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  Current Lab Members

 

 

Paul Jarvis
Professor of Plant Cell Biology, Group Leader
 
Tel: +44-1865-275017     Ext: 75017
E-mail: paul.jarvis@biology.ox.ac.uk
 
   

Pedro Bota
Lab Manager, Senior Floor Technician
Projects:    
   
 
E-mail: pedro.bota@biology.ox.ac.uk
   

Saran Babooraj
Research Technician
Projects:   Investigating the role of post-translational modification in chloroplasts
   
 
E-mail: saran.babooraj@biology.ox.ac.uk
 
   

Pushan Bag
Human Frontier Science Program Research Fellow
Projects:   Analysis of TOC complexes
   
 
E-mail: pushan.bag@biology.ox.ac.uk     
 
   

Shuyang Cheng
DPhil Student
Projects:   Identifying new components of the CHLORAD system
   
 
E-mail: shuyang.cheng@biology.ox.ac.uk
 
   

Michael Fish
Postdoctoral Researcher
Projects:   Investigating molecular mechanisms of translocon assembly
   
 
E-mail: michael.fish@biology.ox.ac.uk     
 
   

Úrsula Flores-Perez
Postdoctoral Researcher
Projects:   Manipulation of CHLORAD in crop plants
   
 
E-mail: ursula.flores-perez@biology.ox.ac.uk
 
   

Harry (Chen) Kang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Projects:   Elucidating functions and molecular mechanisms of the CHLORAD system
   
 
E-mail: chen.kang@biology.ox.ac.uk
 
   

Sireesha Kodru
Research Technician
Projects:   Investigating molecular mechanisms of the CHLORAD system
   
 
E-mail: sireesha.kodru@biology.ox.ac.uk
 
   

Anne Sophie Lau
DPhil Student
Projects:   Investigating molecular mechanisms of the CHLORAD system
   
 
E-mail: anne.lau@biology.ox.ac.uk
 
   

Na Li
Postdoctoral Researcher
Projects:   The role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in controlling plastid biogenesis
   
 
E-mail: na.li@biology.ox.ac.uk
 
   

Zihan Li
Visiting PhD Student
Projects:   Investigating the role of post-translational modification in chloroplasts
   
 
E-mail: zihan.li@biology.ox.ac.uk
 
   

Sreedhar Nellaepalli
Postdoctoral Researcher
Projects:   Analysis of TOC complex architecture and assembly
   
 
E-mail: sreedhar.nellaepalli@biology.ox.ac.uk     
 
   

Aston Saini
DPhil Student
Projects:   Molecular and genetic analysis of the CHLORAD pathway
   
 
E-mail: aston.saini@biology.ox.ac.uk
 
   

Yi Sun
Postdoctoral Researcher
Projects:   Analysis of the role of SP1 in stress tolerance
   
 
E-mail: yi.sun@biology.ox.ac.uk     
 
   

Bruno Teixeira Peixoto
Marie Curie Research Fellow
Projects:   Analysis of the role of stress signalling in chloroplasts
   
 
E-mail: bruno.teixeirapeixoto@biology.ox.ac.uk     
 
   

Duorong Xu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Projects:   Elucidating translocon architecture and assembly
   
 
E-mail: duorong.xu@biology.ox.ac.uk     
 
   

Weifeng Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Projects:   Investigating molecular mechanisms of the CHLORAD system
   
 
E-mail: weifeng.zhang@biology.ox.ac.uk     
 
   
 

 Former Lab Members
   

Sabri Ali

Formerly:

 DPhil Student

Now:

 Lecturer, Universiti Brunei Darassalam
 
 
 

 

 

Henrik Aronsson

Formerly:

 Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Leicester

Now:

 Professor, Gothenburg University, Sweden
 
 
 

 

 

Tim Ayupov

Formerly:

 Master Thesis Student (from University of Helsinki, Finland)

Now:

 PhD Student, University of Basel, Switzerland
 
 
 

 

 

Saumya Awasthi

Formerly:

 Erasmus Mundus EXPERTS4Asia Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Amy Baldwin

Formerly:

 Department of Biology PhD Student, University of Leicester

Now:

 Research and Development Scientist, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
 
 
 
   

Jocelyn Bédard

Formerly:

BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Jonathan Bester
Formerly: BBSRC Research Technician
Now:  
 
 
 
   

Sarat Bimanadham

Formerly:

 Molecular Genetics MSc Project Student, University of Leicester

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Will Broad

Formerly:

 DPhil Student

Now:

 Strategy Adviser, UK Research and Innovation, London
 
 
 

 

 

Nattaphorn Buayam

Formerly:

 DPhil Student

Now:

 Researcher, Thai Goverment
 
 
 
   

Jonathan Combe

Formerly:

 BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Leicester

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Jaypal Darbar

Formerly:

