Staff profiles

Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology staff profiles.

Institute staff list

List of all academic, research, technical and administrative staff.

For corrections, please contact the Institute Secretary below.

Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology staff list

  • R = Edinburgh Research Explorer profile
  • V = Research in a Nutshell video

Head of Institute

NameEmail AddressTelephone
HORSFALL, Louise Prof IQB3HOI@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5366

Institute Administrator

NameEmail AddressTelephone
DAVIDSON, Julie Julie.Davidson@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5366

Building Manager

NameEmail AddressTelephone
HALL, Jess jessica.hall@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 7125
MOYES, Ellis e.moyes@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5438

Academic Staff and Principal Investigators

NameResearch InterestEmail
ARRIBAS, Raquel Dr Teaching Lecturer in Biochemistry and Biophysics rarribas@exseed.ed.ac.uk
BARANOVIC, Jelena Dr Structure and function of neuroreceptors, synaptic transmission, ion channels, electrophysiology jelena.baranovic@ed.ac.uk
BARLOW, Paul Prof Protein structure, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, immunology, complement system Paul.Barlow@ed.ac.uk R
BLAKELY, Garry Prof Microbial genetics and biotechnology Garry.Blakely@ed.ac.uk
BRAMHAM, Janice Dr Structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules Janice.Bramham@ed.ac.uk R
BURGESS, Karl Prof Biological Mass Spectrometry Karl.Burgess@ed.ac.uk
CACHAT, Elise Dr Mammalian synthetic biology, synthetic morphology & patterning Elise.Cachat@ed.ac.uk R
COOK, Atlanta Prof Complexes in RNA metabolism Atlanta.Cook@ed.ac.uk R
FREE, Andrew Dr Microbial communities and their applications in biotechnology and medicine Andrew.Free@ed.ac.uk R
FRENCH, Christopher Prof Biosensors, biomass conversion, gene assembly C.French@ed.ac.uk R V
GRANNEMAN, Sander Prof Ribosome biosynthesis Sander.Granneman@ed.ac.uk R
GRIMA, Ramon Prof Biomathematics Ramon.Grima@ed.ac.uk R
HORSFALL, Louise Prof Microbial biotechnology and synthetic biology Louise.Horsfall@ed.ac.uk R
HOUSTON, Douglas Dr Computational drug discovery DouglasR.Houston@ed.ac.uk R
KUSTATSCHER, Georg Dr Systems and Synthetic biology georg.kustatscher@ed.ac.uk R
LAOHAKUNAKORN, Nadanai Dr Cell-free synthetic biology, reliable bioengineering, gene expression biophysics, microfluidics, laboratory automation. Nadanai.Laohakunakorn@ed.ac.uk
MALAGUTI, Mattias Dr Feedback between signalling molecules, gene regulatory networks and adhesion molecules Mattias.Malaguti@ed.ac.uk R
MCLAUGHLIN, Paul Dr Paul.McLaughlin@ed.ac.uk R
MILLAR, Andrew Prof Science policy, Open Research and Systems Biology Andrew.Millar@ed.ac.uk R V
OYARZUN, Diego Dr Lecturer in Computational Biology D.Oyarzun@ed.ac.uk
RICHARDSON, Julia Dr Structural biology of molecular machines acting on DNA Julia.Richardson@ed.ac.uk R
ROSSER, Susan Prof Susan.Rosser@ed.ac.uk R
SADLER, Joanna Dr Bio-based plastic and waste upcycling, enzyme discovery and engineering, biofilm engineering joanna.sadler@ed.ac.uk
SIBLEY, Christopher Dr Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology Chris.Sibley@ed.ac.uk
STRACQUADANIO, Giovanni Dr Synthetic biology, cancer biology, machine learning, computational biology giovanni.stracquadanio@ed.ac.uk
SWAIN, Peter Prof Systems biology of cellular decision-making peter.swain@ed.ac.uk R
TAGAWA, Takanobu Dr Virus-host interaction via gene-regulatory RNAs ttakanob@ed.ac.uk
WALLACE, Stephen Prof Microbial chemistry, pathway engineering for industrial chemicals, whole-cell biocatalysis, bioconjugation chemistry, sustainable synthesis. Stephen.Wallace@ed.ac.uk R
WEAR, Martin Dr Martin.Wear@ed.ac.uk R
WEISSE, Andrea Dr Computational systems modelling, biomedical data science, antibiotic resistance, bacterial growth Andrea.Weisse@ed.ac.uk
WILSON, Marcus Dr Mechanisms of Epigenetic Modifications Marcus.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
WOOD, Chris Dr Improving the accessibility and reliability of protein design chris.wood@ed.ac.uk

