |||||
| Dr. Graham Newton | Ph.D. Student | website | ||||
| Dr. Yufei Song | Post Doctoral Fellow | |||||
| Marco Keller | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Oliver Bucher | Undergraduate Project Student |
2004
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| Dr. Chris Ritchie | Ph.D. Student & Post Doctoral Fellow | website | ||||
| Dr. Jesús M de la Fuente | Post Doctoral Fellow | website | ||||
| Manuela Fandel | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Richard Furgusson | Undergraduate Project Student |
2003
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| Darren Orr | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Dominick Schuh | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Dr. Hamera Abbas | Ph.D. Student | |||||
| Dr. Kevin Guthrie | Ph.D. Student | |||||
| Dr. Louise Smith | Ph.D. Student | |||||
| Kevin Riddet | Undergraduate Project Student |
2002
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| Laura Carnochan | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Neil Dunbar | Undergraduate Project Student |
2001
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| Dr. Alex Pickering | Ph.D. Student | |||||
| Dr. Alexis Parenty | Ph.D. Student & Post Doctoral Fellow | |||||
| Dr. John Fielden | Ph.D. Student | |||||
| Jen Johnston | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Narinder Kaur | Undergraduate Project Student |
2000
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| Dr. Georg Seeber | Ph.D. Student | |||||
| Helen Uttley | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Helene Wutawanashe | Undergraduate Project Student | |||||
| Jill Meadows | Undergraduate Project Student |








































