Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

Zehui Duan - DPhil Student
Zehui is a four-year DPhil student at Jesus College at the University of Oxford. She is co-supervised by Dr. Patricia Rodriguez-Macia and Prof. Kylie Vincent. Her project focuses on using advanced spectroscopy techniques to study the iron-sulfur cluster relay of [FeFe] hydrogenases. Besides chemistry, she also has interests in the culture of ancient Greece and Rome, and Renaissance art. In her spare time, she enjoys visiting museums, debating, and playing badminton.

Manon Lachmann - PhD Student
Manon is a second-year PhD student. She joined the UoL after finishing her MChem studies at the University of Oxford, doing her Part II project (Master´s project) in the PRM group at Oxford. Manon´s PhD project focuses on semi-synthetic hydrogenases and on studying CO dehydrogenases (CODH) to learn from them how to develop artificial metalloenzymes for H2 conversion and CO2 reduction. Outside of the lab, she enjoys seeing friends, cooking, and watching sports.

Phoebe Opuku - PhD Student
Phoebe is a first-year CENTA PhD Student. Her project looks into finding proteins from extremophiles to use as scaffolds for the development of Artificial Metalloenzymes. She is a Leicester graduate and completed her MChem project (Master's project) in the PRM group on investigating de novo designed proteins as artificial scaffolds for developing Artificial Metalloenzymes for energy conversion reactions.

Xiao Yangpengfei - PhD Student
Xiao is a first-year PhD student. He joined the UoL after finishing his undergraduate studies at the Dalian University of Technology in China. His PhD project is about photocatalysis, investigating visible-light-driven H2 production and CO2 reduction in [FeFe] hydrogenase and CO dehydrogenase enzymes. In his free time, he enjoys cooking and watching movies.

Anna Hare - PhD Student
Anna is a first-year PhD student and joins the UoL after completing a BSc in Natural Sciences at the University of Leeds. Her PhD is under the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP). Her PhD project focuses on investigating semi-synthetic and artificial metalloenzymes for small molecule activation. Outside of science, Anna enjoys swimming, reading and watching football.

Nisha Limbachiya - Summer Student
Nisha is a 2nd-year Leicester MChem. She is doing a summer internship in the PRM group with the Polymerise RSC Undergraduate bursary. Nisha is working with Manon on producing Ni-deficient CO dehydrogenases.