Dr. Aline Miller joined the department in 2002, having previously held a New Hall Research Fellowship at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. She obtained her Ph.D. from the IRC in Polymer Science and Technology, Durham University and her first degree in Chemistry from Strathclyde University, where she was awarded the Sir George Beilby Medal. Aline is currently a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the Institute of Physics (IoP). In 2008 Aline was awarded the Macro Group UK Young Researchers Medal and the IoP Polymer Physics Group / American Physical Society, Young Scientist Lecture Award. 

Dr. Alberto Saiani was awarded an European PhD in 1997 by the University Louis Pasteur, (Strasbourg, France). Following his PhD he was awarded a Fellowship by the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), which allowed him to spend one year as postdoctoral research fellow at Osaka University (Japan). In 1998 he was recruited as postdoctoral research associate at Imperial College in the Chemical Engineering department where he stayed two years. In September 2000 he was appointed to a lectureship at the Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and in September 2002 he was appointed to a lectureship in Materials Characterisation in the School of Materials, The University of Manchester. Alberto is currently a member of the Institute of Physics (IoP) and Materials Research Society (MRS). 

Dr. Jean-Baptiste Guilbaud graduated from the Graduate School of Chemistry and Physic (ENSCPB, Bordeaux, France) in 2003. Thereafter he moved to the University of Liverpool to undertake a PhD studying drug-polymer interactions in pharmaceutical formulations by solid-state NMR, in collaboration with AstraZeneca. In 2007 he was employed by AstraZeneca to develop and validate versatile and generic solubility measurement methods for the development and screening of novel solid dispersion formulations. He is currently working as a postdoctoral research associate focusing on the design of peptides with specific association mechanisms and peptide-polymer conjugates for biomaterial applications.

Dr. Claire Tang graduated from The University of Bordeaux 1 (France) with a BSc in Biochemistry and a MSc in Chemistry, including a final year project under Dr R. Oda on physico-chemical characterisation of lipopeptide gels. She then moved to The University of Manchester, where she did a PhD working on structure properties characterisation of short peptide hydrogels in our group. She now holds a postdoctoral research associate position in our group investigating the use of peptide based hydrogels for drug delivery applications.

David Adams graduated in 2007 from Lancaster University with a BSc (Hons) Combined Science degree in Physics and Chemistry. Later that year he commenced his PhD studying the 'Self-assembly and gelation behaviour of protein hydrogels for biomedical applications' at the University of Manchester.

Stephen Boothroyd graduated in 2007 with an MEng degree in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology from The University of Manchester. Having completed a masters project with the group, he began his PhD in September 2007 continuing his work looking at improving and controlling the mechanical properties of self-assembled peptide biomaterials.

Jie Gao graduated from Tsinghua University in China where she obtained a first degree in Polymer Materials Science and Engineering. She then moved to the University of Manchester where she was awarded an MSc and completed her MSC dissertation within the group. In 2008 she was awarded an University of Manchester Alumni Fellowship and is currently working towards a PhD on the gelation properties of model peptides.

David Roberts graduated from the University of Liverpool with a BSc (Hons) in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology in 2008. He then obtained an MRes in the Physical Analysis of Biological Interactions at Surfaces from the same institution. David is currently working towards a PhD where he is looking into novel self assembling structures for the purposes of therapeutic delivery.

Chinemelum Nedolisa graduated from the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (Nigeria) with a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry in 2005. He then moved to the University of Manchester where she was awarded an MSc in Polymer Science and Engineering in 2008. Following his MSc he spend one year in our group as a visitor before starting his PhD in 2010 working on the design of TPUs based resins for composite applications.

Jonathan Gibbons graduated from the University of Cambridge with an BA/MEng in Chemical Engineering in 2010. He is currently working towards a PhD looking at controlling the mechanical properties of peptide hydrogels.

Nabilah Ruslan graduated from The University of Manchester with a MEng(Hons) in Chemical Engineering (Business Management) in July 2010. In October 2010, after securing sponsorship from the Brunei Government, she joined our group. Nabilah is now working towards a PhD focussing on the design and characterisation of protein hydrogels for tissue engineering  and drug delivery applications.

M. en C. Luis Alberto Castillo Díaz graduated from the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala (FESI) of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) as a dental surgeon in 2007. In 2010 he obtained a Master in Biological Sciences from the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas of the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN) (Mexico). Following his mater he obtained a scholarship from CONACYT and joined our group in February 2011 to work towards a PhD on the design of peptidic hydrogels for cell culture applications

Laura Szkolar graduated in 2011 from the University of Manchester with a MEng (Hons) in Biomedical materials Science, achieving the Le Blanc medal for chemistry. During her studies in Manchester she undertook her final year research project as well as summer placements in our group and in September 2011 she started her PhD on designing peptide based hydrogels for tissue engineering applications.

Pietro Locatelli graduated in 2007 from the University of Bologna with a BSc in Materials Chemistry. In 2010 he obtained a MSc in Industrial Chemistry from the same University. During his Bologna university years he worked for Vulcaflex and Clerprem on the development of PU formulations for calendering and foam applications respectively. In  2010-11 he undertook, with  sponsorship from LyondelBasell, an international second level master degree in Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Rome. In September 2011 Pietro joined our group at the University of Manchester where he is currently working towards a PhD on the design and characterisation of supramolecular polyurethanes.

Chis Hickling graduated from the University of Bristol in 2011 with a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry, where he undertook a final year project on 'chemical proteomics'. In September 2011 he joined our group at the University of Manchester to work towards a PhD on the design of peptide-enzyme networks for bioengineering applications.