
Research Summary
Lab Members

Andre Ribeiro
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Start date: 2023
Andre is a computer scientist studying causality and new ways of thinking about epistasis. He did his masters at the MIT, his PhD at Cambridge, and his 1st postdoc at Harvard. He is currently doing his 2nd postdoc at UCL.
He enjoys solving puzzles and playing the saxphone.

Roman Zapien-Campos
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Start date: 2023
Roman specialises in stochastic processes and wants to be trained as an experimentalist. He did his PhD at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Biology.
He enjoys football and running, watching movies, building electronics, and cooking.

Sonal
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Start date: 2019
Sonal is interested in understanding how metabolic interactions in microbial communities are shaped by nutrient stress. Currently, she (willingly!) studies yeast populations interacting via stinky gases.
In her free time, she enjoys social dancing and hiking.

Steven Redford
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Start date: 2025
Steven is interested in division of labour and metabolic cooperativity in microbial communities.
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Jamila Rowland-Chandler
PhD student
Start date: 2023
Jamila investigates how the nutrient environment shapes microbial community dynamics. She previously studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge.
In her spare time, Jamila enjoys singing opera and playing D&D.

Chi-chun Chen
Research Assistant
Start date: 2024
Chi-chun (not depicted) works on fundamental problems in evolution using experimental microbial systems.

David Skelding
Resident Physicist
Start date: 2010
David designs robots and other equipment to make previously challenging experiments much easier.In his spare time, David enjoys homesteading and gigging.

Andy Sun
Undergraduate student
Start date: 2023
Andy is working on our liquid handling robot.

Xiaoheng Xu
Undergraduate student
Start date: 2024
Xiaoheng is working on our liquid handling robot.
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King Miao
MRes student
Start date: 2025
King is working on our liquid handling robot.