Max Khan was a summer student July-Aug 2003.
Catherine Goodwin was a Ph.D. student, Oct 1999-2003. Examined 3rd July 2003. Her Ph.D. project was Mechanistic studies on ALA dehydratase. She started work for Evotec OAI, a contract synthesis company near Oxford in 2004.
E-mail address: goodwin_ce@yahoo.co.uk [Photo]
Stéphane Mann was a Post-doc, May 2002-July 2003.
Project: Analogues of thiamin diphosphate and their interaction with TPP-dependent enzymes.
Previously Ph.D. student with Prof. A. Marquet in Paris. Now has a CRNS research position at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. E-mail address: mann@ccr.jussieu.fr (as of 22/9/03) [Photo]
Raef Ahmed was a Ph.D. student from Palestine, starting Oct 1998, who was examined 25/7/02 and left in September 2002. His Ph.D. thesis was on Synthesis of analogues of PBG and studies of their effect on PBG deaminase. He started a post-doc with Martin Tanner at UBC in Canada in 2002. Subsequently a post-doc with Ben Davis in Oxford. E-mail address: raef192000@yahoo.co.uk (as of 23/1/03) [Photo]
D. Hawksley was a PhD student who worked on Synthesis and Evaluation of Thiamin Diphosphate Analogues and left in March 2002. He worked first as a Research Analyst for Oakland Innovation and Information Services and then moved in summer 2002 to Arqule on the Cambridge Science Park as a Lead Optimisation scientist in drug discovery. Married Louise, April 7th 2001.
E-mail address: DHawksley@arqule.com (as of 14/10/02) [Photo]
Concha Perez-Melero. Post-doc, Oct 1999-Oct 2001. Project: Analogues of thiamin diphosphate and their interaction with TPP-dependent enzymes. Now returned to the University of Salamanca in Spain to take up a lectureship. E-mail address: conchapm@usal.es [Photo]
The whole group October 2000
Martin Schüler was an ERASMUS student from the University of Hannover Oct 1998-March 1999. He worked on the Synthesis of a chiral macrocyclic thiazolium salt. After leaving Cambridge he returned to Hannover, completing his Diploma in January 2002. He plans to start a Ph.D. with Prof. David O«Hagan at St.Andrews University in October 2002.
Marcus J. White was a PhD student who worked on Synthesis and reactions of macrocyclic thiazolium salts and left in 2001. He did postdoctoral research with Prof Francois Mathey at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and then Prof. E. Gössinger in Vienna. In 2004 he joined Georg Thieme Verlag KG where he is a Scientific Editor. E-mail address: marcusjwhite@yahoo.co.uk (as of 30/11/01) marcus.white@thieme.de (as of 13/11/07) [Photo]
Roland L. Knight was a PhD student who worked on Chiral Thiazolium Salts for Asymmetric C-C Bond Formation and left in April 1998. He is working for Celltech Chiroscience's facility at Granta Park, Abington. E-mail address: Roland.Knight@cam.celltechgroup.com (as of 8/1/2003)
A. Ulrich Gerhard was a Ph.D. student who worked on Chiral Thiazolium Salts for Asymmetric C-C Bond Formation and left in April 1997. He is now working at the Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd, One Knightsbridge, London SW1 7XS (tel. 0207 259 3430) as an analyst of the chemical industry. E-mail address: Uli.Gerhard@gibuk.com (as of 2/4/02). Married to Yvonne with one baby daughter (Ursula b. 2nd April 2003) [Photos: Uli, Yvonne]. Home Address: 22 Bearton Road, Hitchin, SG5 1UB (tel. 01462-452913).
Stephen P. Walcot M.Phil. student (1995-96), Use of Polymeric Reagents in Synthesis
Yongfu Li Post-doc (Oct 1995-Sept 1996), Tetrapyrrole Enzyme Stereochemistry
Stephen P. Langston Post-doc (Oct 1995-May 1996), Synthesis of Doubly Modified Adenosine Analogues. Working for Peptide Therapeutics on the Cambridge Science Park.
