
Team
Josh Hughes
PhD (Jul 2023–)

Toby McDonald
PhD student (Jun 2022–)
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Jiakun Zhang
PhD (Jan 2023–)

James Theobald
Hons 2026

Matthew Shewan
Hons 2026
Team alumni
PhD students and postdocs:
• Imogen Alderson (PhD 2022-2026). Thesis submitted for examination.
• Alexis Blackie (PhD 2022-2025). Thesis submitted for examination.
• Sushant Aryal (PhD 2020-2024). Moved to postdoc with A/Prof. Allan Gamble (Univ. Otago, NZ).
• Sven Herschel (2024). Visiting PhD from Prof. Dennis Schade's group (Univ. Kiel, Germany).
• Max Caplin (PhD 2019-2023). Moved to postdoc with Dr Fraser Scott (Univ. Strathclyde, UK).
• Dr Aggie Lawer (Postdoc 2022-2023). Moved to postdoc with Dr Xuyu Liu (Univ. Sydney, Aus).
Honours and MSc students:
• Ben Latham (Hons 2025). Moved to Zincovery, Christchurch.
• Ben Hooper (Hons 2024). Moved to an investment analyst internship at Bridgewest Ventures.
• Oli Spicer (Hons 2024). Moved to a PhD with Dr James Wood (Ferrier Research Institute, Wellington).
• Finlay Player (Hons 2023). Moved to a PhD with Prof. Robert Phipps (Univ. Cambridge, UK).
• Daniel Small (Hons 2022, co-supervised by Dr Jodie Johnston). Moved to PhD with Prof. Vinh Nguyen (UNSW, Aus).
• Jerram Wood (MSc Part 1, 2020). Moved to MSc Part 2 with A/Prof. Deb Crittenden.
• Craig Melton (MSc Part 2, 2018-19, main supervisor: A/Prof. Deb Crittenden). Moved to DockBio (Christchurch).
Summer and CHEM329 students (not otherwise listed):
Harry Vincent (2025 & 2026); Sudam Chandra Hembram (2025; visiting post-MSc from Visva-Bharati University); Joseph Stephens (2023); Daniel Chong (2022); Colter Carson (2021).
