University of Manchester

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Walter Norman Haworth1911 William Henry Perkin (grad student)
Ernest Warhurst1936 Michael Polanyi (grad student)
John Lionel Simonsen1907 William Henry Perkin (grad student)
Robert Downs Haworth1922 Arthur Lapworth (grad student)
Harusada Suginome1927 Robert Robinson (grad student)
Daniel Douglas Eley1937 Michael Polanyi (grad student)
Fred Fairbrother1925 Harold Baily Dixon (grad student)
Ralph Massy-Westropp1958 Arthur John Birch (grad student)
John Read William Jackson Pope (post-doc)
Ewart Ray Herbert Jones1938 Ian (Isidore) Morris Heilbron (post-doc)
Stephen P. Fletcher20072009 Jonathan Clayden (post-doc)
John H. Baxendale1939 Ernest Warhurst (grad student), Michael Polanyi (grad student)
Brian F. G. Johnson19641967 Jack Lewis (post-doc)
George Norman Burkhardt19211925 Arthur Lapworth (grad student)
D Smithies John H. Baxendale (grad student)
Richard H. F. Manske1926 Robert Robinson (grad student)
W. C. Evans1937 Henry Stanley Raper (grad student)
Cyril N. H. Long1921 Arthur Lapworth (research assistant)
H. Douglas Grundy1966 William Lester Brown (grad student)
Christopher D. Smith Michael F. Greaney (post-doc)
Wilson Baker1924 Arthur Lapworth (research assistant), Robert Robinson (grad student), Arthur Lapworth (research assistant)
Henry Stanley Raper
Arthur Lapworth
Lee B. Mullen
Michael Crowe
Saidul Islam
Claude W. Wardlaw
Guzmán Gil-Ramírez School of Chemistry20132016 David A. Leigh (post-doc)
Michael F. Greaney
David J. Procter
David P. Mills
Iain May
William Lester Brown
Andrew B. Horn
Eric J. L. McInnes19951998 Frank E. Mabbs (post-doc), David Collison (post-doc)
Colm Browne Chemistry2014 David A. Leigh (post-doc)
Vanesa Marcos Chemistry David A. Leigh (post-doc)
Douglas N. Butler Chemistry1963 Arthur John Birch (grad student)
Wesley J. Moran Chemistry20062007 Jonathan Clayden (post-doc)
Malcolm Rowland
Gareth A. Morris
John M. Gardiner
Garrett T. Potter20112015 John M. Gardiner (grad student)
Charlotte E. Daltion20122016 John M. Gardiner (grad student)
Jinesh Mistry20102015 John M. Gardiner (grad student)
John Helliwell
Yusuf Cakmak Chemistry20132016 David A. Leigh (post-doc)
Sundus Erbas-Cakmak Chemistry20132016 David A. Leigh (post-doc)
Stephen Rimmer
C. E. H. Bawn19311938 Michael Polanyi (post-doc)
Terence C. Owen1954 H. Bernard Henbest (grad student), Ewart Ray Herbert Jones (grad student)
Donald Holroyde Hey
Mathias Nilsson
Thaís Mendonça Barbosa School of chemistry School of chemistry Mathias Nilsson (grad student), Gareth A. Morris (grad student)
Michael J. Ingleson
Josue Ayuso-Carrillo Chemistry Chemistry20122016 Michael J. Ingleson (grad student), Michael L. Turner (grad student)
Michael L. Turner
Floriana Tuna Chemistry Michael John Hannon (post-doc)
Richard T. Brown
Sydney John Hickson
​David John
Raymond Brazenor Clayton1952 Ewart Ray Herbert Jones (grad student), H. Bernard Henbest (grad student)
Jocelyn F. Thorpe William Henry Perkin (post-doc)
Adam Colbourne Mathias Nilsson (grad student)
Adolfo Botana Mathias Nilsson (grad student)
Alexandria Rogerson Mathias Nilsson (grad student)
Iain Swan Mathias Nilsson (grad student)
Aaron Hernandez-Cid Mathias Nilsson (grad student)
Pinelopi Moutzouri Mathias Nilsson (grad student)
Guilherme Dal Poggetto Mathias Nilsson (grad student)
Laura Castañar Mathias Nilsson (post-doc)
Péter Király Mathias Nilsson (post-doc)
Juan Aguilar Mathias Nilsson (post-doc)
Mohammadali Foroozandeh Mathias Nilsson (post-doc)
Neil Bricklebank Chemistry Charles Andrew McAuliffe (grad student)
Dhifaf Jasim20102015 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
James Gubbins20122016 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
Leon Newman20132017 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
Marilena Hadjidemetriou20132017 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
Richard d'Arcy Nicola Tirelli (grad student)
Gilles Lemière20082010 Jonathan Clayden (post-doc)
James McDonagh
Igor Larrosa
Christopher J. Teskey20122016 Michael F. Greaney (grad student)
Allan G Lowe
Adrian R Walmsley Biochemistry19831986 Allan G Lowe (grad student)