Honorary and Visiting Staff

NamePositionEmail Address
AUER, Manfred Professor Honorary Professorial Fellow manfred.auer@ed.ac.uk
GALLAGHER, Maurice Professor Professor of Microbial Science and Education mp.gallagher@ed.ac.uk
MICHELS, Paul Professor Visiting Professor paul.michels@ed.ac.uk
REID, Graeme Professor Professor Emeritus G.A.Reid@ed.ac.uk
SAWYER, Lindsay Professor Professor Emeritus l.sawyer@ed.ac.uk
TYERS, Michael Professor Visiting Professor m.tyers@ed.ac.uk
WALKINSHAW, Malcolm Professor Professor Emeritus M.Walkinshaw@ed.ac.uk

Research Staff

NameGroup / PositionEmail
ASTLES, Ben Wallace Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate b.astles@ed.ac.uk
BOUGAS, Antonios Dr / Postdoctoral Research Associate Tony.Bougas@ed.ac.uk
CAMBONI, Ginevra Stracquadanio Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate in Molecular Biology gcamboni@ed.ac.uk
CLARK, Ivan Swain Group / Microscopy Manager Ivan.Clark@ed.ac.uk
DIAZ VAZQUEZ, Rebeca Dr Rosser Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate for Engineering Biology for Biologic Drug Produc rdiazva@ed.ac.uk
DIERICK, Matthias Dr Stracquadanio Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate in Molecular Biology mdierick@ed.ac.uk
DORNAN, Jacqueline Dr Walkinshaw Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate J.Dornan@ed.ac.uk R
DUDNAKOVA, Tanya Dr Stracquadanio Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate Tanya.Dudnakova@ed.ac.uk
ECHAVARRI-BRAVO, Virginia Dr Horsfall Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate Virginia.Echavarri@ed.ac.uk R
EDMUNDSON, Matt Dr Sadler group / Postdoctoral Research Associate medmunds@ed.ac.uk R
EGGINGTON, Ian Dr Horsfall Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate ieggingt@ed.ac.uk R
EL-DAHER, Francois Dr Swain Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate francois.el-daher@ed.ac.uk
HAWARD, Fiona Dr The Sibley Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate fhaward2@ed.ac.uk
HINDLEY, Hollie Weisse lab / Research Assistant hhindley@ed.ac.uk
HONSBEIN, Annegret Dr Horsfall Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate Annegret.Honsbein@ed.ac.uk
JOHNSTON, Emily Dr Rosser Group / PDRA Emily.Johnston@ed.ac.uk R
KJELDSEN, Annemette Wallace Lab / Research Assistant Annemette.Kjeldsen@ed.ac.uk
KLEINJAN, Dirk Dr Rosser Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate Dirk-Jan.Kleinjan@ed.ac.uk R
LAU, Liz Sadler group / Postdoctoral Research Associate elau@ed.ac.uk
LE, Thanh Dr Cook Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate tle2@ed.ac.uk
LITTLEFAIR, Josh Dr Stracquadanio Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computational Biology jlittlef@ed.ac.uk
LOBZAEV, Evgenii Stracquadanio Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate elobzae2@ed.ac.uk
MERRICK, Christine Dr Rosser Group / Research Fellow Christine.Merrick@ed.ac.uk R
MEYRICK, Jonathan Kustatscher Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate jon.meyrick@ed.ac.uk
NAHHAS, Dina Dr Granneman Group / Research Postdoctoral Associate dnahhas@ed.ac.uk
NAIISSEH, basma Dr Rosser Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate bnaiisse@ed.ac.uk
NEUMEYER, Sarah Tagawa lab / Research Assistant sneumeye@ed.ac.uk
NIPHADKAR, Shreyas Dr Kustatscher Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate shreyas.niphadkar@ed.ac.uk
NOWICKI, Matthew / Senior EPPF Protein Technologist matthew.nowicki@ed.ac.uk R
PARKER, Kyle Dr Horsfall Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate Kyle.Parker@ed.ac.uk
PINTAR, Sara Dr Granneman Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate sara.pintar@ed.ac.uk
PRICE, Marcus Dr Rosser Group / PDRA Cell Engineering - Technology Translator Marcus.Price@ed.ac.uk
RANGEL DE FARIA, Pedro Sadler group / Research Assistant prangel@ed.ac.uk
SARR, Medoune Dr Sadler group / PDRA medoune.sarr@ed.ac.uk
SCORZA, Livia Dr Millar Group / Data Team Manager Livia.Scorza@ed.ac.uk
SHRIMPTON-PHOENIX, Eugene Wells Wood Group / Research Assistant eshrimpt@exseed.ed.ac.uk
SPANOS, Christos Dr Kustatscher Lab / Proteomics Facility Manager Christos.Spanos@ed.ac.uk
STEELE, John Dr Wallace Lab / PDRA jsteele5@exseed.ed.ac.uk
THORPE, Thomas Dr Wallace Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate tthorpe@ed.ac.uk
TOOMBS, Jamie Dr The Sibley Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate jtoombs@exseed.ed.ac.uk
TROTTER, Connor Wallace Lab / Research Assistant ctrotter@ed.ac.uk
VALENZUELA ORTEGA, Marcos Dr Wallace Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate mvalenz2@exseed.ed.ac.uk
WAPENAAR, Hannah Dr M. Wilson Lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate hannah.wapenaar@ed.ac.uk
WHITE, Mirren Wallace Lab / Research Assistant mirren.white@ed.ac.uk
ZEBALLOS LEMA, Nicol Dr / Postdoctoral Research Associate nzeballo@ed.ac.uk
ZHAO, Yuandi Burgess Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate yuandi.zhao@ed.ac.uk

