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

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

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

Isabel Zwicker
Administrative Assistant