Group	Research
MSc students
Wenbo Yue	"The growth of single crystals in sponge-like templates" Wenbo Yue - MSc student in Fiona Meldrum's group
PhD students
Lisa Megraw	"Bio-inorganic Zeolites" Lisa Megraw -  1st year PhD student Jointly supervised by Steve Mann and Fiona Meldrum
Ray Lam	"The mechanism of calcium carbonate crystallization." Ray Lam -  1st year PhD student in Fiona Meldrum's group
Stewart Holmstrom	"Self-assembly and templating of novel DNA-based bioinorganic materials." Stewart Holmstrom -  1st year PhD student
Surachai Thachepan	"Polymer-mediated microemulsion-based synthesis" Surachai Thachepan "Yui" -  1st year PhD student
Keith Bromley	"Synthesis and characterisation of CdS microspheres (and bio-inorganic nanocomposite research)" Keith Bromley - 2nd year PhD student
Kris Perkin	"Preparation and characterization of vesicles and protein tapes in the presence of different nanoparticles" Kris Perkin - 2nd year PhD student
Rosanna Gonzalez-McQuire	"Nanotectonics of Calcium Phophate (HAp) Nanoparticles with Aminoacid Functionalities" Rosanna Gonzalez-McQuire - 3rd year PhD student
Jill Meadows	"Mesoporous silica nanoparticles and silicifications of porphyrin assemblies" Jill Meadows -  3rd year PhD student
Chulanapa Viravaidya	"Biomimetic synthesis of novel complex calcium carbonate mesostructures with defined morphology, polymorph and orientation" Chulanapa Viravaidya "Gait" - 3rd year PhD student
Research assistants
Dr. Avinash Patil	"Synthesis and characterisation of organo-clays" Dr. Avinash Patil - Postdoc
Dr.Mei Li	"Template-directed morphosynthesis and self-assembly of nanomaterials; DNA and protein-directed programmed assembly of nanomaterials" Dr. Mei Li - Postdoc
Dr. Ding Ma	"Fabrication and self-assembly of nano-materials" Dr. Ding Ma - Postdoc
Dr. Alex Kulak	"Self-assembly of nanoparticles" Dr. Alex Kulak - Postdoc in Fiona Meldrum's group
Visiting Fellows
Dr. Yan Xing	"Synthesis and characterization of cerium phosphates prepared using reversed micelles" Dr. Yan Xing - Visiting fellow
Dr. Laetitia Vieille	"Synthesis and Characterization of hybrid nanomaterials"  Dr. Laetitia Vieille
Staff members
Dr. Sean Davis	"Electron microscopy of biomaterials" Dr. Sean Davis - Staff member
Dr.Fiona Meldrum	"Inorganic Crystal Growth in Synthetic and Biological Systems" Dr. Fiona Meldrum - Staff member
Dr. Dominic Walsh	"Ceramics,composite implant materials, organised crystal growth, drug delivery, microemulsions" Dr. Dominic Walsh - ARF Fellow
Dr. Simon Hall	"Biomimetic Routes to Advanced Superconductors" Dr. Simon Hall - URF Fellow
Prof. Steve Mann	Research homepage
Technical Staff
Jon Jones	The Electron Microscopy Suite Jon Jones - EM Technician

Project Students 2004-2005 -Photos

Previous members of the Mann Research Group

Lab facilities

Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopes - SEM, TEM

Thermogravimetry analyser - TGA

Fourier Transform InfraRed - FTIR

UV-Vis spectrometer coupled with Peltier cell and solid state adaptor

Optical microscopes