Group Members
Prof. Dr. Thomas Michaels
Group Leader
Assistant Professor of Soft and Living Matter Physics
Background
Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Mathematics, Harvard University
Research Fellow in Physics, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
PhD in Biophysical Chemistry, University of Cambridge
MSc in Mathematics, ETH Zurich
MSc in Physics, ETH Zurich
BSc in Physics, ETH Zurich
Liz Hoss
Administrative Assistant
Dr. Alexander John Dear
PostDoc
MSc Natural Sciences, Cambridge
PhD in Chemistry, Cambridge
Research Topics: Liquid-to-solid transitions in condensates; reversible amyloids and memory
Alisdair Stevenson
PhD Student
MEng Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London
Research Topics: Kinetics of Lipid-induced Amyloid Formation, Biophysics of Biocondensates
Logan de Monchaux-Irons
PhD Student
MSci Physics, University College London
Research Topics: Biophysics of Biocondensates, Optimal Control, Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Ana Mihai
PhD Student
MSc Computer Science, Cambridge
Research Topics: Coarse-grained computer simulations of phase separation
Zac Hale
PhD Student
MSci Physics, University College London
Research Topics: Kinetics of amyloid formation in droplets
Claudia De Sousa Miranda Perez
PhD Student at UCL (co-supervised with Dr. P. Pearce)
MSc Complex Systems Modelling, Kings College London
MSc Mathematics and Physics, University College London
Research Topic: Polymerization of Sickle Cell Hemoglobin
Gonzalo Canez
Research Assistant
Interdisciplinary Sciences (Akz. Physics)
Research Topics: Theoretical Modelling of Aging Systems and Optimal Strategies in Intercellular Competition
Raphael Guido
Research Assistant
BSc. Physics ETH Zürich
Research Topics: Kinetic theory in Protein Aggregation within Biocondensates, Biophysics of Biocondensates
Kourosh Shariat
Research Assistant
MSc Computer Science, ETH Zurich
Research Topics: Chemical kinetics in coexisting phases