School of Chemistry

Our People

Academic Staff

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Andy Abbott

Professor in Physical Chemistry
✉ apa1@le.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Philip Ash

Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry
✉ philip.ash@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Stephen Ball

Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, Senior Tutor
✉ sb263@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Richard Blackburn

Associate Professor, Director of Education
✉ r.blackburn@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

  • Organic Chemistry education
  • Digital innovation in chemical education
  • Addressing demographic inequities in higher education
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Steven Bull

Professor and Head of School
 sdb45@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Natasha Bulman

Teaching Fellow
 nb332@leicester.ac.uk

Responsibilities and Interests

  • Year 1 Tutor
  • Postgraduate Tutor
  • Sustainable Chemistry
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Qun Cao

Lecturer
✉ qc52@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Paul M Cullis

Professor of Organic Chemistry
 pmc@le.ac.uk

Research Interests

  • Enzyme reaction mechanisms
  • Controlling gene expression
  • Molecular probes of cell signalling
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Richard Doveston

Associate Professor, Postgraduate admissions tutor
✉ r.g.doveston@le.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Andrew M Ellis

Professor of Physical Chemistry
✉ andrew.ellis@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Sandeep Handa

Professor, Academic Director (College of Science and Engineering)
✉ sh78@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

  • Chemical biology
  • Green chemistry
  • Synthetic methodology
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Rob Hillman

Professor of Physical Chemistry
✉ arh7@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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James Hodgkinson

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
✉ jthodgkinson@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Richard Hopkinson

Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry

✉ richard.hopkinson@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Andrew Hudson

Professor of Biophysical Chemistry
✉ ah242@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Kal Karim

Associate Professor, Chemistry DLI Lead
✉ kk256@leicester.ac.uk

 Research Interests

  • Nanoparticles for diagnostics
  • Computational modelling
  • Detection of anaesthetics and antibiotics
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Alexander (Sandy) Kilpatrick

Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
✉ sandy.kilpatrick@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Chris Marsh

Laboratory Teaching Fellow
✉ c.marsh@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

  • Pedagogy and chemistry education
  • Porous materials
  • Metal-organic frameworks
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Paul Monks

Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science
✉ p.s.monks@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Fabrizio Ortu

Associate Professor in Chemistry
✉ fabrizio.ortu@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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James Pickering

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
✉ jp598@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Elena Piletska

Associate Professor in Bioanalytical Chemistry
✉ ep219@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Sergey Piletsky

Professor of Bioanalytical Chemistry
✉ sp523@leicester.ac.uk

 Research Interests

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Alex Pulis

Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry
 a.pulis@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Patricia Rodríguez-Maciá

Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

✉ prm28@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Karl Ryder

Professor of Physical Chemistry
ksr7@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Gregory A Solan

Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry
✉ gas8@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Alison Stuart

Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry
✉ alison.stuart@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Kogularamanan (Rama) Suntharalingam

Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry, Deputy Head of School
✉ k.suntharalingam@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Jake (Minjun) Yang

