The Symes Group at the University of Glasgow was established in October 2013, and is always looking for new members - click the Contact tab for more information. Our current members are:
Mark D. Symes
Group Leader
ORCID: 0000-0001-8067-5240
MSci (Cambridge), 2005; PhD (Edinburgh) 2009
Read more about Mark here
Office: A5-12
Email: mark.symes@glasgow.ac.uk
Zeliha Ertekin
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD in Chemistry (Hacettepe University, Turkey), 2016
Email: Zeliha.Ertekin@glasgow.ac.uk
Lukman A. Yusuf
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD in Electronics & Electrical Engineering (University of Glasgow), 2022.
M.Eng in Electrical Engineering (BUK, Nigeria), 2015.
B.Eng in Electrical Engineering (KUST, Nigeria), 2010.
Email: Lukman.Yusuf@glasgow.ac.uk
Ahmed Aboorh
PhD student
BSc in Chemistry (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia), 2014
MSc in Physical Chemistry (University of Leicester, United Kingdom), 2020
Email: 2729650a@student.gla.ac.uk
Dan Broadhurst
PhD student
MSci Chemistry with work placement (Glasgow), 2022
Email: 2234425b@student.gla.ac.uk
Fiona Todman
PhD student
MChem in Chemistry (Heriot-Watt University), 2022
Liang (Wesley) Lyu
PhD student
BSc in Chemistry (Fudan University), 2020
MSc in Chemistry (University of Glasgow), 2022
Email: 2696339L@student.gla.ac.uk
Shaun Fletcher
PhD student
MSci in Chemistry and Mathematics (University of Glasgow), 2023
Shuaiwei Cui
PhD student
BEng in Polymer Science and Engineering (Qingdao University of Science and Technology), 2019
MEng in Materials Engineering (Qingdao University of Science and Technology), 2022
Email: 2827839C@student.gla.ac.uk
Venkateswara Gedela
PhD student
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India), 2019
MSc in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Technologies (Northumbria University), 2022
MBA in Business Administration (Professional Practice) (University of Sunderland), 2026
Email: 3178857G@student.gla.ac.uk
Former members of The Symes Group:
Obeten Mbang Eze, PhD student, graduated 2026
Rabiya Javed Awan, visiting PhD student, 2024-2025
Alex Pitman, MRes student, graduated 2025
Abdulhai Faqeeh, PhD student, graduated 2025
Hannah Dickinson, PhD student, graduated 2024
Abhishek Rajput, PDRA, 2023-2024
David Pickles, PDRA, 2023-2024
Hossam Mohamed Gomaa Amin, Rest in peace
Halilu Sale, PhD student, graduated 2024
Nada Alhathlaul, PhD student, graduated 2024
Calum Hope, PhD student, graduated 2023
Patrick McHugh, PhD student, graduated 2023
Thanasis Stergiou, PhD student, graduated 2023
Maryum Ali, Visiting PhD student, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan
Arun Kumar Samual, PDRA, 2022
Colin Morrison, Project student, University of Glasgow
Callum Laird, Project student, University of Glasgow
Tingting Zhao, PDRA, 2020-2021
Avishek Paul, PDRA, 2018-2021
Ekata Saha, Visiting PhD student, CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, India
Amy Briggs, Project student, University of Glasgow
Bethany Lomax, PhD student, graduated 2021
Alex Wallace, PhD student, graduated 2020
Mike Shipman, PhD student, graduated 2020
Arindam Kumar Das, PDRA, 2019
Giacomo Cioncoloni, PhD student, graduated 2018
Isolda Roger, PhD student, graduated 2017
Caitlin Connor, Project student, University of Glasgow
Ewan McQueen, Project student, University of Glasgow
Olivier Newman, Project student, University of Glasgow
Adam Taylor, Project student, University of Glasgow
Amy Lees, Project student, University of Glasgow
Blair Collins, Project student, University of Glasgow
Jonathan Woods, Project student, University of Glasgow
Theodosia Kefala, Project student, University of Glasgow
Jonathan Wong, Project student, University of Glasgow
Andrew Timmons, Project student, University of Glasgow
Olga Sambalova, Project student, University of Glasgow