Lab Members

Edwin Hui
Postgraduate Student (Computational Ecology PhD)
Computational Ecology MSc(Res) 2020

Madeleine Clarkson
Postgraduate Student (Computational Social Science MRes+PhD)
SGSSS Funded MRes+PhD

Xuejia Ke
Postgraduate Student (Computational Social Science PhD)
St Leonard’s Postgraduate College Funded PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (Microbiome Evolution)
St Andrews Interdisciplinary Research Support (STAIRS) Funded Project

Lily Bates
BSc Student (Biochemistry)
St Andrews Research Internship Scheme (STARIS) Project
Laidlaw Scholar

Beth Moore
Postdoctoral Fellow (Pine Microbiomes)
BBSRC Funded Project

Rosie Berners-Lee
MBioChem Integrated Masters Project

Keegan Shimaitis
BSc Biology Student SH Project

Jacob Thomas-Hegarty
Postgraduate Student (Computational Neuroscience PhD)
EASTBIO Funded PhD

Former Lab Members

Emma Puranen
PhD Student (Computational Literature)
St Leonard’s Postgraduate College Funded PhD
Graduated Autumn 2024

Michael Dodds
MBioChem Integrated Masters Project 2023-34
Currently PhD Student U Manchester/Cambridge

Lara Jost
Postdoctoral Fellow (Computational Literature)
St Andrews Interdisciplinary Research Support (STAIRS) Funded Project 2022-23
Current Civil Servant, Scottish Government

Nicola Simonetti
Postdoctoral Fellow (Computational Literature)
St Andrews Interdisciplinary Research Support (STAIRS) Funded Project 2022-23

Jacob Francis
PhD Student (Computational Neuroscience)
EASTBIO CASE Funded PhD Project
Graduated Spring 2022
Currently Research Software Engineer, U Dundee

Emiliano Videla Rodriguez
PhD Student/Research Assistant (Bioinformatics/Poultry Welfare)
ChickenStress ETN Funded PhD
Graduated Autumn 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow (Poultry Welfare) 2022-23
Currently Postdoc U Edinburgh

Isobel Guthrie
BSc Student (Biology)
SH Project 2021-22
Currently PhD Student Oxford

Peter Mann
PhD Student (Network Science)
Graduated Spring 2022
Currently Postdoc U St Andrews

James Hammond
BSc Student (Biology and Mathematics)
SH Project 2019-20
Currently PhD Student Oxford

Emma Middleton
BSc Student (Biochemistry)
SH Project 2019-20

Jack Briggs
BSc Student (Biochemistry)
SH Project 2017-18
MSc Data-Intensive Analysis St Andrews

Emilija Mazūraitė
BSc Student (Biology and Mathematics)
SH Project 2018-19

Alan Beattie
BSc Student (Molecular Biology)
Laboratory Assistant Spring 2015, Summer-Autumn 2016, Summer 2017
Biology Intern and Callan Memorial Scholar Summer 2015
Biology Intern Academic Year 2015-2016, Spring/Summer 2017
Currently Masters student St Andrews

Staṡa Tumpa
BSc Student (Neuroscience)
SH Project 2016-17
Masters UCL
Currently Medicine/Surgery Student Cambridge

Ekta
IISER Mohali Exchange Summer 2016
Currently PhD Student Monash University

Lucie O’Donnell
BSc Student (Molecular Biology)
Biology Intern Spring/Summer 2017

Kotrina Kajokaite
PhD Student UCLA (Animal Behaviour)
Visiting Scholar Spring 2016

Hannah Currant
BSc Student (Molecular Biology)
SH Project 2015-2016
PhD EMBL-EBI 2020
Currently Postdoc U Copenhagen

Andre Brincat
IAESTE Placement (Evolution)
Summer Project 2015
Currently Masters Student University of Malta

Alistair Birse-Stewart-Bell
BSc Student (Neuroscience)
SH Project 2015-2016

Andrej Aderhold
PhD Student (Computational Ecology)
BBSRC Funded PhD Project
Graduated Spring 2015
Currently Postdoc at Glasgow

Antonis Koussounadis
Postdoctoral Fellow (Cancer Systems Biology)
MRS Funded Research Project 2009-2014

James Feldman
BSc Student (Cell Biology)
Laboratory Assistant Spring 2014

Gleb Dobrovolskiy
BSc Student (Neuroscience)
Academic Year Project 2013-2014

Wim Verleyen
PhD Student (Systems Biology)
SULSA Funded PhD Project
Graduated Spring 2013
Currently Data Scientist at Audible

Deepak Verma
Visiting UG Student (Chemistry)
St Andrews/IISER Mohali Research Exchange Summer 2013
Currently PhD Student at USC

Choon Tan
Research Assistant
BBSRC Funded Project 2008-2011
Currently at Biomarketing Services Sdn Bhd

Sarah Shapiro
BSc Student (Cell Biology)
SH Student 2010-2011
Research Assistant 2011
PhD Newcastle
Currently Postdoc at U Victoria

Natasha Latysheva
BSc Student (Evolutionary Biology)
Academic Year Project 2009-2010
SULSA Funded Summer Project 2010
PhD Cambridge
Currently Data Scientist at Jagex

Corin Bennett
BSc Student (Neuroscience)
SH Project 2010-2011

Malcolm Collins
SH Project 2009-2010

Amit Arora
Postdoc (Genetic Network Inference)
BBSRC Funded Project 2008-2011
Currently Scientist Fellow at IMTECH

Mark McCauley
BSc Student (Zoology)
Academic Year Project 2008-2009

Christoph Feenders, né Echtermeyer
PhD Student (Computational Neuroscience)
EPSRC Funded PhD Project (CARMEN)
Graduated Autumn 2009
Currently Scientist at Oldenburg

Kathryn Munro
BSc Student (Biology)
SELF Funded SH Project 2008-2009

Ryan Gallagher
BSc Student (Biology)
SH Project 2008-2009

Margaret Wallace
Postdoc (Ecological Network Inference)
NERC Funded Project 2008-2009
Currently Senior Scientist at SEPA

Katherine Culshaw
BSc Student (Human Biology)
SH Project 2008

Johanna Fromm
Visiting UG Student (Bioengineering)
Visited Autumn 2007
Currently at BASF

Emily King
MRes Student (Environmental Biology)
Graduated Summer 2008
PhD Cambridge

Christina Müller
BSc Student (Molecular Biology)
Summer Projects 2006, 2007
PhD Ghent
Currently Project Manager at Custodix

Jo Sabrina Maier
Visiting UG Student (Bioengineering)
Visited Autumn 2007
Currently at Roche

Isobel Milns
BSc Student (Zoology)
Summer Project 2006
Currently Biology/Psychology Teacher at Rosshall Academy

Joshua Peck
BSc Student (Physiology)
SH Project 2007

iGEM Team

I was involved in St Andrews initial iGEM (International Genetic Engineering Machines competition) Team, which had a three-year as lead supervisor and lab host in 2010-2011, and as an adviser in 2012. I have been involved in its more recent revival as an advisor in 2018 and lead supervisor from 2019