The Waudby Group

Team

Open Positions

We welcome researchers who wish to undertake a fellowship within the group, and have experience in successfully supporting such applications. Please get in touch with Chris by email to discuss potential funding schemes and project proposals.

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Chris Waudby

Group Leader

Chris read Chemistry as an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Cambridge (St John's College). Following his doctoral research into the mechanisms of protein misfolding and aggregation in the group of Prof Chris Dobson, Chris joined Prof John Christodoulou in the Department of Structural and Molecular Biology at UCL, leading efforts to apply NMR spectroscopy to the study of protein synthesis and co-translational folding of nascent chains on the ribosome and within living cells. He joined the UCL School of Pharmacy as a Lecturer in Biomolecular NMR in June 2022.

Sophia Hazlett

PhD Student

Sophia graduated from UNC where she completed research in the Pielak lab on the crowding effects of sugar-based polymers on protein-complex formation. Sophia's current research focuses on the application of NMR lineshape analysis methods to accelerate fragment lead development.

Kleopatra Savvidou

PhD Student

Kleopatra holds a degree in Biological Sciences and an MSc in Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Leicester. During this time, she conducted research in the Cowley lab, examining the role of two novel PROTACs on class-I Histone Deacetylases and explored the critical domains of the SIN3A deacetylase complex in transcription. Currently, Kleopatra is researching how misfolded proteins are sensed in the endoplasmic reticulum. In her free time, she enjoys travelling, hiking and swimming.

Pallavi Ramsahye

PhD Student

Pallavi completed her degree in Biochemistry (Hons) from the University of Westminster in 2017 where she developed an interest in structural biology under the supervision of Dr Mark Odell, University of Lincoln. She went on to train as a protein biochemist and has worked for several institutions across the UK including at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, with Dr Rob van Montfort as a Higher Scientific Officer. Here, she assisted by developing recombinant protein production and quality control methods for several hit discovery and structural biology projects. Pallavi is interested in protein structural biology and its use informing the design of therapeutics. Currently, Pallavi is researching how misfolded proteins are sensed in the endoplasmic reticulum. In her free time, Pallavi enjoys cooking, travelling, reading, watching documentaries and cycling.

Nikita Harvey

NMR Facility Manager

Nikita manages the NMR facility at the UCL School of Pharmacy and provides training, advice and guidance to researchers and postgraduate students to enable them to make the best use of the instrumentation. Prior to her appointment in July 2023, she held the post of NMR Technician at the National Phenome Centre at Imperial College London, at which she also completed her PhD in the optimisation and application of the DOSY experiment for metabolic profiling of human clinical samples. Nikita also enjoys playing the viola and reading classic literature, fantasy and history books.