Samuel Jones
Michael J Bennison Materials20182019 Samuel Jones (post-doc)
Maheswaran Shanmugam2006 Richard E. P. Winpenny (grad student)
Soumitra Agasti20182022 David J. Procter (post-doc)
Donald Cameron19571960 Arthur John Birch (grad student)
Alex Fordham2018 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
Atta Arshad2019 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
Livia Crica2016 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
Rafaela Paz Garcia2015 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
Thomas Kisby2016 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
Yingxian Chen2018 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
Alfredo Maria Gravagnuolo2017 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Andrew Hayward2018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Eszter Kormann2018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Jessica Warrington2018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Lois Gardner2018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Luis Visani2018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Michelle Ntola2018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Paul S. Sharp2018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Thomas Loret2018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Adrian Esteban Arranz20172019 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Anna Gray20162018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Jennifer Dorney20182018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Maria Pascual Lucas20152018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Yein Nam20142017 Kostas Kostarelos (grad student)
Gopalan Rajaraman20012004 Eric J. L. McInnes (grad student), Richard E. P. Winpenny (grad student)
Frank E. Mabbs
Geoffrey A. Cordell1970 George F. Smith (grad student), George N. Smith (grad student)
George F. Smith
George N. Smith
Viktor N Thaller1951 Ewart Ray Herbert Jones (research scientist)
Sungwon Hwang Chemical Engineering2004 Robin Smith (grad student)
Robin Smith
Jin-Kuk Kim Process Integration2001 Robin Smith (grad student)
Michael Binns Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science2013 Jin-Kuk Kim (grad student)
Dongda Zhang
Jie Li
Darren Willcox
Huan-Ming Huang20142017 David J. Procter (grad student)
Richard Vernon Wheeler William Arthur Bone (research assistant)
Abhishek Dewanji20202022 David J. Procter (post-doc)
Nicholas F. Chilton2015 Eric J. L. McInnes (grad student), Richard E. P. Winpenny (grad student)
Rizwan Nabi Nicholas F. Chilton (post-doc)
Aubrey F. Trotman‐Dickenson1952 Meredith Gwynne Evans (grad student)
Huw Owen Pritchard1951 Meredith Gwynne Evans (grad student), Henry Alistair Skinner (grad student)
Rebecca Beveridge2016 Perdita Elizabeth Barran (grad student)
Henry A. Shiner
Inmaculada Paz Andrade Henry A. Shiner (grad student)
Michael Patrick Shaver
Joshua D. Caldwell20132014 Konstantin Sergeevich Novoselov (research scientist)
Alistair Fielding
James P. S. Walsh20142015 Alistair Fielding (post-doc), David Collison (grad student), Eric J. L. McInnes (grad student), Richard E. P. Winpenny (grad student)
David A. Baldwin
Timothy John Egan Chemistry19841988 David A. Baldwin (grad student)
Robin Jeanneret Chemistry20142018 John M. Gardiner (grad student)
Fahad A Alharthi Chemistry20172021 John M. Gardiner (grad student)
Jafar Alkabli Chemistry20122016 John M. Gardiner (grad student)
M. Qadri E. Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science20172020 Sam P. de Visser (grad student)
Susannah C. Coote Chemistry20092012 David J. Procter (post-doc)
Harapriya Rath20092011 Richard E. P. Winpenny (post-doc)
Áron Péter20192022 David J. Procter (grad student)
Nicholas J. Turner
Juan Mangas-Sanchez Nicholas J. Turner (post-doc)
Paul Popelier
Huakui Liu2022 David A. Leigh (post-doc)
Stephanie Flude2005 Raymond Burgess (grad student), Dave McGarvie (grad student)
Michael Polanyi Meredith Gwynne Evans (collaborator)
Liladhar PaudelAnalytical Chemistry, Food Science and Technology Agriculture Mathias Nilsson (post-doc)
