SULSA PhD and ECR Committee
Comprised of early career researchers (PhD student or within 8-years post-PhD) from each member university, our PhD and ECR committee provide a direct line to ECRs to help shape our activities and undertake their own activities with our support

Dr Gemma Barron
Lecturer in Bioscience at Robert Gordon University
Research Interest: overcoming multi-drug resistance in cancer using natural products
SULSA Projects: SNaPNet and Graduate Employability Masterclasses

Dr Ross Eaglesfield
Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow
Ross.Eaglesfield@glasgow.ac.uk
Research Interest: mitochondrial protein import mechanisms
SULSA Projects: Scottish Microscopy Society SULSA Rep

Dr Lucas Frungillo
BBSRC Discovery Fellow at the University of Edinburgh
Research Interest: molecular mechanisms underlying control of nutrient assimilation in plants

Dr Ryan Kean
Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology at Glasgow Caledonian University
Research Interest: survival mechanisms of the fungal pathogen Candida auris
SULSA Projects: Graduate Employability Masterclasses

Dr Christine Merrick
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh
Research Interest: developing microbial biotechnology for sustainable biosynthesis of industrial chemicals
SULSA Projects: steering committee for SULSA Technology Conference and SULSA Twitter support

Dr Ronnie Mooney
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of the West of Scotland
Research Interest: parasitology and microbiology

Dr Nicola Morrice
Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Dundee
Research Interest: improving treatments for type 2 diabetes and its complications
SULSA Projects: Scotland Responds to Covid-19 Campaign

Dr Boatemaa Ofori-Frimpong
Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Glasgow Caledonian University
Boatemaa.OforiFrimpong@gcu.ac.uk
Research Interest: tissue processing and imaging
SULSA Projects: Breaking Barriers in STEM

Dr Ana Payo Payo
Academic Fellow at the University of Aberdeen
Research Interest: ecology
SULSA Projects: delivered training workshop for SULSA’s careers month

Dr Giacomo Russo
Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University
Research Interest: development of separation science-based platforms for supporting drug discovery, analytical method development for small molecules of therapeutic and/or toxicological interest

Dr Sylvia Soldatou
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Robert Gordon
Research Interest: marine natural products chemistry
SULSA Projects: SNaPNet
