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Ayeesha Mujeeb did her PhD in our group working on developing peptide based hydrogels for the culture of chondrocytes. Following her PhD she did a short postdoctoral stay in our group and then went onto work as a consultant for the Dubai Biotechnology Research  Park.

Achilleas Tsiotas did his PhD in our group working on segmented, high hard block content polyurethanes. Following his stay in our group Achilleas went onto work as research scientist for Goodyear Dunlop.

Kate Meade was a postdoctoral research fellow in our group in 2010-11 working on applying novel peptides based scaffolds to stem cell culture in collaboration with Dr. C. Merry group. Following her stay in our group she took on a new postdoctoral position in our School.

Antons Maslovskis obtained his PhD in 2010 working on the synthesis and characterisation of peptide-responsive polymer conjugates. Following is stay in our group Anton went onto work as research scientist for AkzoNobel.

Omar Al-Sayari obtained his PhD in 2010 working on the structure-properties relationships in polyethyelnes synthesised using novel catalysts. Following his stay in our group Omar returned to work for SABIC.

Martyn Cornish obtained his PhD in 2010 working on the structure-property relationships in poly(urethane-urea) elastomers in collaboration with Huntsman Polyurethanes. Following his stay in our group Martyn went on working as a consultant for the English Cricket Board.

Maria Simon-Saenz obtained her PhD in 2009 working on UV-induced reactions in Langmuir monolayers. Following her stay in our group Maria went onto work for Unilever in their corporate research group

Antonios Konstantopoulos obtained his PhD in 2009 working on the self-assembling and gelation properties peptides.  Following his stay in our group Antonios went back to Greece to fulfil his military obligations.

James Steward obtained his EngD in 2008 working on properties of spray-dried detergent granules in collaboration with P&G. Following his stay in our group James went onto work as a Chemical Engineer for British Oxygen Company (BOC).

Florentina Stoica obtained her PhD in 2008 working on the synthesis and characterisation of polymer-peptide conjugates. Following her stay in our group Florentina went onto work as a Chemical Engineer for Shell International.

Elisabeth Vey obtained her PhD in 2007 working on the degradation dynamics of poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid copolymers in collaboration with AstraZeneca in our group. She then worked as a postdoctoral research associate focusing on the self-assembling properties of peptides for biomaterial applications. Following her stay in our group Elisabeth went on working for Ethypharm a pharmaceutical company.

Daniel Benton obtained his PhD in June 2008 working on "The Physical Characterisation of Protective Antigen Protein". Following his stay in our group he was appointed to a Lectureship at the University of Huddersfield.

Hui Yan obtained her PhD in May 2008 working on "Protein Hydrogels From Lysozyme: Structures, Properties and Applications". Hui went onto work as a Chemical Engineering Consultant for Advantica.

Helen Baker obtained her PhD in 2008 working on "Amorphous Pharmaceuticals: Formation, Characterisation and Stability". Following her stay in our group she was appointed by AstraZeneca (US) as a Research Scientist.

Sergio Garcia-Rivera obtained his PhD in 2007 working on "Amyloid Fibrils as Self-Assembled Biomaterials: An Insight Into Biopolymer Gelation".

Pasumarty M. Subrahmanyam obtained his PhD in 2007 working on "Microstrucuture of surfactant mesophases under shear". Following his stay in our group he was appointed by Unilever (UK) as Postdoctoral Research Scientist.

Paolo Mussone obtained his PhD in 2007 working on "UV-Induced Reactions in Langmuir Monolayers From Preformed Polymers". Following his stay in our group he became a postdoctoral research fellow in the Oil Sands Engineering Research Group at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada.

Laurent Caron was a postdoctoral research fellow in our group in 2006-07 working on the self assembling properties of model peptides. Following his stay in our group he was appointed as an Analytical Chemist with Cambridge Research Biochemicals (CRB).

Vincenzo D'Ignoti obtained his MPhil in 2006 working on "Model Segmented Polyurethanes: Thermodynamic - Structure - Properties Correlations". Following his stay in our group he was appointed as an Analytical Chemist with Dow Chemical (IT).

Debasish Haldar was a postdoctoral research fellow in our group in 2005 working on self-assembling properties of peptides for biomaterial applications. Following his stay in our group he was awarded a Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship and went to Würzburg University, Germany.

Rongsheng Zhang was a postdoctoral research fellow in our group in 2005 working on the self assembling properties of model peptides. Following his stay in our group he was appointed as an Analytical Chemist with Lipoxen, London.

Paul Metcalfe obtained his MPhil in 2005 working on the "Role of Chemical Architecture on the Physical Properties of Model Thermoplastic Polyurethanes".

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