J. Kerry Thomasapplication of short-pulsed laser photochemistry and photophysics to the study of reactions in colloidal or organized systems, and polymers1957 John H. Baxendale (grad student)
Gilbert John FowlerApplied chemistry, biochemistry1887 George Herbert Bailey (grad student)
Ernest RutherfordAtomic Structure1907 Arthur Schuster (research scientist)
Arthur HardenBiochemistry1885 Henry Enfield Roscoe (research assistant)
Sigmund Otto RosenheimBiochemistry18941895 William Henry Perkin (post-doc)
Thomas Kennedy WalkerBiochemistry Chaim Weizmann (research scientist)
Wilfred D. SteinBiological Chemistry
Simon WebbBiological functionalisation
Arnab HalderBiomaterials, Bioelectrochemistry, Biosensors, Bioelectronics, Neuroengineering20192020 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Bhupender S. GuptaBiomedical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Polymer Chemistry1963 John W.S. Hearle (grad student)
Christopher David GarnerBioorganometallic chemistry
James Baddileybiosynthesis, structure and biological function of various biochemical compounds, especially the discovery of teichoic acids, major components of cell wall structure of bacteria. Basil Lythgoe (grad student)
Leslie Houghcarbohydrate chemistry1949 J. Ken N. (John Kenyon Netherton) Jones (grad student), Edmund Langley Hirst (grad student)
Timothée ConstantinCatalysis
Brian Derbyceramics and glasses, biomaterials, nanostructured materials
Anthony P. GreenChemical biology, biocatalysis, organic synthesis Chemistry Sabine Flitsch (post-doc)
Neil DixonChemical biology, Medicinal chemistry and Synthetic Biology Jason Micklefield (post-doc)
Henry Alistair SkinnerChemical Thermodynamics
Thomas J. WilliamsChemistry
Clare-Louise (Evans) TowseChemistry Chemistry20002002 Gareth A. Morris (grad student)
Pavle Mocilacchemistry Melissa A. Denecke (post-doc)
Michael James WaringChemistry
Arthur H. G. DavidChemistry
Joseph J W McDouallComputational and theoretical chemistry
Neil BurtonComputational chemistry
Ian Hilliercomputational chemistry
Muhammad Qadri Effendy Bin Mubarak Computational Chemistry
Sam P. de VisserComputational Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Thermodynamics
David CollisonCoordination chemistry
Zahraa Al-AhmadyDrug Delivery, Nanomedicine20122018 Kostas Kostarelos (post-doc)
Robert DryfeElectrochemistry
Alice M BowenElectron Paramagnetic Resonance, Pulsed Dipolar Spectroscopy
William Arthur BoneExplosives Harold Baily Dixon (research assistant)
Alan BrisdonFluorine chemistry
Solon GeorghiouGeneral Biophysics, Molecular Physics, Biochemistry1967 John Betteley Birks (grad student)
Peter A. CrooksGeneral Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry1970 Brian Robinson (grad student)
Christopher J. BallentineGeochemistry
Sabine FlitschGlycosciences, Biocatalysis Protein-Ligand Interactions
Cinzia CasiraghiGraphene
Harry Heaneyheterocyclic chemistry1957 Ian Torrance Millar (grad student)
Sheng Zhangheterogenous catalysis, electrochemical energy, 2D materials20152018 Andre Konstantin Geim (research scientist)
Harold HibbertIndustrial and Cellulose Chemistry1900 William Henry Perkin (research assistant)
Charles Andrew McAuliffeInorganic and coordination chemistry
Viswanathan BaskarInorganic and organometallic coordination chemistry20052007 Richard E. P. Winpenny (post-doc)
Bernard L. ShawInorganic Chemistry1953 Ewart Ray Herbert Jones (grad student)
Jonathan McMasterInorganic chemistry19921995 Christopher David Garner (grad student)
Kuntal PalInorganic Chemistry20132015 Richard Layfield (post-doc)
Richard CollinsInorganic chemistry
Gemma K. Gransburyinorganic chemistry Chemistry Chemistry2020 David P. Mills (post-doc), Nicholas F. Chilton (post-doc)
Robin J. BlaggInorganic Chemistry, Electrochemistry School of Chemistry20102013 Eric J. L. McInnes (post-doc)
George Herbert BaileyInorganic chemistry, metallurgical chemistry1884 Henry Enfield Roscoe (grad student)
George de HevesyInorganic chemistry, nuclear chemistry19111914 Ernest Rutherford (post-doc)
Fabrizio OrtuInorganic chemistry, Organometallic chemistry Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry20172019 David P. Mills (post-doc), Stephen T. Liddle (post-doc), Richard E. P. Winpenny (post-doc), Louise Natrajan (post-doc)
