People
Our research team
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Renald Schaub Group leader, Reader, Director of SCISS
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Michael-John Treanor Postdoctoral Research Associate and Scientific Officer
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Steve M. Francis Principle Scientific Officer
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Miki Fukushima PhD student
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Rosalind van der Does De Willebois PhD student (in collab with Dr Paul Webb)
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Xinyang Owen Zhou PhD student
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Rosha Dcruz PhD student
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James M. May BSC project student
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Brodie Waterston Madras project student
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Our national and international colleagues and collaborators
Ulrich Heiz (TUMünich, DE)
Uzi Landman (GTech, USA)
Holger Bettinger (Tübingen, DE)
Eleanor Campbell (Edinburgh, UK)
Neil Wilson (Warwick, UK)
Wei-Xue Li (Dalian, CN)
Our industrial partners
Surface Science in St Andrews
Chris J. Baddeley
Manfred Buck
Georg Haehner
Phil King
Neville V. Richardson
Peter Wahl
Former group members
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Ewan Scougall Former PhD student (09/2017 – 09/2021) Now at iGii in Stirling, UK |
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Lucy Bullock Former BSC project student (in collab with Dr Iain Smellie, 09/2024 – 06/2025) Now in London, UK |
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Angela Gupta Former MCHEM project student (in collab with Dr Paul Webb, 09/2024 – 06/2025) Now at Manchester University, Manchester, UK |
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Ethan Levenson Former MCHEM project student (in collab with Dr Paul Webb, 09/2024 – 06/2025) Now at ETHZ, Zurich, CH |
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Sebastian Bell Former BSC summer project student (08/2024 – 09/2024) Now in St Andrews, UK |
| Alexandra Armitage Former BSC project student (in collab with Dr Iain Smellie, 09/2023 – 06/2024) Now in St Andrews, UK |
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| Lauren Cork Former MChem project student (09/2022 – 06/2023) Now in Stockholm, SE |
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| Fraser Mealyou Former MChem project student (in collab with Dr Iain Smellie, 09/2022 – 06/2023) Now in St Andrews and Diamond Light Source, UK |
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| Lachlan Caulfield Former MChem project student (09/2021 – 05/2022) Now in Melbourne, AUS |
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Simon Roy Anetts Former PhD student (01/2018 – 09/2022) Now at Drochaid, in St Andrews, UK |
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Yi-Ying Sung Former PhD student (09/2017 – 09/2021) Now at QuantumBrilliance, in Stuttgart, DE |
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Henry James Chandler Former PhD student (01/2016 – 04/2020) Now in Melbourne, AUS |
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Kirsten Finley Former PhD student (09/2014 – 03/2019) Now in Edinburgh, UK |
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Ineta Grikalaite Former MChem student (09/2017 – 05/2018) Now in Exeter, UK |
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Harmina Vejayan Former MChem student (09/2017 – 05/2018) Now at Distran, in Zurich, CH |
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José A. Garrido Torres Former PhD student (08/2013 – 05/2017) Now at Microsoft, in the Netherlands, NL |
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S. Abass Nanoh Former BSc student (09/2016 – 05/2017) Now in London, UK |
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Jerome Gano Former MChem student (09/2014 – 05/2015) Now in St Andrews, UK |
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Grant J. Simpson Former PhD student (08/2010 – 09/2014) Now in Graz, AT |
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Catherine J. Bromley Former PhD student (08/2010 – 09/2014) Now in St Andrews, UK |
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Marco Caffio Former postdoc (07/2008 – 09/2010) Now in Stirling, UK |
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Bo Wang Former PhD student (09/2006 – 03/2010) Now in Münich, DE |
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Anthony Purdie Former PhD student (09/2007 – 10/2008) Now in Livingston, UK |

























