mjc222[at]cam.ac.uk

Matt is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy and leader of the FIHM group.

Previously he was an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham in the School of Chemistry and was a Research Fellowship at Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge, where he worked with Prof. Clare Grey. Matt gained his DPhil at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Goodwin on the characterization of disordered framework materials.

rk825[at]cam.ac.uk

Rinku joined the Cliffe group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA). His research explores the magnetic and conducting properties resulting from doping in metal–organic frameworks (MOF). He comes from Uttar Pradesh, India. Rinku obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Allahabad and later joined the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, for an integrated MS-PhD program. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. R. Vaidhyanathan (FRSC) on ‘Redox-active 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy Storage and Proton Conduction’. Outside his academic pursuits, he loves watching cricket and enjoys playing chess in his free time.

ll824[at]cam.ac.uk

Luis León joined the FIHM Group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, where he investigates highly frustrated MOF networks to explore novel magnetic behaviors. He completed his PhD in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in 2024 at ICMOL, University of Valencia, Spain, under the supervision of Professor Mínguez Espallargas. Outside of his academic work, Luis enjoys food—especially when paired with a good wine—and is an avid basketball fan.

to377[at]cam.ac.uk

Takuya is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in the FIHM Group. He received his PhD from the Institute of Science Tokyo on crystal structure control in defect-ordered organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites. His research focuses on the synthesis and characterisation of new functional materials, particularly organic-inorganic hybrid compounds. Outside of research, he enjoys running and travelling.

xs346[at]cam.ac.uk

Xiaoxuan earned his Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield in 2021, returned to China and worked as a research assistant for two years before deciding to pursue his Ph.D joint between the Pilgrim and FIHM Groups. During his spare time, he enjoys reading and playing board games.

aeb204[at]cam.ac.uk

Amos completed his master’s research with the FIHM group in 2023 and returned in 2024 to undertake a PhD in quantum radical metal organic frameworks. His work focuses on investigating the local structure of two- and three-dimensional frameworks using X-ray and electron pair distribution function (PDF) analysis.

Amos loves to bird watch and sends much of his free time doing this. Else, he’ll be out running, sitting with a coffee in his rocking chair reading or crocheting, or playing video games.

Kuba.Lemanski[at]nottingham.ac.uk

Kuba is a PhD student working on the DISCO-MOF project with a background in inorganic chemistry. His research focuses on the preparation of radical ligand MOFs with early transition metals and investigating their properties. Outside of chemistry he loves spending time in nature, hiking, cycling and especially running. Some of his other interests include cooking, travelling and gaming as well as trying as many types of tea as possible (current favourite being apple strudel).

Mason.Ormsby[at]nottingham.ac.uk

Mason completed his undergraduate studies with First Class Honours in Chemistry from Nottingham Trent University in 2024. Taking a year out to work as an account executive, he decided to pursue a masters, working within the Pilgrim group and FIHM group. In his spare time, he enjoys playing games and going to the gym.

• 2024-25, Joseph Ogar (PDRA), Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University

• 2022-25, Simrun Lata (PhD), PhD, NAMI Group, University of Nottingham

• 2020-24, Andrew Jones (PhD), PDRA, Bennett Group, University of Canterbury

• 2020-23, 2018-19 Madeleine Geers (PhD, MSci), PDRA, Clulow Group, Uppsala University

• 2019-23 Jem Pitcairn (PhD, PDRA), PDRA, Clark Group, University of Birmingham

• 2021-23 Olukayode Babarinde (PhD) Nigerian Defence Academy, sadly deceased

• 2020-21 Claire Housely (PhD), Senior Nuclear Policy Advisor, Dept. for Energy Security and Net Zero, @StringaTheory

• 2016-21 Francesca Firth (MSci, PhD), Veranova, @FC_Firth

• 2023-24 Amelia Thompson (MSci), PhD, Saywell Group, University of Nottingham

• 2023-24 Eda Bonde Colliver (MSci), PhD, Conroy Group, Imperial College London

• 2022-23 Emily Myatt (MSci)

• 2021-22 Jacob Brownlee (MSci), PhD, Clark Group, University of Birmingham

• 2021-22 Sophie McMillan (MSci)

• 2021-22 Joel Shenton (MSci)

• 2020-21 Alex Ollier de Marichard (MRes)

• 2020-21 Sara Incarbone (MSci)

• 2020-21 Adam Lansdowne (MSci)

• 2020-21 Peter Speakman (MSci)

• 2019-20 Chris Rink (MSci)

• 2019-20 Callum Rosenberg (MSci), PDRA, Pike Group, University of Warwick

• 2023 Victor Durán Egido (Visiting PhD Student, Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

• 2022 Daniel Manners (Summer Project)

• 2022 Monthakan Lertkiattrakul (Summer Project)

• 2019 Jie Yie Lee (Summer Project)