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry

jake.yang@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

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Shengfu Yang

Reader in Physical Chemistry
✉ sfy1@leicester.ac.uk

Research Interests

Research Staff and Students

Shaemaa Abdulsada
PhD, Sergey Piletsky

Gyako Adamu
PhD, Sergey Piletsky
Monika Akstinaite
PhD, Qun Cao
Hayder Al Jaafari
PhD, Jake Yang
Elias Alexopolous
PhD, Fabizio Ortu
Ohud Alhawiti
PhD, Gregory Solan
Jamie Allen
Research Associate, Sandy Kilpatrick
Jack Allen
Research Associate, Andy Abbott
William Atkinson
PhD, Jake Yang
Chloe Austin
PhD, Rama Suntharalingam
Lydia Barnes
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sandy Kilpatrick
Maryia Barysevich
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Alex Pulis
 Morgan Bates
Research Associate, Andy Abbott
Lilla Beja
PhD, Richard Hopkinson 
Jack Bettam
PhD, James Hodgkinson 
Joseph Bradbury
MPhil, Kal Karim
Elijah Bridge
PhD, Stephen Ball
Harvey Broad
PhD, Richard Blackburn
Alex Brown
PhD, Rama Suntharalingam
Ted Carlile
PhD, James Pickering
Evandro Casteldelli
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andy Abbott
Ethan Cheung
PhD, Andy Abbott
Rebecca Cordell
Senior Research Associate, Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability
Evangelia Daskapoulou
PhD, Andy Abbott
Kian Devani
MPhil, Sandy Kilpatrick
Joseph Earley
PhD, Sergey Piletsky
Chris Elgar
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andy Abbott
Zhenyu Fan
PhD, Gregory Solan
Jiaxin Fang
PhD, Rama Suntharalingam
Ibukunoluwa Faparusi
PhD, Rob Hillman
Shuyang Fei
PhD, Alison Stuart
Xiao Feng
PhD, Rama Suntharalingam
Yuhe Gao
PhD, Qun Cao
Yuncong Gao
PhD, Alex Pulis
Joseph Gillions
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Alison Stuart
Sophia Moreen Gloria
PhD, Alex Pulis
Doug Gregg
PhD, Paul Monks
Charlotte Gwinnell
PhD, Steve Bull
Anna Hare
PhD, Patricia Rodríguez-Maciá
Jenny Hartley
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andy Abbott 
Phil Hunt
PhD, Andy Abbott 
Ammar Ibrahim
PhD, Sergey Piletsky 
Mae James
PhD, Andrew Hudson
Bhav Kapur
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andrew Hudson
Molly Keel
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andy Abbott
Julia Kozlowska
PhD, Andy Ellis
Anand Kunverji
PhD, Karl Ryder
Manon Lachmann
PhD, Patricia Rodríguez-Maciá
Sarah Lamorte
PhD, Sandy Kilpatrick
Chunhong Lei
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andy Abbott
Hanqing Liu
PhD, Shengfu Yang
Tianzhou Liu
PhD, James Hodgkinson
Kirabo Magumba
PhD, Elena Piletska
Nigar Malik
PhD, Karl Ryder
Phoebe Opuku Djan
PhD, Patricia Rodríguez-Maciá
Urvashi Patel
PhD, James Hodgkinson
Benjamin Pettit
PhD, Shengfu Yang
Paulo Pitasse-Santos
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Richard Hopkinson
Daniel Polak
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andy Ellis
Chris Powell
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andy Abbott
Samuel Prettyman
PhD, Gregory Solan
Tianrun Qin
PhD, Shengfu Yang
Muwafaq Rabeea
PhD, Andy Abbott
Nicholas Ralphs
PhD, Steve Bull
Hadeeqa Raza
PhD, Richard Doveston
Christiane Reick
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andrew Hudson
Hao Ren
PhD, Rama Suntharalingam
Kornelija Rimgailaite
PhD, Andrew Hudson
Nick Ross
PhD, Rob Hillman
Vian Saleh
PhD, Elena Piletska
Sean Scott
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Andy Abbott
Dmitry Sedush
PhD, Philip Ash
Hao Sha
PhD, Shengfu Yang
Joshua Smalley
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Science Kitchen, Steve Bull
Sean A. Smith
Postdoctoral Research Associate, James Hodgkinson
Sean Smith
PhD, Alison Stuart
Qiana Sun
PhD, Gregory Solan
Lewis Turnbull
PhD, Andy Ellis
Lai Vo
PhD, Shengfu Yang
Yihan Wang
PhD, Rama Suntharalingam
Lillie Warren
PhD, Richard Doveston
Hannah Watson
PhD, Sandy Kilpatrick
Tuo Wei
PhD, Shengfu Yang
Yangpengfei Xiao
PhD, Patricia Rodríguez-Maciá
Tanongsak Yingnakorn
PhD, Andy Abbott
Connor Young
PhD, Paul Monks
Lei Yun
PhD, Alex Pulis
Chris Zaleski
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sergey Piletsky 
Yifan Zeng
PhD, Gregory Solan 

Professional and Technical Support Staff

Nick Boldra

Mechanical Workshop

✉ nb59@leicester.ac.uk

 
Daniel Brewer

Distance Learning Programme Administrator

✉ db429@leicester.ac.uk

 
Megan Brind

College Student Support Adviser

✉ mgb28@leicester.ac.uk

 
Sai Choudhury

Senior Technician

✉ sc90@leicester.ac.uk

 
Stef Ferro

Departmental Technician

✉ sf375@leicester.ac.uk

 
Kiriana Florez

College Administrator

✉ kmf20@leicester.ac.uk

 
Cris Gheorghe

Programme Administrator

✉ cg382@leicester.ac.uk

 
Katy Green

Business Administration Manager

✉ kg222@leicester.ac.uk

 
Emma Harrison-Murphy
✉ ele9@leicester.ac.uk   
Robert Hogwood

Programme Administrator

✉ reh42@leicester.ac.uk

 
Sue Howell

College Administrator

✉ skh14@leicester.ac.uk

 
Adam Khan

NMR Experimental Officer

✉ ak1101@leicester.ac.uk

 
Richard Lane

Senior Technician

✉ rcl3@leicester.ac.uk

 
Alex Mack

Business Administration Supervisor

✉ asm9@leicester.ac.uk

 
Sharad Mistry

Mass Spectrometry Experimental Officer

✉ scm11@leicester.ac.uk

 
Bogdan Onea

Administrative Assistant

✉ bno7@leicester.ac.uk

 
Gayle Price

Scientific Glassblower

✉ gn45@leicester.ac.uk

 
Becky Quinn

Operations Manager

✉ raa5@leicester.ac.uk

 
Bansi Saujani

Programme Administrator

✉ bs341@leicester.ac.uk

 
Patricia Sawyer

Administration Assistant

✉ ps402@leicester.ac.uk

 
Carl Schieferstein

Electrical/Electronics, IT Administrator

✉ cs99@leicester.ac.uk

 
Kuldip Singh

X-ray Crystallography Experimental Officer

✉ ks42@leicester.ac.uk

 
Leigh-Ann Tattershall

Administrator

✉ lt241@leicester.ac.uk 

 
Zahoor Ul-Haq

Technical Services Manager

✉ zuh1@leicester.ac.uk

 
Philip Worth

Chemistry Stores

✉ pw29@leicester.ac.uk

 
Philip Young

Senior Technician

✉ pjy6@leicester.ac.uk

 

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