The Forgan Group at the University of Glasgow was established in October 2012, and is always looking for new members - click the Join Us tab for more information. Click here to see previous members of the group, and some group photographs can be found in our Gallery.
Our current group members are:
Dr Ayaz Anwar
PDRA 2025-2027
Ayaz joins the group to work on our Scottish government funded project on delivery of senotherapies in collaboration with Prof Shiels.
Dr Russell Main
PDRA 2025-2028
Russell joins the group after a PhD with Prof Russell Morris at St Andrews to work on our collaborative EPSRC project with Prof Simon Coles at the University of Southampton, working on applying electron diffraction to the crystal sponge method.
Wai Leuk (Wesley) Leung
PhD Student 2021-2025
MSci Project Student 2019-2020
Wes, a former MSci project student who graduated in summer 2020, returned to the group after a period working at Charles River Laboratories. His project will focus on the development of multivariate modulation for pore functionalisation.
Joe Schofield Holyoake
PhD Student 2021-2025
Joe has joined the group to work on our Leverhulme Trust project, in collaboration with Dr Drew Thomson, investigating the metal-templated assembly of peptide-based interlocked molecules.
Yang Wang
PhD Student 2021-2025
Yang Wang joins the group on a China Scholarship Council funded project, where he will investigate novel nanomaterials for targeted drug delivery.
Jiarong (Peter) Dong
PhD Student 2021-2025
BSc (hons) Project Student 2020-2021
Jiarong returns to the group after his BSc (Hons) project in 2020-21. His PhD will focus on the development of defect-functionalised MOFs using advanced modulation techniques.
Matthew Liddle
PhD Student 2022-2026
Matthew joins the group after completing his undergraduate degree with Prof Paul Anderson at the University of Birmingham, to pursue the modulated self-assembly of MOFs linked by p-block metals.
Yuping Zhao
PhD Student 2022-2026
Yuping is studying for her PhD on a China Scholarship Council sponsored project where she is investigating nanoscale Ga(III) MOFs as potential antibiotic agents.
Jake Davies
PhD Student 2023-2027
Jake joins the group after completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Sussex. He will develop modulated self-assembly of MOFs linked by Al(III) as novel adjuvants.
Dylan Shaw
PhD Student 2024-2028
Dylan joins the group after completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Strathclyde, and will continue his crystallographic training by applying electron diffraction to the crystal sponge method.
Abdulaziz Alshehri
PhD Student 2025-2029
Abdulaziz joins the group from King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia, and will study the modulated self-assembly of mixed linker MOFs.
Afnan Al Muslim
PhD Student 2025-2029
PGT MSc Student 2024
Afnan rejoins the group to undertaker her PhD working on the development of MOFs for delivery of multiple anticancer and senolytic molecules.
WenXuan Yan
MSc (res) Student 2024-2025
WenXuan joins us for a postgraduate research masters degree and will pursue the development of photocatalytic metal-organic frameworks.
Weifeng He
PGT MSc Student 2025
Weifeng is carrying out his PGT MSc project with us investigating the synthesis of novel Ga MOFs with heterocyclic linkers.
Daniel Harris
Summer Intern 2025
Daniel joins the group on an In2Research internship after completing his undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at the University of Essex, and will be investigating the immune response of MOF nanoparticles.
