Alumni

PhD Researchers

	Name	Year	First Destination
27.	Dr Laila Al-Madhagi	2019	Johnson Matthey, UK
26.	Dr Abdulrahman Ajina	2019	Saudi-Aramco, Jeddah
25.	Dr Thokozile Kathyola	2018	Postdoc, University of Leeds
24.	Dr Lauren K. Newton	2018	unknown
23.	Dr Sharlinda Salim Sachithananthan	2017	unknown
22.	Dr Sin-Yuen Chang	2016	Postdoc at Industrial Liaison Office, Diamond Light Source, Ltd.
21.	Dr Adrian Gainar	2016	EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship, Imperial College London
20.	Dr Amani Musharah	2016	Saudi-Aramco
19.	Dr Devon Indar	2015	Assistant Professor, University of Trinidad & Tobago
18.	Dr Joshua Goldberg	2015	Teach First
17.	Dr Christopher Maher	2014	National Nuclear Laboratory
16.	Dr Matthew Thomason	2013	Novartis
15.	Dr Vicky Levins (nee Fawcett)	2011	Unilever
14.	Dr Luanga N. Nchari	2011	Postdoctoral Research, The University of Manchester
13.	Dr Hamizah Mohd. Zaki	2011	Lecturer, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
12.	Dr Joanna S. Stevens	2010	EPSRC PhD+ Fellowship
11.	Dr Matthew Hudson	2010	Shell
10.	Dr David J. Meehan	2009	Postdoctoral Research, The University of Manchester
9.	Dr Hamid Esfahanian	2008	Consultancy, Manchester, UK
8.	Dr Anna Makarowicz	2008	Abcr Chemicals, Germany
7.	Dr Nikolaos Tsapatsaris	2008	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany
6.	Dr Andrew W.F. Ip	2008	Assistant Professor, University of Macao
5.	Dr A. Murray Booth	2008	Postdoctoral Research, The University of Manchester; now at Waters Recommended read: Murray’s career story on Vitae
4.	Dr Simon Braun	2008	BASF
3.	Dr Agnes Dauvergne	2007	Pfizer (now at AstraZeneca)
2.	Dr Karifala Dumbuya	2005*	Postdoctoral Research, University of Erlangen, Germany; since 2011 at BASF Catalysts Germany GmbH (Hannover)
1.	Dr Norbert Weiher	2003*	Postdoctoral Research, ETH Zürich

Postdocs & Fellows

Name	Year(s)	Funder	Destination
Dr Sin-Yuen Chang	2016-2018	Diamond / Infineum / AstraZeneca	Postgraduate Studies (Chinese Cultural Studies)
Dr Joanna Stevens	2011-2015	EPSRC	University Academic Research Fellow, University of Manchester
Dr Yvonne Gründer	2010-2013	EPSRC	Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
Dr Monika Walczak	2011-2013	PeMex	Postdoc at University of Manchester
Dr Luanga N. Nchari	2011-2013	PeMex	Kraft Foods, later Douwe-Egberts, since 2019 at NIZO (Netherlands)
Dr Kevin Back	2011-2012	EPSRC PhD+	Pfizer
Dr Ghazala Sadiq	2013	EPSRC	Design Centre Scientist at Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
Dr Peter Ivanov	2012	EPSRC	Senior Research Scientist, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Dr Joanna Stevens	2010-2011	EPSRC	PhD+ Fellowship
Dr Mike Cooke	2010-2012	Unilever/EPSRC	School of Chemical Engineering
Dr Nikolaos Tsapatsaris	2008	EPSRC	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany
Dr Guy A. Hembury	2006-2008	EPSRC	Research Director, Bioniqs, UK
Dr Angela Beesley	2004-2007	EPSRC	Unilever
Dr Elizabeth A. Willneff	2006-2007	EPSRC	Senior Experimental Officer, Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool
Dr Norbert Weiher	2004-2007	EPSRC	Lecturer, School of Sound Recording, Manchester

Academic Visitors

Professor Nidal Al-Derzi	Visiting Lecturer 2010-11
Dr Yogita Patil-Sen	Visiting Lecturer 2013-14

MSc Researchers

Name	Year	Destination
Yeungching Kong	2010/11	Shell, Brunei
Sudhanshu Mohanty	2010/11	tbc
Abdil Halimis Stani	2009/10	The Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Jakarta
Ly May Chew	2008/09	PhD, University of Bochum, Germany
Helen Tatton	2005/06	Analyst, Instrumentation Enterprise, South of England
Maryam Hashemi	2005/06	unknown
Satyender Goel	2004/05	PhD, University of Central Florida, USA
Philip Peartree	2004/05	PhD, University of Manchester, UK
Charilaos Kotsiomytis	2002/03	Greek Army

Diploma Thesis Researchers*

Name	Year	Destination
Jürgen Osswald	2002	PhD, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
Elizabeth A. Willneff	2001	PhD, UMIST, UK
Catharina Klanner	2000	PhD, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, now at BASF
Norbert Weiher	1999	PhD, FU Berlin

MEng Research Project Students

Name	Year	Destination
James Black	2011/12	PhD, The University of Manchester, UK
Sin-Yuen Chang	2011/12	PhD, The University of Manchester, UK
Vanessa Suinggi	2011/12	Shell, Malaysia
Ching Michael Foo	2010/11	PhD, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Will Johnson	2010/11	Process Engineer, Arvia Technologies
Lauren Newton	2010/11	PhD, The University of Manchester, UK
Michalis Pelendritis	2009/10	PhD, The University of Manchester, UK
Mahmoud Gawish	2009/10	unknown
Jeff Wang	2008/09	unknown
Devon Indar	2008/09	Trinidad and Tobago Petroleum Company; now pursuing a PhD, The University of Manchester, UK
Habeeb Owo	2007/08	unknown
Marco Lazzarini	2005/06	unknown
Chetan Shetty	2004/05	unknown

Undergraduate Volunteers

Name	Year	Destination
Mohammed Ghazi Atallah	2009/10	transfer to BSc degree, Brown University, USA

MChem Research Project Students

Name	Year	Destination
Helen Gallon	2007	PhD in Chemistry, University of Manchester
Matthew Bromfield	2007	PhD in Materials Science, University of Manchester
Shimon Shapiro	2006	Volvo
Thomas Lonsborough	2005	Head of Online Learning, Manchester MIDI School
David J. Meehan	2005	PhD in Chemistry, University of Manchester
Akintayo Adisa	2004	PhD in Chemistry, University of Manchester

BSc Final Year Research Students

Name	Year	Destination
Michael Hitchen	2006	private company
Tom Wheeler	2005	unknown
Shiv Savani	2005	PhD in Materials Science, University of Manchester
Philip Peartree	2004	MSc, then PhD, University of Manchester

ERASMUS Research Project

Name	Year	Destination
Aurelie Maubert	2007	unknown

*Freie Universität Berlin