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
Abhishek Rajput
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD in PhD in Physics (Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, India), 2022.
David Pickles
Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD in Aeronautical Engineering (University Of Glasgow), 2021.
M.Eng in Aeronautical Engineering (University of Glasgow), 2016.
Email: david.pickles@glasgow.ac.uk
Nada Alhathlaul
PhD student
BSc in Chemistry (Jouf University), 2013
MSc in Nanomaterials Chemistry (University College Dublin), 2017
Email: 2499313A@student.gla.ac.uk
Halilu Sale
PhD student
B.Tech. (Hons) Industrial Chemistry (FUT, Yola), 2008
MSc Industrial Chemistry (NSU, Keffi), 2014
Email: h.sale.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Hannah Dickinson
PhD student
MChem in Chemistry (Durham University, with international placement at TU/e, Netherlands), 2020
Email: 2594143D@student.gla.ac.uk
Hossam Mohamed Gomaa Amin
PhD student
BSc in Chemistry (Fayoum University, Egypt), 2012
MSc in Chemistry (Fayoum University, Egypt), 2018
Email: 2509556G@student.gla.ac.uk
Abdulhai Hani A Faqeeh
PhD student
BSc in Chemistry (Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia), 2016
MSc in Chemistry (University of Glasgow), 2020
Email: 2490521F@student.gla.ac.uk
Obeten Mbang Eze
PhD student
BSc in Chemistry (CRUTECH, Nigeria), 2010
MSc in Physical Chemistry (University of Leicester, UK), 2016
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
Alex Pitman
MRes student
BSc Chemistry (University of Glasgow), 2023
Email: 2439461P@student.gla.ac.uk
Former members of The Symes Group:
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
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