Technical Research Staff

NameGroup / PositionEmail
BUGERT, Christina Granneman Group / RAAC Lab Support Co-ordinator cbugert@ed.ac.uk
CAMPBELL, Gaynor Dr / Research Technician Gaynor.Campbell@ed.ac.uk
CANO AROCA, Laura Tagawa lab / Research Technichian Laura.canoaroca@ed.ac.uk
CAPENESS, Michael Dr Horsfall Lab / Laboratory Manager Michael.Capeness@ed.ac.uk
CLIFFORD, Gillian M. Wilson Lab / Research Technician gillian.clifford@ed.ac.uk
GILMOUR, Craig / EGF Research Technician craig.gilmour@ed.ac.uk
HOLYOAKE, Louise Dr Stracquadanio Group / Research Technologist-Synthetic Biology Louise.Holyoake@ed.ac.uk R
IMRIE, Lisa Burgess Group / Proteomics Facility Operator Lisa.Imrie@ed.ac.uk R
JAVAID, Nimrah / Research Support Technician njavaid@ed.ac.uk
MACKENZIE, Andrew / Research Technician, EdinOmics amacke2@ed.ac.uk
MOSES, Tessa Dr Burgess Group / Metabolomics Specialist Tessa.Moses@ed.ac.uk R
O'LOUGHLIN, Jessica / Research Support Technician J.O'Loughlin.EdinOmics@ed.ac.uk
WARDROPE, Caroline Dr Rosser Group / Research Technician C.Wardrope@ed.ac.uk