Arun Kumar BarInorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Molecular Magnetism20172019 Richard Layfield (post-doc)
Thomas Edward ThorpeInorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry1868 Henry Enfield Roscoe (research assistant)
Michael B. HallInorganic Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry1975 Ian Hillier (post-doc)
Shane RatcliffeInorganic coordination chemistry20042010 Stephen Martin Godfrey (grad student)
A. Geoffrey SykesInorganic Reaction Mechanisms1958 William C. E. Higginson (grad student)
Jonathan NL ConnorKinetic studies
Alan H. Cowleymain group, transition metal chemistry1958 Fred Fairbrother (grad student)
Michael AndersonMaterials
Martin AttfieldMaterials
Brian RobinsonMedicinal chemistry, natural product chemistry, pharmacy1960 George Fouet Smith (grad student)
Rajeev AssaryModeling, energy storage Chemistry20002005 Ian Hillier (grad student)
Alec H SehonMolecular and Cellular Biology1950 Meredith Gwynne Evans (grad student)
Nicholas C. JonesMolecular Biology
Jean-François LemonnierMolecular knots Organic chemistry2013 David A. Leigh (post-doc)
Richard Norman JonesMolecular spectroscopy1936 Ian (Isidore) Morris Heilbron (grad student)
Josephine H. NaishMRI
Kostas Kostarelosnanomedicine, drug delivery, liposome, carbon nanotube, graphene, gene therapy, regenerative medicine
Fiona PorterNanoscience, Graphene, Porphyrin Nanorings
Alexander Robertsonnatural products19241926 Robert Robinson (post-doc)
Thiruvenkata Rajendra SeshadriNatural products chemistry, pharmacology19271929 Robert Robinson (grad student)
Robert EvansNMR20082012 Mathias Nilsson (post-doc)
Ralph W. AdamsNMR Spectroscopy, Structure Elucidation, Methodology
Melissa A. Deneckenuclear chemistry, nuclear fuel cycle
Michael SmithNucleic acid chemistry Ewart Ray Herbert Jones (research assistant)
Jason MicklefieldNucleic Acid Redesign and Recognition, Biocatalysis and Enzyme Mechanism, Biosynthesis and Biosynthetic Engineering
Basil Lythgoeorganic chemistry1936 Ian (Isidore) Morris Heilbron (grad student)
Ulrich HenneckeOrganic Chemistry20072008 Jonathan Clayden (post-doc)
Rudolf SignerOrganic Chemistry W. Lawrence Bragg (post-doc)
Wesley CockerOrganic Chemistry1931 Arthur Lapworth (grad student), Robert Robinson (research assistant)
Francis LionsOrganic chemistry1925 Robert Robinson (grad student)
David A. LeighOrganic Chemistry
Salma KassemOrganic chemistry Organic Chemistry20132017 David A. Leigh (grad student)
Sara P. MorcilloOrganic chemistry Organic2016 Daniele Leonori (post-doc)
James D. SeniorOrganic chemistry Chemistry Jonathan Clayden (grad student)
John LeonardOrganic Chemistry Chemistry19761979 Richard T. Brown (grad student)
Srimanta MannaOrganic chemistry20172020 David J. Procter (post-doc)
Sachin G Modhaorganic chemistry
H. Bernard HenbestOrganic Chemistry
Chaim WeizmannOrganic chemistry, Biochemistry
Thomas Boddaertorganic chemistry, catalysis, organometallic chemistry20102010 Jonathan Clayden (post-doc)
Krishnaswami VenkataramanOrganic chemistry, Dye chemistry19231927 Robert Robinson (grad student)
Andrew Norman MeldrumOrganic chemistry, history of chemistry19071912 William Henry Perkin (post-doc)
Robert RobinsonOrganic chemistry, natural products chemistry1910 William Henry Perkin (grad student)
Marc FontOrganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis School of Chemistry20152017 Igor Larrosa (post-doc)
John Joseph SudboroughOrganic chemistry, reaction kinetics18941895 William Henry Perkin (grad student)
Ganesh Sakharam AgasheOrganic chemistry, stereochemistry1915 Harold Baily Dixon (research scientist), Chaim Weizmann (grad student)
Guillaume De BoOrganic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Macromolecular chemistry, Molecular Machines2011 David A. Leigh (post-doc)
John Masson GullandOrganic chemistry; Biochemistry Robert Robinson (grad student)
Geoffrey EglintonOrganic Geochemistry1951 Ewart Ray Herbert Jones (grad student)
Andrew ReganOrganic Methodology
William Henry PerkinOrganic synthesis
Jonathan ClaydenOrganic Synthesis