Conchi Gonzalez Bello (1994-95) Post-doc jointly with Chris Abell (Oct 1994-Sept 1995), Catalytic Antibodies for Cationic Cyclisations. Subsequently post-doc for Chris Abell. Now lecturer at University of Santiago di Compostella in Spain.
E-mail address: cgb1@lugo.usc.es (as of 1/8/00)
Alexei A. Yeliseev Visiting Post-doc sponsored by Royal Society 1993, Enzymic and Genetic Studies on Vitamin B12 Biosynthesis. Originally from A.N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry,
Russian Academy of Sciences,
117071 Moscow, Russia. Subsequently held various positions in US universities. Now Senior Scientist, Kosan Biosciences, Inc.,
3832 Bay Center Place,
Hayward, CA 94545,
E-mail address: yeliseev@kosan.com (as of 4/9/01)
Alfredo. Capretta Post-doc funded by Prof. A.R. Battersby 1992-94, Absolute Configuration of Chiral Pyrrolylmethyl Lactams. Now lecturer at Brock University, Ontario, Canada.
E-mail address: fcaprett@chemiris.labs.BrockU.CA (as of 2/1/02)
Nigel J. Jones Ph.D. student (1992-96), Asymmetric Induction Catalysed by Chiral Thiazolium Salts.
Diana Appleton Ph.D. student (1992-95) Inhibition and Mechanistic Studies on ALA Dehydratase. Left in 1996 to take up teaching at School in Glasgow. Married to Gary Smith. Daughter, Emily Claire Smith, born Jan 2000.
E-mail address: gds@gsmith35.fsnet.co.uk (as of 14/1/00)
Chris Lawrence Ph.D. student (1991-1994), Monoclonal Antibodies to Catalyse Cationic Cyclizations. Taught chemistry at Christ's Hospital School.
Steve Howard Ph.D. student (1991-1994), Synthesis of Polyhydroxy Indolizidines. Left in 1995 to post-doc with Steve Withers at Univ. British Columbia, Vancouver. Returned to a medicinal chemistry job at SmithKline Beecham in Harlow (subsequently Glaxo SmithKline). Now working for Astex on the Cambridge Science Park.
E-mail address: steven.howard0@talk21.com (as of 9/3/02) and s.howard@astex-therapeutics.com
Prashant Savle Ph.D. student (1990-1993), Thiazolium Salts as Thiamin Models. Went to post-doc in US for Richard Gandour at Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ.
E-mail address: prashant@irisdav.chem.vt.edu (as of 20/3/97)
Karen E. Holt Ph.D. student (1990-1993), Stereospecific Synthesis of Enzyme Inhibitors using Aldolase.. Worked at Chiroscience on the Science Park.
Wing H. Chia Ph.D. student (1989-1992), Catalytic Antibodies for Oligosaccharide Hydrolysis.
Susan Shaw Ph.D. student (1989-1992), Biosynthesis of the Indolizidine Alkaloid Cyclizidine.
Ian M. Bell Ph.D. student (1988-1991), Monoclonal Antibodies as Catalysts for Cationic Cyclizations. Now at Merck in the U.S.
E-mail address: (as of )
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Martin Rock Ph.D. student (1986-1989) (1990), Modified Substrates for Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis. Consultant for Chemsystems
E-mail address: MartinRock@chemsystems.co.uk (as of 28/4/97)
Padma Padmanabhan (now Satish) Ph.D. student (1985-1988), Biosynthesis of the Indolizidine Alkaloid Cyclizidine. Technical Officer at the Dean of R&D Office in Indian Institute of Tech. Bombay. Married to Satish, two daughters - Pratima (b. 1991/2) and Srinidhi (b. 1995)
E-mail address: OPADMA@ganga.admin.iitb.ernet.in (as of 24/12/98)
Dave H. C. Smith Ph.D. student (1984-1987), Thiazolium Salts as Thiamin Models. Worked for ICI Paints, then as a computer consultant for a smallish firm called Axon, based in Twickenham. Married to Su, children Katie (1995) and Sam (1996/7)
E-mail address: DavidHCSmith@compuserve.com (as of 25/12/97)
