Group Leader – Professor James Wilton-Ely
James received his BSc in Chemistry with a Year in Europe from Imperial College London, spending his year abroad in Florence, Italy. He remained at Imperial College for his PhD studies with Prof. Tony Hill. Following a position as a Fixed-Term Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at the same institution, he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to work with Prof. Hubert Schmidbaur at the Technical University Munich. He returned to the UK to work with Prof. David Cole-Hamilton at the University of St. Andrews. This was followed by an independent Ramsay Fellowship at University College London (2003-5) before moving in 2005 to Oxford University as Fitzjames Fellow (Merton College). In 2009 he returned to Imperial College London, where is currently Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. James is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and received their 2021 Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award.
Research Group
Sean McCarthy
Sean McCarthy
PhD (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)
Gregor Ekart
Gregor Ekart
PhD (joint with Dr Michelle Ma, KCL)
Adila Islam
Adila Islam
PhD (joint with Prof. Gemma Davies, UoB)
Anwar Alsharif
Anwar Alsharif
PhD
Yu Qin
Yu Qin
PhD
Jhonn Cañón Gómez
Jhonn Cañón Gómez
PhD
Yixuan Niu
Yixuan Niu
PhD (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)
Steffan James
Steffan James
PhD
Olivia Wang
Olivia Wang
PhD (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)
Olga Tyurina
Olga Tyurina
PhD (joint with Dr Graeme Stasiuk, KCL)
Chao Zeng
Chao Zeng
PhD (joint with Prof. Fernando Bresme)
Marem Sy
Marem Sy
MRes (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)
Lyra Gao
Lyra Gao
MRes (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)
Weiran Ren
Weiran Ren
MRes (joint with Prof. Chris Braddock)
Angad Deshmukh
Angad Deshmukh
MRes (joint with Prof. Fernando Bresme)
Manveer Dhanjal
Manveer Dhanjal
MRes (joint with Dr Maxie Roessler)
Cliona Ní Chochláin
Cliona Ní Chochláin
MRes (joint with Dr Nazila Kamaly and Dr Alkystis Phinikaridou, KCL)
Alban Gegout
Alban Gegout
MSci
Max King
Max King
BSc
Past group members
We have enjoyed working with many talented and enthusiastic students over the years. Past members of the group have been drawn from more than fifteen countries from around the world.
Group photos
It is important to us that the group is a stimulating and enjoyable place to work. We organise multiple social events throughout the year including an international night in the summer, when group members bring food from their home countries. For more photos and news, visit the JWE group's flickr and twitter pages.