Professor James Naismith
Director
Professor Naismith grew up in Hamilton, in the west of Scotland attending local state schools. He graduated from Edinburgh in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Laura Holland
Director of Strategic Marketing
Laura Holland is Director of Strategic Marketing at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. She has been with the organisation since its […]
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 […]
Isi Gbandi
Legal counsel
Isi is the legal counsel for the Franklin and responsible for managing the corporate commercial concerns of the institute. She […]
Niaz Khan
Head of IT
After leaving school, Niaz qualified as an Accountant with the Oxford Co-Operative but soon after joining Blackwells realised his career […]
Joanne Blowers
Facilities and Operations Support Supervisor
Joanne is Facilities and Operations Support Supervisor, working with the Chief Operating Officer and Building and Safety Manager to deliver […]
Marina Haines
HR Advisor
Marina joined the Franklin as an HR Assistant and was responsible for coordinating recruitment and providing HR assistance to the […]
Lauren Jordan
Finance Manager
Lauren joined the Franklin as Finance Manager. She is responsible for the day to day management of the finance team, […]
Dr Caitlin Higgott
Communications and Engagement Manager
Caitlin is the communications and engagement manager, which means she covers everything from schools to stakeholder engagement, and internal communications […]
Fay Shabo
Executive Assistant
Fay is the Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer. She has been a Board level Executive Assistant for over […]
Melanie Charlton
Executive Assistant
Melanie is the Executive Assistant to Professor James Naismith and Professor Ben Davies. She is here to support them throughout […]
Sinead Farrell
Accounts Assistant
Sinead is an accounts assistant within the finance team and has been working in finance for 5 years. She is […]
Stephen Cross
Operations Support Technician
Stephen is the operations support technician at The Franklin. His role involves supporting the building team with the smooth running […]
Krystalenia Basdani
Recruitment Co-ordinator
Krystalenia is Recruitment Co-ordinator at the Franklin, focused on supporting the organisation’s recruitment needs and initiatives. Prior to this role, […]
Ian Franklin
Procurement Manager
Ian has worked in procurement for over 20 years and has held various positions in the private and public sector, […]
Dr Mark Basham
Head of AI
Dr Mark Basham is Head of AI at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, and a Research Fellow at Diamond Light Source. […]
Professor Josephine Bunch
Science Co-Director Biological Mass Spectrometry
Imperial College and NPL
Professor Josephine Bunch is Co-Director of the National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (NiCE-MSI) at NPL and Chair […]
Professor Zoltan Takats
Science Co-Director Biological Mass Spectrometry
Imperial College
Professor Takats has obtained his PhD from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. He has worked as a post-doctoral research associate […]
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 […]
Dr Anna Simmonds
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ion Mobility and Mass Spectrometric Instrumentation
View profileDr Kenneth Robinson
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Atmospheric Pressure Ionisation Mass Spectrometry
View profileProfessor Angus Kirkland
Science Director, Correlated Imaging
University of Oxford
Angus Kirkland completed his MA and PhD at the University of Cambridge using high resolution electron microscopy to study the […]
Dr Judy Kim
Deputy Theme Director, Correlated Imaging
University of Oxford
Judy Kim is the Deputy Director of Correlative Imaging at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Departmental Lecturer in the Department of […]
Dr Amirafshar Moshtaghpour
Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Compressive Sensing for Electron Microscopy
View profileProfessor Ben Davis
Science Director, Next Generation Chemistry
University of Oxford
Ben Davis got his B.A. (1993) and D.Phil. (1996) from the University of Oxford. During this time he learnt the […]
Professor Shabaz Mohammed
Deputy Theme Director, Next Generation Chemistry
Shabaz Mohammed is the Deputy Theme Director and Head of Mechanistic Proteomics, and also teaches at the University of Oxford. […]
Professor Andrew Baldwin
Head of Biomolecular NMR
Andrew is Head of Biomolecular NMR and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. He is interested in developing […]
Professor Adam Nelson
Head of High Throughput Discovery, Next Generation Chemistry for Medicine
University of Leeds
Professor Adam Nelson is Head of High Throughput Discovery at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Professor of Chemical Biology at the […]
Dr Yizhi Yuan
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Synthetic Biology and Cell Surface Editing
View profileDr Xiaping Fu
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Protein Chemistry and Chemical Biology
View profileDr Yana Demyanenko
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Proteomics - Experimental Officer
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dr Maud Dumoux
Technology Lead for Cryo Imaging
Maud has a PhD in immunology from Paris 7 Diderot. Prior to working at the Franklin, she worked at the […]
Dr Michael Grange
Tomography Group Leader
Michael completed his D.Phil in structural biology at the University of Oxford, UK, where he applied FIB milling, electron cryo-tomography […]
Dr Courtney Mycroft-West
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Glycosaminoglycan Biosynthesis
View profileEmily Barot
PhD student
Emily studied Biochemistry with Genetics at Lancaster University before heading to Copenhagen University for an MSc in Bioinformatics, where she […]
Chloe Cheng
PhD student
Chloe (Zhiyuan) Cheng is a PhD student at the Franklin. She obtained a BEng and MS in nuclear engineering from Fudan University […]
Bronwen Foster
PhD student
Originally from Northern Ireland, Bronwen completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Sussex where she developed an interest in […]
Ben Gaunt
PhD student
Benjamin Gaunt is a PhD student on the Franklin studentship program. He graduated (MSc, joint honours) from the University of […]
Jacob Gausden
PhD student
Jacob is a recent MSci graduate from the university of Nottingham. From there he developed an interest in cancer biology, specifically in the development […]
Nadisha Gamage
PhD student
Nadisha graduated from the university of Birmingham with a BSc. in Medical Biochemistry. Thereafter, she worked as a research technician […]
Nikolai Juraschko
PhD student
Nikolai graduated from UCL with a Master’s in Mathematics. His interests at the Franklin are focused on machine learning and […]
Niamh Morris
PhD student
Niamh is from Ireland and completed her undergraduate studies in Medicinal Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin. She is looking forward […]
Natalie Nord
PhD student
Natalie is part of the Franklin’s first cohort of PhD candidates. She recently graduated with a masters in computer science […]
Helena Watson
PhD student
Helena has recently completed an integrated Master’s degree in Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. Her final year project focused […]