Leadership team
Professor Dame Clare Grey
University of Cambridge
Co-Principal Investigator
Professor Louis Piper
University of Warwick
Co-Principal Investigator
Professor Nuria Garcia-Araez
University of Southampton
WP1 Leader
Professor Rob Weatherup
University of Oxford
WP2 Leader
Professor Michael De Volder
University of Cambridge
WP3 Leader
Professor Rhod Jervis
University College London
Joint Project Lead
Investigators
Professor James Dawson
Newcastle University
Professor Vikram Deshpande
University of Cambridge
Professor Cate Ducati
University of Cambridge
Professor Norman Fleck
University of Cambridge
Professor Ann Huang
Imperial College London
Professor Akshay Rao
University of Cambridge
Professor Paul Shearing
University College London
Professor Ifan Stephens
Imperial College London
Professor Dom Wright
University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral researchers
FI-funded and those affiliated to the Degradation project
University of Cambridge
Imperial College London
Newcastle University
University of Oxford
Dr Yu Wang
University of Southampton
Dr Ganesh Vailaya
University College London
Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick
Dr Dani Proprentner
PhD students
FI-funded and those affiliated to the Degradation project
Isabel Antony
UCL/Diamond Light Source
Supervisor: Paul Shearing
Eleanor Ede
Imperial College London
Supervisor: Ifan Stephens
Jiho Han
University of Cambridge
Supervisors: Clare Grey/
Akshay Rao
William Hayes
UCL
Supervisor: Rhod Jervis
Leonor Gilsenan
Imperial College London
Supervisor: Ifan Stephens
Abeer Hdadai
Newcastle University
Supervisor: James Dawson
Catie Kohler
University of Oxford
Supervisor: Rob Weatherup
Kyle Kotanchek
University of Cambridge
Supervisor: Clare Grey
Angelo Lyu
Imperial College London
Supervisor: Ann Huang
Veronika Majherova
University of Warwick
Supervisors: Louis Piper/
Mel Loveridge
Jess McConnell
University of Cambridge
Supervisors: Svetlana Menkin/
Clare Grey
Clara Morgan
University College London
Supervisors: Rhod Jervis
Shuyan Ni
University of Cambridge
Supervisors: Michael De Volder/
Akshay Rao/Clare Grey
Jess O’Flaherty
University of Cambridge
Supervisor: Svetlana Menkin
Xiarorui (Sherry) Shi
University of Cambridge
Supervisor: Svetlana Menkin
Chris Smith
University of Cambridge
Supervisors: Clare Grey/ Michael De Volder
Jessica Trevelyan
University of Cambridge
Supervisor: Michael De Volder
Ewelina (Evelyn) Wisniewska
University of Cambridge
Supervisor: Svetlana Menkin
Tianhao Wu
University of Cambridge
Supervisor: Cate Ducati
Yijia Zou
Imperial College London
Supervisor: Ann Huang
Yijia Zou
Imperial College London
Supervisor: Ann Huang
Administrative and support team
Sharon Connor
Programme Administrator
University of Cambridge
Dr Alex Kersting
Programme Manager
University of Cambridge
