Professor James Naismith
Director
Professor Naismith grew up in Hamilton, in the west of Scotland attending local state schools. He graduated from Edinburgh in 1989 with a BSc in Chemistry. As a Carnegie scholar, Professor Naismith obtained a PhD in Structural Biochemistry from Manchester […]
Dr Paul McCubbin
Chief Operating Officer
Paul has worked in the life science sector for over 20 years. During this time, he has held a number of senior operational roles, been a corporate financier and a venture capitalist. As Chief Operating Officer at The Franklin, Paul […]
Lydia Armes
Director of HR
Lydia brings a wealth of experience gained within diverse global and UK based organisations. Lydia has worked for a number of high growth companies, including in the scientific instrument, specialist chemicals and high tech sectors. Lydia has broad multi-disciplined HR […]
Laura Holland
Director of Communications and Culture
Laura Holland is Director of Communications at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. She has been with the organisation since its conception. Prior to this, she was Engagement Manager at Diamond Light Source for eleven years, where she led public engagement and postgraduate engagement programmes. […]
Dr Róisín NicAmhlaoibh
Head of Partnerships
Róisín is Head of Partnerships at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Prior to this she held roles as Head of Business Development within the UK’s Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s clinical data research centre (CPRD) and as Associate Director of […]
Dr Hazel Housden
Innovation and Translation Manager
Hazel is the Innovation and Translation Manager. She was previously Head of Intellectual Property at an industrial microbiology company, Green Biologics, where she was involved in IP management, project management and scientific research, as the company progressed from a small […]
Lorena Goldsmith
Contracts Manager
Lorena Goldsmith is Contracts Manager at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Lorena works within the Partnerships and Business Development team and is responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating mainly research contracts. She has a Master’s in Ethics and Philosophy and a […]
Catherine Tysoe
Financial Controller
Catherine studied Forensic Science at The University of the West of England and qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant at a dynamic, paperless accountancy practice in Bristol. After working in general accountancy practice, Catherine spent a number of years as Financial […]
Joanne Blowers
Office Operations Manager
Joanne is Office Operations Manager to the Rosalind Franklin Institute team, working with the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Communications to deliver the day-to-day running of the Institute. She has a background in administration and HR, and has run […]
Marina Haines
Human Resources Assistant
Marina is a HR Assistant at the Franklin, co-ordinating recruitment and assisting with a variety of HR activities. Prior to joining the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Marina worked as a Training and Recruitment Administrator for a private Software Development company and […]
Stacey Lynch
Executive Assistant
Stacey is Executive Assistant to the Director. Stacey’s experience includes supporting Board, Chief Executive and Executive Director positions, project management and event management. Prior to joining the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Stacey worked for the University of Oxford and The British Council. […]
Dr Dona Reddiar
Training Coordinator
Dona manages scientific training programmes at The Franklin, and works with colleagues to ensure that the new PhD programme and other training initiatives for scientists are world class. She is passionate about evolving the careers of early-career scientists beyond the […]
Dr Caitlin Higgott
Communications and engagement officer
Caitlin is the communications and engagement officer, which means she covers everything from schools to stakeholder engagement, and internal communications too. Prior to joining the Franklin, she completed her PhD in behavioural ecology at the University of Sheffield. During her […]
Fay Shabo
Executive Assistant
Fay is the Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer. She has been a Board level Executive Assistant for over 12 years, with experience in supporting C level Directors. As part of these roles, she has gained experience in project, […]
Jane Humphreys
Assistant Accountant
Jane is an assistant accountant working closely with the financial controller to support the finance function at the Franklin. Jane is a full member of AAT. Prior to joining the Franklin, she worked with several start-up companies based on the […]
Dr Mark Basham
Science Director Artificial Intelligence
Dr Mark Basham is Head of AI at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, and a Research Fellow at Diamond Light Source. Mark was awarded his Physics PhD in surface science simulation from the University of Reading, he then moved to data […]
Professor Josephine Bunch
Science Co-Director Biological Mass Spectrometry
Professor Josephine Bunch is Co-Director of the National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (NiCE-MSI) at NPL and Chair of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry at Imperial College London. Josephine is an NPL Fellow and leads research and metrology in MALDI […]
Professor Zoltan Takats
Science Co-Director Biological Mass Spectrometry
Professor Takats has obtained his PhD from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. He has worked as a post-doctoral research associate at Purdue University, Indiana, USA. After returning to Hungary, he served as Director of Cell Screen Research Centre and also […]
Dr Bela Paizs
Head of Molecular Structure Elucidation
Bela is the Head of Molecular Structure Elucidation in the Biological Mass Spectrometry theme. He studied chemistry and completed his PhD in quantum chemistry in Budapest, then moved to the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg where he was first […]
Anna Simmonds
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ion Mobility and Mass Spectrometric Instrumentation
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Atmospheric Pressure Ionisation Mass Spectrometry
View profileProfessor Angus Kirkland
Science Director, Correlated Imaging
Angus Kirkland completed his MA and PhD at the University of Cambridge using high resolution electron microscopy to study the structures of colloidal metals. Following a post-doctoral Fellowship Angus was elected to the Ramsay Memorial Trust Research Fellowship and subsequently […]
Dr Judy Kim
Deputy Theme Director, Correlated Imaging
Judy Kim is the Deputy Director of Correlative Imaging at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Departmental Lecturer in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford, and a Principal Staff Scientist at the electron Physical Sciences Imaging Centre of Diamond […]
Professor Ben Davis
Science Director, Next Generation Chemistry
Ben Davis got his B.A. (1993) and D.Phil. (1996) from the University of Oxford. During this time he learnt the beauty of carbohydrate chemistry under the supervision of Professor George Fleet. He then spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow […]
Professor Shabaz Mohammed
Head of Mechanistic Proteomics
Shabaz Mohammed is the Head of Mechanistic Proteomics, and also teaches at the University of Oxford. Shabaz completed his Masters and PhD at the University of Manchester. He started working in protein chemistry and then eventually proteomics – first during […]
Dr Zhihao Lan
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Quantum Mechanical Calculation Methods
View profileProfessor James Naismith
Director
Professor Naismith grew up in Hamilton, in the west of Scotland attending local state schools. He graduated from Edinburgh in 1989 with a BSc in Chemistry. As a Carnegie scholar, Professor Naismith obtained a PhD in Structural Biochemistry from Manchester […]
Professor Ray Owens
Head of Protein Production UK
Ray Owens obtained his PhD in biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK. After postdoctoral work in London and Oxford, he joined Celltech, the UK’s first biotechnology company and became head of new target discovery. In 2002, Ray moved to […]
Dr Gwyndaf Evans
Head of Technology
Gwyndaf Evans was awarded his PhD in Physics from the University of Warwick in 1994 for his work performed at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Hamburg on the application of anomalous scattering in macromolecular crystallography using synchrotron radiation. After […]
Dr Liang Wu
Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale fellow
Liang is a Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale fellow. He is establishing a lab to study the processes involved in formation of heparan sulfate, one of the essential polysaccharide (sugar) molecules produced by the body. He studied Medicinal Chemistry at […]
Dr Maud Dumoux
Postdoctoral Scientist in Cryo-Electron Tomography
Maud has a PhD in immunology from Paris 7 Diderot. Prior to working at the Franklin, she worked at the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology and Diamond light source. She is interested in the development of imaging modalities and […]