The Group
2022 -present Lecturer in Biosciences, Department of Biosciences, Swansea University
2021 - 2024 BBSRC Discovery Fellow (John Innes Centre/Swansea University)
2019 - 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher - John Innes Centre, Norwich UK (with Prof. Barrie Wilkinson)
2017 - 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI USA (with Prof. Nancy P. Keller)
2013 - 2017 Ph.D. in Biological and Organic Chemistry - University of Bristol, UK (with Prof. Chris L. Willis and Prof. Russell J. Cox)
2009 - 2013 M.Chem (Hons) in Chemistry with Industrial Experience - University of Manchester, UK
Hometown: Rome, Italy
Shumukh Alharthi
Ph.D. Student (Since Jan 2023)
I am investigating fungi’s natural products using chemical and synthetic microbiological approaches with the main goal focusing on the discovery of new bioactive compounds. My project is funded by Taif University.
2021 – 2022 M.Sc. in Natural Product Drug Discovery (Pharmacy), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
2013 – 2019 B.Sc. in PharmD. (Pharmacy), Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
Hometown: Taif, Saudi Arabia
Email: 2255966@swansea.ac.uk
Elfina Karima
Ph.D. Student (Since Oct 2023)
I will investigate novel bioactive molecules and the biosynthetic gene clusters that regulate their production in several different fungi. My project is match-funded by Swansea University and EPSRC PhD Scholarship.
2019 – 2022 M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
2012 – 2018 B.Sc. in Chemistry, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
Hometown: Bandung, Indonesia
Email: 2323982@swansea.ac.uk