Jie AnOrganic synthesis, New synthetic methods, Deuteration, Radical Chemistry Chemistry20132015 David J. Procter (post-doc)
Richard LayfieldOrganometallic chemistry19992002 Dominic Wright (grad student)
Peter QuayleOrganometallics, Synthetic Methodology, Atom Transfer Reactions, Asymmetric Synthesis, Polymer Chemistry
Alexander Leicester McAulayParticle physics; Cosmic radiation; Biophysics1921 Ernest Rutherford (grad student)
Jnanendra Nath RayPharmaceutical chemistry1926 Robert Robinson (grad student)
John Edward CarlessPharmaceutics1949 Harry Brindle (grad student)
Richard John PrincePharmacology, Pedagogy
Harry BrindlePharmacy
Yi Jinphosphoryl transfer, transition state analogs, 19F NMR, 31P NMR, carbohydrate chemistry, glycosyl hydrolase
Henry Enfield RoscoePhotochemistry
Melvin CalvinPhotosynthesis19351937 Michael Polanyi (post-doc)
Brian Glover GowenlockPhysical and Inorganic Chemistry19461949 Michael Polanyi (grad student), Ernest Warhurst (grad student)
Michael SzwarcPhysical and Polymer Chemistry1947 Michael Polanyi (grad student)
James Riddick Partingtonphysical chemistry1911 Arthur Lapworth (research assistant)
Charles HorrexPhysical chemistry George Norman Burkhardt (grad student)
David Leonard ChapmanPhysical chemistry1907 Harold Baily Dixon (research scientist)
Kazimierz FajansPhysical chemistry1911 Ernest Rutherford (post-doc)
John S. RowlinsonPhysical chemistry
Richard Andrew OggPhysical chemistry19331934 Michael Polanyi (post-doc)
John C. PolanyiPhysical chemistry, chemical kinetics1952 Ernest Warhurst (grad student)
Ian M. SussexPlant development1953 Herbert Edward Street (post-doc), Claude W. Wardlaw (grad student)
Nicola Tirellipolymer chemistry, biomaterials, drug delivery
Mushi SantappaPolymer chemistry, Synthetic high polymers, Leather technology1951 Meredith Gwynne Evans (grad student)
Geoffrey GeePolymers
Peter M. BuddPolymers
Mala Alhaji SainnaQuantum chemistry
Nicholas BryanRadiochemistry
Bohuslav BraunerRare earth metals atomic masses18801882 Henry Enfield Roscoe (post-doc)
Meredith Gwynne EvansReaction mechanisms Arthur Lapworth (grad student)
William C. E. Higginsonredox chemistry19481952 Meredith Gwynne Evans (research scientist)
Alan Sterling Parkesreproductive endocrinology19221923 Sydney John Hickson (grad student)
David John ProctorSamarium chemistry
Richard H. HenchmanStatistical Mechanics, Theoretical Chemistry
Dhananjoy NasipuriStereochemistry, polynuclear aromatic compounds19561957 Arthur John Birch (post-doc)
James H. NaismithStructural biology Chemistry19891992 John Helliwell (grad student)
David BerrisfordStructure-Selective RNA Recognition, Biomimetic Catalysis Using Conformationally-Constrained Peptides
Daniel J TetlowSupramolecular Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry Jonathan Clayden (grad student), David A. Leigh (research assistant)
Richard A. Waltonsynthesis, structure and reactivity of transition metal halides, hydrides, carboxylates and phosphine complexes19641965 Jack Lewis (post-doc)
William LevasonSynthetic inorganic chemistry19701975 Charles Andrew McAuliffe (grad student)
Lokman Hakim ChoudhurySynthetic organic chemistry, heterocyclic and biologically active compounds20072008 David John Proctor (post-doc)
George Fouet SmithSynthetic organic chemistry, indoles
Ganugapati Sree Rama SubbaraoSynthetic organic chemistry, natural products chemistry1966 Arthur John Birch (grad student)
Ray P. PrajnamitraSynthetic Organic Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry
Noel Sydney HushTheoretical chemistry Meredith Gwynne Evans (grad student)
Phillip R. CertainTheoretical chemistry19691970 William Byers Brown (post-doc)
William Byers BrownTheoretical chemistry1953 Meredith Gwynne Evans (grad student), Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins (grad student)
John S. BriggsTheoretical Physics1968 Arvid Herzenberg (grad student)
Gordon Harlow WhithamTotal Synthesis1953 Ewart Ray Herbert Jones (grad student)
Eric James ThomasTotal Synthesis
Pawel Grzechniktranscription termination, non-coding RNAs
Ben CoeTransition metal coordination chemistry
Durward W. J. CruickshankX-ray structure analysis