SULSA Early Career Committee
With representatives from each of SULSA’s 13 members, our Early Career Committee provides a direct line to PhD students, Postdoctoral Researchers and Early Stage PIs to help shape our activities and undertake their own activities to support their professional development.

Dr Thomas Adams
Postdoctoral Researcher at the James Hutton Institute
Research Interest: Understanding and Improving Potato Disease Resistance

Dr Badri Aekbote
Research Associate at the University of Glasgow
Research Interest: Clean-room processing, developing lithography techniques, with micro-nano fabrication, biosensors, mechanobiology and microscopy

Liam Butler
Postdoctoral Researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University
Research Interest: Metabolism, Cancer, Liver, Cell Biology

Iona Campbell
PhD Student at the University of Strathclyde
iona.campbell.2018@uni.strath.ac.uk
Research Interest: Impact of S-acylation on the trafficking of transmembrane proteins in the secretory pathway

Yuk Woon Cheung
PhD Student at James Hutton Institute
Research Interest: Bioinformatics, Plant Pathology, Genetics and Resistance

Jack Allan Cockerill
PhD Student at University of Strathclyde
jack.allan-cockerill.2019@uni.strath.ac.uk
Research Interest: Identifying peptide inhibitors for the acyltransferase zDHHC-17 to help understand how it regulates cell pathways in pancreatic beta cells and neurons

Victor H. Villar Cortes
Junior Group Leader at University of St Andrews
Research Interest: Cancer Metabolism, Biomarkers, LCMS Metabolomics and Cell Signaling

Debabrata Dutta
Postdoctoral Researcher at Heriot-Watt University
Research Interest: Molecular Plant Pathology, Auxin Transporters and Protein Modelling

Tegan Gaetano
PhD Student at University of Aberdeen
Research Interest: Pollination, Ecology, Nutrition, Genomics and Hymenoptera

Kay Grace
PhD Student at University of the West of Scotland
Research Interest: Parasitology, Ecotoxicology and Zoology

Sean Thomas Graham
PhD Student at University of Aberdeen
Research Interest: Biophysics, Bere Barley, Plant-Soil Interactions, Rhizosheath and Root Hairs

Ines Jmel-Boyer
PhD Student at University of Dundee
Research Interest: Asymmetric Cell Division in Drosophila Neural Stem Cells

Namanpreet Kaur
PhD Student at University of Dundee
Research Interest: Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodevelopment and Intellectual Disability

Nuruddin Mahadik
PhD Student at Robert Gordon University
Research Interest: Nano based drug delivery systems, development of multi-target treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease

Nicola Morrice
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Dundee
Research Interest: Dementia, DNA Damage, Diabetes and Metabolism

Amy Newall
PhD Student at the University of Edinburgh
Research Interest: Plant Photobiology and Protein Production

Lydia Niemi
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of the Highlands and Islands
Research Interest: Emerging Contaminants, Pharmaceutical Pollution, Sustainable Healthcare, Wastewater Treatment and Instrumental Analysis

Dr Prosenjit Pal
Senior Research Associate at the University of Dundee
Research Interest: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Tina Sarapa
PhD Researcher at Heriot-Watt University
Research Interest: Photoactivatable Fluorophores and Single Molecule Localisation Microscopy

Livia C T Scorza
Data Team Leader at University of Edinburgh
Research Interest: Open Science, FAIR Data, Data Curation and Data Sharing

Jamie Whitelaw
Lecturer at University of the West of Scotland
Research Interest: Toxoplasma, Host-Parasite Interactions, Cytoskeleton, Actin, Cell Migration

Meng Wu
CDT SuMMeR Postgraduate Researcher at Heriot-Watt University
Research Interest: Fisheries Science, Data Science and Energy Transition Engineering for Fishing Activities