PhD Students

NameGroup / PositionEmail Address
AMAN, Zunaira Cachat Group / PhD Student Z.Aman@sms.ed.ac.uk
ARMIJO, Benjamin Sadler group / PhD Student b.o.armijo@sms.ed.ac.uk
ARRESE-IGOR ROYUELA, Alex Cachat Group / PhD Student A.Arrese-Igor-Royuela@sms.ed.ac.uk
ASHENAFI , Lidya Swain Group / PhD Student L.D.Ashenafi@sms.ed.ac.uk
AUSTIN, Charli Grima Group / PhD Student C.E.Austin@sms.ed.ac.uk
BAGUSINSKAITE, Gabriele Granneman Group / PhD Student s1765817@ed.ac.uk
BLOXHAM, Zachary Free Group / PhD Student s1816717@ed.ac.uk
BOZEAT, Pierce Wallace Lab / PhD Student s2755362@ed.ac.uk
BUNN, Fiona Horsfall Lab / PhD Student F.S.Bunn@sms.ed.ac.uk
CHAUHAN, Mehak Granneman Group / PhD Student M.Chauhan@sms.ed.ac.uk
CHEN, Lin Houston Group / PhD Student Lin.Chen@ed.ac.uk
CHRONOWSKA, Marta Wells Wood Group / PhD Student M.Chronowska@sms.ed.ac.uk
CLOUSTON, Kitty Wallace Lab / PhD Student k.clouston@sms.ed.ac.uk
DAJAK, Martina Free Group / PhD Student s1782124@sms.ed.ac.uk
DAS, Alakta M. Wilson Lab / PhD Student A.Das-3@sms.ed.ac.uk
DEAK, Gauri M. Wilson Lab / PhD Student G.Deak@sms.ed.ac.uk
DWENY, Aya Burgess Group / PhD Student aya.dweny@ed.ac.uk
EDWARDS, Alexander Baranovic Lab / PhD Student s2343494@ed.ac.uk
ELSAYED, Kholood Horsfall Lab / PhD Student K.M.G.Elsayed@sms.ed.ac.uk
FARQUHAR, Iseabail Cachat Group / PhD Student I.Farquhar@sms.ed.ac.uk
GATES, Ethan Wallace Lab / PhD Student E.gates@sms.ed.ac.uk
GIRGIS, John Baranovic Lab / PhD Student john.girgis@ed.ac.uk
GUERRA CORNEJO, Catalina Burgess Group / PhD Student s2650763@ed.ac.uk
GUIRARDEL, Lucas Oyarzun Group / PhD Student s2541999@ed.ac.uk
GUO, Scott Swain Group / PhD Student s1999541@sms.ed.ac.uk
HALLETT, George Lynne Regan Lab / PhD Student george.hallett@ed.ac.uk
HINDLEY, Hollie Weisse lab / PhD Student H.J.Hindley@sms.ed.ac.uk
IRVINE, Amy Free Group / PhD Student A.L.Irvine@sms.ed.ac.uk
ISLAM, Fohkrul Lynne Regan Lab / PhD Student M.F.Islam@sms.ed.ac.uk
IYER, Suhasini Sadler group / PhD Student s2262382@ed.ac.uk
JOHNSTON, Luke Burgess Group / PhD Student L.Johnston-18@sms.ed.ac.uk
KAO, Cordelia Wallace Lab / PhD Student T.Kao-4@sms.ed.ac.uk
KLUONIS, Tadas Wells Wood Group / PhD Student t.kluonis@sms.ed.ac.uk
MA, Muhan Grima Group / PhD Student M.Ma-21@sms.ed.ac.uk
MARESCHAL, Joshua Granneman Group / PhD Student S1819297@ed.ac.uk
MARLOW, Louis Wallace Lab / PhD Student louis.marlow@ed.ac.uk
MARMOLEJO LOZANO, Juan David Grima Group / PhD Student juan.david.marmolejo@ed.ac.uk
