Our team

Luvian completed her BSc degree in the department of chemistry at Imperial College London. After graduation, she directly pursued a PhD in the department of Chemistry at Oxford under the supervision of Prof. Iain McCulloch. Her research interest mainly lies on the development of novel n-type conjugated polymer materials for OECT applications, in particular, she is working on the effect of side chains towards the performance of the polymer.

Yu completed his master's degree in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London under the supervision of Professor Martin Heeney. After graduation, he worked as a research assistant in Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences for nearly one year. At the same year, Yu has been selected by the University of Oxford for a China Scholarship Council – University of Oxford Scholarship to pursue his studies as a DPhil student in Professor Iain McCulloch’s Group. His current research interests are focused on the design and synthesis of COFs applied in OECTs.

Max’s research is focused on the synthesis of high-performance organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors and their evaluation in bioelectronic devices, where they establish a connection between the abiotic and biotic kingdoms. Max obtained his integrated master’s degree (MSci) in Chemistry from Imperial College London in 2017. He has been part of the McCulloch research group since his final year MSci project on organic photovoltaics and commenced his DPhil studies in 2017 on a Schrödinger Scholarship. He has completed his doctorate in 2021.

Petruţa completed her PhD at Imperial College London in 2020, developing n-type organic semiconductors for applications in organic bioelectronics. The aim of her research was to establish general structure-property relationships for mixed ionic and electronic transport in aqueous media and to understand the complex interactions between conjugated polymers, water and dopant ions. As a postdoctoral researcher, Petruţa continues to investigate the development of n-type materials for biosensor, thermoelectric and neuromorphic devices. 

Jan obtained his M.Sci. degree in chemistry from Imperial College London and completed his Ph.D. at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology under the supervision of Prof. Iain McCulloch. During Jan’s doctoral research he developed bulk heterojunction nanoparticle photocatalysts for solar hydrogen production. In his postdoctoral research, he is continuing to develop photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and the artificial photosynthesis of solar fuels from water and carbon dioxide.

Max is a 4th year MChem student at St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford. He is passionate about polymers and renewable energy, with his project focussing on the synthesis and characterisation of COF heterojunctions for solar fuels. In his spare time, Max enjoys cooking, swimming, dinner parties and all things aviation.

Matt is a fourth year chemistry student at University College. His project focuses on the fabrication and characterisation of soluble organic polymers for solar fuel production. Outside the lab, he likes playing water polo and Dance Dance Revolution.

Xiaolei joined the McCulloch group in 2021 and is interested in the charge transport in polymer and fabrication of the OECT. Xiaolei completed his Ph.D in electrical engineering at Tsinghua University under supervision of Prof. Jinliang He and Prof. Jun Hu. His doctoral studies focused on adaptive field grading material.

Fabien completed his PhD in chemistry at the University of Strasbourg under the supervision of the Drs. Gilles Ulrich and Nicolas Leclerc. His work focused on the post-functionalisation of BODIPYs and their optoelectrical properties in the near infrared. He joined the McCulloch Group in 2022 and is interested in light-matter interactions and charge transports of organic semi-conductor. 

Christina joined the McCulloch group in 2023 and is interested in the design and synthesis of semiconducting polymers for OECT applications. She completed her BSc at the University of Exeter, followed by her MRes at University College London working on conjugated polymers for biological imaging, before obtaining her PhD at Queen Mary University of London under the supervision of Dr Christian Nielsen, focusing on the synthesis of conjugated materials for bioelectronic applications.

Maryam’s research is focused on the design and synthesis of n-type rigid conjugated polymers for use in organic thermoelectrics and other organic electronic devices like organic field effect transistors and organic electrochemical transistors. She received her MS degree in chemical science in 2018 at King Abdullah University of Science and technology (KAUST), and joined the McCulloch group in the same year.

Sophie completed her undergraduate studies in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London, carrying out her MSci research project in the McCulloch group investigating the impact of planarity on of a novel n-type NDTI-based donor-acceptor polymer for OECT devices. She is now a DPhil student under Prof Iain McCulloch, aiming to synthesise a p-type material to undergo post-polymerisation functionalisation for bioelectronic sensing applications. Her research interests lie mainly in the design and synthesis of biocompatible organic semiconducting materials for sensing applications.

Rosma is a fourth-year chemistry student at St. Anne’s College. Her project focuses on the synthesis and characterisation of materials, and testing of devices for semi-transparent organic solar cells. Beyond the lab, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, trying new recipes and going on adventures!