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Paulo Pitasse-Santos
Postdoctoral Researcher
pps10@le.ac.uk
EDUCATION
2022 - Present (Postdoc)
School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
2017 - 2022 (PhD)
Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropedica, RJ , Brazil
2018 - 2019 (PhD)
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (in scope of PDSE/CAPES/Brazil)
2015 - 2017 (M.Sc.)
Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropedica, RJ , Brazil
2009 - 2014 (B.Sc.)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropedica, RJ , Brazil
2012 - 2013 (B.Sc.)
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA (in scope of CsF/CAPES/Brazil)
Research Project: Synthesis of Irreversible Molecular Glues to Activate the Anti-Cancer Interactome of 14-3-3σ
Cristina MATAS DE LAS HERAS
PhD (3rd Year)
cmdlh2@leicester.ac.uk
EDUCATION
2022 - present (PhD)
School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
2019 - 2021 (MSc Cancer Cell & Molecular Biology)
School of Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
2015 - 2019 (BSc Biotechnology)
School of Pharmacy, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain
Research Project: Molecular Glues as Novel Therapies for Cancer and Ageing
Hadeeqa RAZA
PhD (3rd Year)
hgr6@le.ac.uk
EDUCATION
2022 - Present (PhD)
School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
2017 - 2019 (M.Sc.)
School of Biology & Business School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
2012 - 2016 (BS)
Department of Biotechnology, Forman Christian College, Pakistan
Research Project: Native Mass Spectrometry Guided Optimisation of 14-3-3 Molecular Glues for Cancer Therapeutics
Lillie WARREN
PhD (2nd Year)
tww12@leicester.ac.uk
EDUCATION
2022 - Present (PhD)
School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
2018 - 2022 (MChem)
School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Research Project: A Bespoke Screening Platform for Discovering Protein Molecular Glues as Novel Therapeutic Agents
Hope EDWARDS
PhD (starting September 2025, BBSRC MIBTP Scheme)
tww12@leicester.ac.uk
Past Group Members
Past Group Members
PhD Students: Adem Ozleyen (2021-2024, R&D Specialist, Türkiye Biotechnology Institute), Beth Thurairajah (2020-2024, Scientist, Sygnature Discovery), Jake Ward (2019-2022, Marie Curie fellow at The Institution for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona), Alisha Mohindra (2018-2023, UK student Recruitment Officer), Marta Falcicchio (2018-2022, Senior Scientist, PhoreMost).
PDRAs: Peter Blas (2022-2024, Daphne Jackson Fellow)
MChem Project Students: Raza Jaferi (2024-2025; Head of School Commendation for MChem research project), Michal Romanowski (2024.2025), Patrick Matuluko (2023-2024), Olly Leake (2022-2023), Alan Nguyen (2023-2023), Lillie Warren (2021-22, PhD at University of Leicester), Marta Kostadinova (2021-22), Charlotte Banfield (2020-21, Scientist at LGC), Eleanor Taylor-Newman (2019-20, PhD at University of Durham), Johnson Lyon (2019-21), Megan Coulson (2018-19, PhD at University of Leicester), Sara Chothia (2018-19, PhD at University of Leicester).
MSc Project Students: Callum Wedgeborw (2025), Malsha D. A. W. Sooriyaarachchi (2024), Rumi Abukar (2023), Aleeya Henry (2021-2022), Adam Gray (2019-20), Jessica Atherton (2019, Scientist at New Path Molecular Research)
MPhil Students: Raj Sahota (2023)
RSC Bursary Students: Dhvani Umeshkumar (2023), Derryn Grant (2018)
Wellcome Trust Vacation Scholarship: Hope Edwards (2024)
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