CURRENT MEMBERS 

Postdocs:

Kuhali Das was born in 1994 in India. She completed her bachelor’s and master’s from the University of North Bengal, India. In 2017, she joined the group of Dr. Biplab Maji at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India to pursue her doctoral studies on the development of phosphine-free manganese complexes and their application in catalytic hydrogen transfer and hydroelementation reactions and defended her thesis in 2022. In November, 2022 she joined the Dydio research group to study multicatalytic organic transformations. In her free time, she likes cooking, reading, and listening music.

Gracjan Kurpik was born in 1995 in Poland. He completed his master’s degree at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań under the supervision of Professor Artur Stefankiewicz. He subsequently earned his PhD in the same research group, focusing on the development of novel metallosupramolecular complexes with d-block metals as highly efficient and selective catalytic systems. In June 2025, he joined the Dydio Research Group, where he is working on the IsoCAT Project in collaboration with SATT Conectus, aiming to develop a Pd-catalysed iso-selective hydroformylation process for propylene. In his free time, he enjoys sports (both playing and watching), Netflix, and good food.

PhD Students:

Nicolás Manno was born in 2001 in Argentina. He completed his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, where he worked under the supervision of Prof. Alexander Radosevich and Prof. Connor Coley. The foci of his projects were the development of low-symmetry phosphorus catalysts and a workflow for pericyclic reaction prediction using machine learning, respectively. In fall 2025, he joined the Dydio Group as a PhD student to establish new strategies for exploring complex reaction networks and their potential in organic synthesis, integrating multicatalysis, systems chemistry, and computational approaches to design adaptive, bio-inspired synthetic systems. In his free time, he enjoys reading, walking around, and cooking.

Oscar Hills was born in 2003 in London, UK. He obtained his integrated master’s degree in chemistry from University College London (UCL); this also included a year abroad studying at the University of Toronto. His master’s project was completed under the supervision of Prof. Jamie Baker and focused on the development of a novel click-to-release reaction for integration within targeted therapeutics. In October 2025, he joined the Dydio Group as a PhD student to establish new functionalization/cross coupling strategies involving multi-component catalysis. In his free time, he enjoys climbing and spending too much time in the cinema.

Daniel Read was born in 2003 in the United Kingdom. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge, conducting research in the Dydio Group on iridium-catalysed transfer borylation for his master’s project. Daniel re-joined the lab as a PhD student in Autumn 2025, where he is now focusing on the development of strategies for undirected C-H functionalisation. Outside of the lab, Daniel enjoys keeping up his Chinese, cooking with his wife, and spending time with Church family.

MPhil Students:

Qihao Huang was born in 2003 in Guangxi, China. He completed his bachelor’s degree at University College London in 2025. His graduation literature project focused on [3,3]-azide-alkyne cycloaddition under the supervision of Dr. J. L. Kiappes. In fall 2025, he joined the Dydio Group as an MPhil student to work on new strategies for C–H functionalization of electron-deficient arenes. In his free time, he enjoys watching the Premier League and Bundesliga, playing video games, and city walking.

Visiting students:

Melvin Bezjak was born in 2002 in Germany. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. His bachelor’s thesis, supervised by Prof. Jürgen Klankermayer, focused on the palladium-catalysed carbonylation of tertiary aromatic amines. In October 2025, Melvin joined the Dydio Group as a visitor to investigate multicatalytic functionalisations of carboxylic acids. In his spare time, he enjoys going to the gym and spending time with friends.

Marie Carlier was born in 2003 in France. She completed her undergraduate studies at the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, France. During this time, she undertook a four-month internship at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, where she developed sustainable C–H amidation reactions of coumarins under the supervision of Professor Ai-Lan Lee. In October 2025, she joined the Dydio Group as a visiting student, where she is working on the development of an iron-catalysed hydroformylation of propylene. Outside of the lab, she enjoys sports, painting, exploring new cities and hiking.

Group Pictures:

October 2025

June 2023

December 2022

March 2021

May 2019

September 2018

July 2017

October 2016

Former Members:

Visiting Scientists

Nikodem Kuźnik (associated professor at the Silesian University of Technology)

Jianguo Liu (School of Energy and Environment at Southeast University）

Postdocs:

Zhen He

Shuailong Li (next a postdoc with Prof. Baudoin, U. Basel, Switzerland)

Jan Bojanowski

Yang Zhang (now a senior researcher in IFF (International Flavors and Fragrances) in Benicarló, Spain)

Hanusch Grab (now a research scientist at SpiroChem, Basel, Switzerland)

Alessandra Casnati (next a postdoc with Dr. Mónica H. Pérez-Temprano, ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain)

Dawid Lichosyt (now an assistant professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)

Karolina Hurej (now an assistant professor at the University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland)

Nikola Bregović (now an assistant professor at the University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)

Stefano Libri

PhD Students:

Robert Mitchell

Michel Sigrist (next a postdoc with Dr. Antoine Simonneau at the LCC, Toulouse, France)

Shuting Li

Bruno Lainer (next a postdoc in the group of Prof. Andrey Klymchenko (Team of Photoactive Materials and Bioimaging within the Laboratory of Bioimaging and Pathology, Faculty of Pharmacy)

Lukas Veth (next a postdoc in the group of radiopharmaceutical chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Sebastián Martínez (next a postdoc with Prof. Crispin Lichtenberg at the Philipp University of Marburg, Germany)

Imane Boudhil (next a regulatory affairs associate at Sanofi, Vienne, Autriche)

Annette B. Vliegenthart (next a trainee patent attorney at Vriesendorp & Gaade South Holland, Netherlands)

Part III/ MSc Students:

Flora Mammadova

Daniel Read (next a PhD student in our group)

Pawel Lisowski

James McNamara

Sani Yahaya (next a M2 student intern with Prof. Joseph Moran and then a PhD student with Dr. Giulio Ragazzon, UNISTRA, Strasbourg, France)

Ala Covas (next a PhD student with Prof. Jean-Francois Lutz, UNISTRA, Strasbourg, France)

Paula Holban (next a PhD student with Prof. Patricia Y. W. Dankers, TU Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Anastasiia Vorobei (next a PhD student with Prof. Nicolai Cramer, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Miguel Antonio Uceda (next a PhD student with Prof. Julio Lloret-Fillol, ICIQ, Spain)

Eva Rose Himel Rubin

Sergiu Bicic (next a PhD student with Prof. Martin Oestreich, Institut für Chemie, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany)

Maiia Aleksandrova (next a PhD student with Dr. Claudia Bonfio, ISIS, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France)

Bruno Lainer (next a PhD student in our group)

Michel Sigrist (next a PhD student in our group)

Imane Boudhil (next a PhD student in our group)

Visiting Students:

James McNamara (Summer Intern)

Joseph Whitby (Summer Intern)

Kez Ward (Summer Intern)

Xinyi Qian (Summer Intern)

Debora Schiroli (MSc student)

Gourahari Behera (MSc student)

Sylwester Domański (PhD student)

Kinga Piechura (PhD student)