MASTELA, Anna Rosser Group / PhD Student A.Mastela@sms.ed.ac.uk
MENDS, Joana Free Group / PhD Student J.Q.Mends@sms.ed.ac.uk
MOU, Taslin Horsfall Lab / PhD Student T.J.Mou@sms.ed.ac.uk
NAZAR, Anastasiaa Rosser Group / PhD Student S2759708@sms.ed.ac.uk
NI, Boyang Houston Group / PhD Student boyang.ni@ed.ac.uk
NICOLL, Andrew Grima Group / PhD Student a.g.nicoll@sms.ed.ac.uk
O'LOUGHLIN, Jessica Burgess Group / PhD Student s1907024@ed.ac.uk
PATERSON, Sarah / PhD Student S.Paterson-10@sms.ed.ac.uk
PEACH, Hanna Free Group / PhD Student H.C.G.Peach@sms.ed.ac.uk
PITZALIS, Maria Franca Sadler group / PhD Student M.F.Pitzalis@sms.ed.ac.uk
PODBIELSKI, Melanie Horsfall Lab / PhD Student s2267756@sms.ed.ac.uk
POPOV, Alexandru French Lab / PhD Student A.Popov@sms.ed.ac.uk
RANGEL DE FARIA, Pedro Wallace Lab / PhD Student pedro.rangel@ed.ac.uk
REGMI BAGALE, Ayush Kustatscher Lab / PhD Student s1638308@ed.ac.uk
RODRIGUEZ CUBILLOS, Maria Juliana Millar Group / PhD Student s2531396@ed.ac.uk
ROLLS, Willow M. Wilson Lab / PhD Student w.rolls@ed.ac.uk
ROYER, Ben Wallace Lab / PhD Student S2259940@ed.ac.uk
SABULYTE, Julija French Lab / PhD Student s1658112@sms.ed.ac.uk
SCHNEIER, Arianna Sadler group / PhD Student s1809133@ed.ac.uk
SHEN, Yuxin Oyarzun Group / PhD Student y.shen-80@sms.ed.ac.uk
SIMPSON REDMOND, James Wallace Lab / PhD Student S1811586@ed.ac.uk
SOOD, Ishana Rosser Group / PhD Student i.sood@sms.ed.ac.uk
STEFANIAK, Katarzyna Lynne Regan Lab / PhD Student k.stefaniak@sms.ed.ac.uk
STOYANOVA, Darina Burgess Group / PhD Student D.Stoyanova-1@sms.ed.ac.uk
SURESH BABU, Gautham Wallace Lab / PhD Student G.Suresh-Babu@sms.ed.ac.uk
SUTRADHA, Anima Stracquadanio Group / PhD Student a.sutradhar@ed.ac.uk
TALLIS, Jess Rosser Group / PhD Student J.Tallis@sms.ed.ac.uk
TSAPADIKOU, Asteria Rosser Group / PhD Student S2619430@sms.ed.ac.uk
UNAL, Mert Wells Wood Group / PhD Student s1995825@ed.ac.uk
WACKWITZ, Charles Wallace Lab / PhD Student s1531138@ed.ac.uk
WAGNER, Christoph Weisse lab / PhD Student c.s.wagner@sms.ed.ac.uk
WANG, Handing Wells Wood Group / PhD Student s2620214@ed.ac.uk
WANG, Haoying Houston Group / PhD Student s1856122@ed.ac.uk
WHITEHEAD, Matthew James Sadler group / PhD Student S2020117@sms.ed.ac.uk
WINSPEAR, Charlotte Free Group / PhD Student Charlotte.Winspear@hutton.ac.uk
WINTERBOURNE, Sophie Cook Lab / PhD Student s1767247@ed.ac.uk
XIAO, Fei Horsfall Lab / PhD Student s2716302@ed.ac.uk
YANG, Ian Swain Group / PhD Student ian.yang@ed.ac.uk
ZHANG, Qingyi French Lab / PhD Student s2190603@ed.ac.uk