Current
Dipankar Ghosh
Dipankar pursued his B.Sc. (Chemistry) from Jadavpur University and M.Sc. (Chemistry) from IIT Kanpur, India. He moved to the University of Iceland for doctoral studies in Supramolecular Chemistry and obtained Ph.D. in 2020. During his Ph.D., he has worked on low molecular weight gels, metallogels, metal complexes, chirality, catalysis, and anti-bacterial activities. He is trained in X-ray crystallography and has expertise in solving small molecule crystal structures. He continued working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Iceland before moving to University of Glasgow in 2022. Now he is working on cross-linking peptide-based gelators to prepare new types of fabrics.
Libby graduated with a First Class MSc degree in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Glasgow in 2019. During her undergraduate degree she participated in a summer scholarship in the Goodyear group within the GlazGo Discovery Centre investigating the potential role of long non-coding RNA in the human immune response. She also completed a 14-month industrial placement in DIAGEO’s Packaging Design and Technology Team working with pressure-sensitive labels. She completed her Masters project with the Adams group investigating the gelation properties of NSAID-peptide conjugates. She rejoined the Adams group in 2019 for her PhD (funded by the Leverhulme Trust) where she investigated the use of multicomponent systems as a means of controlling the properties of peptide-based supramolecular systems. She received the Vernon Harrision Award from the British Society or Rheology, recognizing her PhD thesis for its excellence, creativity and novelty in the area of rheology. After completing her PhD in 2023, she assumed a position as a post-doctoral researcher in the Adams group in partnership with Sonichem to characterize and functionalise the lignin extracted by Sonichem’s novel process. Libby’s current project aims to commercialise technology developed in the Adams group and the Gibson group (UoManchester, formerly UoWarwick). This technology uses supramolecular hydrogels to stabilise proteins against aggregation, allowing ambient storage and transport.
Past
Alex Loch (2022-2025, joint with Pete Skabara)
Santanu Panja (Newton Fellow and PDRA, 2018-2022)
Bart Dietrich (2014-2021)
Kate McAulay (2018-2019)
Reza Saberi Moghaddam (2017-2018)
Tom Mitra (joint with A. Cooper, 2015- date)
Emily Draper (2015-2017)
Jaclyn Raeburn (2015-2015)
Laura Mears (2015-2018)
Ana Castilla-Manjon (2015-2016)
Michael Barrow (joint with Professor M. Rosseinsky, 2013-2017)
Alexandros Katsoulidis (joint with Professor M. Rosseinsky, 2012-2016)
Pierre Chambon (2009-2010)
Lin Chen (2009-2012)
Dave Adams Lab 