People

Prof Kirsty Wan
Principal Investigator

Brief CV
2025-present, Professor, LSI, University of Exeter
2023-2025, Associate Professor, LSI, University of Exeter
2019-2023, Senior Research Fellow, LSI, University of Exeter
2017-2019, Research Fellow, LSI, University of Exeter
2014 PhD, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
2010 BA, MMath, University of Cambridge

**Dr Emanuele Crosato**

`Postdoc`

PhD – University of Sidney

Dr **Daryna Zavadska**

`Postdoc`

PhD – CSIC-UPF
Barcelona

**Lara Guzman Vazquez**

`PhD student`

Licenciatura en Física – Universidad Nacional de Cordoba

**Dr Hannah Laeverenz Schlogelhofer**

`Postdoc`

PhD – University of Cambridge

**Dr Paul Schavemaker**

`Postdoc`

PhD – University of Groningen

**Samuel Bentley**

`Technician / PhD student`

MSci – Durham University

**Dr Julien Bouvard**

`Postdoc`

PhD – Université Paris-Saclay

**Angéline Girard**

`PhD student`

MSci – Université Paris-Saclay

lily_photo — **Lily Hartmann**

`PhD student`

MSci – University of Exeter

**Dr James Cass**

`Postdoc`

PhD – University of Bristol

**Abi Howell**

`Technician`

PhD – University of
Bristol

**Anne-Caroline Rebrand**

`Project Manager`

UNICIL project

Positions: If you have a strong interest in conducting interdisciplinary research and would like to find out more about opportunities in the group, please email me (k.y.wan2 [AT] exeter.ac.uk) with your CV and a brief summary of research interests.

Postdoctoral Fellowships: The Living Systems Institute provides excellent training, mentoring and opportunities career advancement.
Please get in touch if you would like us to host your personal fellowship and co-develop your project, e.g. a 3-year Royal Society Newton International Fellowship, Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, the Bronco Weiss Fellowship, Wellcome Trust Early Career Early-career Fellowships (generous support for up to 5 years), HFSP Cross Disciplinary Fellowships.

Associates

Alexander Boggon, Former PhD student (now data scientist, Alan Turing Institute)
Victoria Nicolazo-Crach, Visiting PhD student, Paris-Saclay
Rebecca Poon, Former PhD student (now postdoc at University of Warwick)
Luis Bezares Calderón, Former postdoc (now group leader, Villefranche-sur-Mer)
Karen Grace Bondoc-Naumovitz, Former postdoc

Alumni

George Jervis, Former postdoc, now senior microscopy scientist at Syngenta
Vasilis Anagnostidis, Former PhD student (primary supervisor: Dr Fabrice Gielen, LSI), now Senior Microfluidic Scientist, Southampton)
Dario Cortese, Former postdoc, now agroecologist in Florence
Naomi Kennedy, Former PhD student, now data scientist, Manchester
Peyman Shadmani, Former PhD student (primary supervisor: Dr David Richards, LSI), now postdoc at Exeter Medial School
Guy Hale, MSci student (co-supervised with: Dr Fabrice Gielen, LSI)