Group

The Lewis Group September 2026. Clockwise: Emily, Cam, Paulina, Bailee, Aniket, Jamie, Harry and Leigh.

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.

Harry McGahan (PhD, 2026-present)
Harry is from Canterbury in Kent. He completed his MChem at the University of Kent, working on porphyrin functionalisation for NIR absorbance. In his spare time he enjoys playing snooker and watching cricket. 

Jake Walsh (MSci, 2026-present)
Jake is an MSci Chemistry student from Northamptonshire, completing his final year project on metal-organic self-assembly in the Lewis Group. Outside of the lab, he enjoys cooking, watching movies, and fishing. 

Emily Edwards (MSci, 2026-present)
Emily is an MSci Chemistry with Industrial Experience student from Cheshire, completing her final year project on light-responsive coordination cages with both the Lewis group and the Easun group. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, tennis and pub quizzes! 


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 researchers
Bailee Smith
(Australian National University, Australia, 2026)
Sarah Englehart
(University of New Brunswick, Canada, 2026)
Tomoki Kodama
(Hiroshima University, Japan, 2025)
Kritanan Junthod
(Mahidol University, Thailand, 2025)


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