Group

Current Members

Aniket Gupta (PDRA, 2025-present)
Aniket obtained his PhD from the CSIR Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute, Bhavnagar, India in 2022. Prior to joining the Lewis Group he held a postdoctoral researcher position in the group of Paul Davies at the University of Birmingham.

Cameron Cox (PhD, 2023-present)
Cameron is from the Cairngorms in Scotland and completed his MChem at the University of Edinburgh. His final year project was done in the White Group at the Australian National University, where he worked on the self-assembly of organic cages and anion encapsulation in water. In his spare time, he likes to go on hikes and listen to music.

Paulina Molinska (PhD, 2024-present)
Paulina grew up in Krakow, Poland, but has lived in London most of her life. She completed her MSci at the University of Birmingham working on self-assembly of metal organic cages in the Lewis group. She enjoys travelling, rock climbing and eating nice food.

Bailee Smith (visiting researcher, 2026-present)
Bailee is visiting from the White group at the Australian National University (ANU) where she is completing her PhD. She previously completed her BSc(Hons) at the ANU working on hydrazone cages, before working in the Australian Capital Territory government forensics laboratories and then returning to the ANU for her PhD. When she is not in the lab, she enjoys travelling and running silly distances. 

The group say goodbye to Champion and hello to Tomoki. Clockwise: Tomoki, Jamie, Cam, Paulina, Champion (June 2025).

Past Members


MSci/MRes students
Rob Deasy
(2024-25)
Bende Taborosi
(2023-24)
Paulina Molinska
(2022-23)
Wentao Shan
(2021-22)
Sofia Patri
(2021-22)
Andy Martín Díaz
(2020-21)
Honglan Huang
(2018-19)
Kevin Wong
(2018-19)


Visiting students
Tomoki Kodama
(2025)
Kritanan Junthod
(2025)


The group opt to go out for Christmas dinner in January to avoid the crowds. Clockwise: Rob, Paulina, Jess, Champion, Jamie and Cam (January 2025)
Spotting a 5 minute gap in the clouds, Jess, Jamie, Paulina and Cam self-assemble outside the MSB (May 2024)
Cam, Paulina and Jess are hardly able to control their excitement at moving into the group’s new home in the Molecular Sciences Building (February 2024)
The group looking resplendent outside the Haworth Building (October 2023).
From left to right: Jamie, Bende, Cam and Jess.

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