Join us
Spectroscopy experience helps in the lab, but isn't required to join us! We are interdisciplinary, and value learning from you as much as you learn from us. A background in optics, single-molecule, information theory, or self-assembly is useful, but curiosity matters more than your exact CV.
Science should leave room for a life outside it — I care about your enjoyment, not your hours. A diverse team matters, in background, nationality, gender, ability and orientation, and so does making sure your wellbeing and ambitions are properly supported once you're here. That's not just a stated value: I co-founded Queer in Chemistry networks at Cambridge and Princeton, and co-organised the 2026 Queer in STEM Workshop.
Masters and Summer Projects
We are happy to host masters and summer projects in our lab. Both computational and experimental projects are well supported, in the general areas of spectroscopic method development and self-assembly. Please get in touch if interested (the earlier the better)!
Graduate Students
We have two funded PhD positions open now. For informal enquiries about either one, please get in touch via the Contact page.
Develop a single-molecule spectroscopy platform, building on spatial-spectral microscopy, to follow how respiratory supercomplexes assemble and transfer electrons in native membranes from E. coli and yeast. Co-supervised with Dr Joshua Lawrence, across Chemistry and Life Sciences.
Build the next generation of our spatial-spectral single-molecule microscope, and use it to watch protein complexes assemble one molecule at a time, starting with the earliest steps of T-cell activation.
PhD projects can involve anything from building a new optical setup, to uncovering the self-assembly dynamics of a signalling complex, to using information-theory to design a new detector (or anything combining these!). We are very happy to discuss potential projects and what the lab is like in advance. It is best to get in touch early; UK PhDs typically begin in October, and starting discussions a year before you want to start is plenty of time.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Please get in touch if you are interested in pursuing a postdoc in an area related to the work of the group. We are very happy to help craft projects together, and to help in the writing of any funding applications (e.g. Royal Society Newton Fellowships etc.). Postdocs can expect a high-degree of autonomy in leading their work, as well as strong career and scientific support.