 BBSRC Research Technician

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Weixi Ding

Formerly:

 DPhil Student

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Penny Dudley

Formerly:

 BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Leicester

Now:

  
 
 
 

 

 

Jun Fang

Formerly:

 BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate

Now:

 Junior Principle Investigator, Lanzhou University, China
 
 
 
   

Lory Francescut
Formerly:   Departmental Technician, Department of Biology, University of Leicester
Now:  
 
 
 
   

Alistair Haslam
 

Formerly:

 BBSRC PhD Student

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Binquan Huang

Formerly:

BBSRC Innovation Fellow, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow

Now:

 Professor, Yunnan University, China
 
 
 
   

Weihua Huang

Formerly:

 Royal Society Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Leicester

Now:

 Senior Researcher, Shanghai Normal University, China
 
 
 
   

Ali Reza Kasmati

Formerly:

 BBSRC PhD Student, University of Leicester

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Sabina Kovacheva

Formerly:

 BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate / NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leicester

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Sybille Kubis

Formerly:

 BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Leicester

Now:

 Deputy Head of Research Contracts, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
 
 
 
   

Zara Lewis
Formerly: BBSRC Research Technician
Now:  
 
 
 
   

Mingjiu Li

Formerly:

 BBSRC-IAA Postdoctoral Research Associate

Now:

 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford
 
 
 
   

Qihua Ling

Formerly:

 BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate

Now:

 Group Leader, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai, China
 
 
 
   

Naresh Loudya

Formerly:

 PhD Student (with Royal Holloway College, University of London)

Now:

 Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
 
 
 
   

Panos Lymperopoulos

Formerly:

 BBSRC PhD Student, University of Leicester

Now:

 Associate Research Scientist, New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, USA
 
 
 
   

Sean Maguire

Formerly:

 BBSRC Research Technician

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Ghulam Murtaza

Formerly:

 HEC Pakistan Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leicester

Now:

 Professor, University of AJK, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
 
 
 
   

Fahim Nawaz

Formerly:

 Visiting Researcher from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Now:

 Assistant Professor, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
 
 
 
   

Philip O'Donnell
Formerly:   BBSRC Research Technician
Now:  
 
 
 

 

 

Joseph Oddy

Formerly:

 BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate

Now:
 
 
 
   

Ramesh Patel
Formerly:   BBSRC Research Technician, University of Leicester
Now: Technician, Department of Genetics & Genome Biology, University of Leicester
 
 
 
   

Pablo Pulido

Formerly:

 BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate

Now:

 Independent Research Fellow, Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain
 
 
 
   

Nicholas Putz

Formerly:

 Socrates-Erasmus Student / Biochemical Society Summer Student, University of Leicester

Now:

  
 
 
 
   

Madeleine Rashbrooke

Formerly:

 BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Leicester

Now:

  
 
 
 

 

 

Changsong Ri

Formerly:

 DPhil Student

Now:

 Faculty, Pyongyang University
 
 
 
   

Najiah Sadali

Formerly:

 Merdeka Scholarship DPhil Student

Now:

 Research Officer, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 
 
 

 

 

Ziad Soufi

Formerly:

 BBSRC Research Technician

Now:

 Academic Lecturer, University of Aleppo, Syria
 
 
 
   

Robert Sowden

Formerly:

 DPhil Student

Now:

 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
 
 
 
   

David Stevenson

Formerly:

 BBSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Leicester

Now:

 Teacher
 
 
 

 

 

Simon Thomson

Formerly:

 DPhil Student

Now:

 Postdoctoral Researcher, Kyomei, Cambridge
 
 
 
   

Mats Töpel
Formerly:   Carl Tryggers Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Leicester
Now: Bioinformatician, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
 
 
 
   

Raphael Trösch
Formerly:   Gatsby Foundation Sainsbury PhD Student, University of Leicester
Now: Associate Editor, Nature Plants
 
 
 
   

Tony Wardle

Formerly:

 Department of Biology Research Technician, University of Leicester

Now:

 Technical Services Manager, Dept. of Neuroscience, Psychology & Behaviour, University of Leicester
 
 
 
   

Sam Watson
Formerly:   DPhil Student
Now: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge
 
 
 
   

Izabela Wojcik
Formerly:   Genetics Society Summer Student / Lab Assistant, University of Leicester
Now:  
 
 
 
   

Feijie Wu

Formerly:

 Royal Society / Sino-British Fellowship Trust (SBFT) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Leicester

Now:

 Scientific Editor, Cell Reports
 
 
 
   

Yunliu (Leo) Zeng
Formerly:   Visiting Researcher from Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
Now: Associate Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
 
 
 
   

Yuan Zhou
Formerly:   Visiting PhD Student
Now: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai, China
 
 
 
 
 
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