Group Members

Jiayi Chang

BSc Project Student 2025-26

Tiago Jin Pan

BSc Project Student 2024-25

Tiago was an undergraduate student at the University of Edinburgh, studying BSc Medicinal and Biological Chemistry. He grew up in Portugal before moving to Scotland for his bachelor’s degree. His BSc thesis explored how aphantasia, the inability to visualise mental images - affects key chemistry skills, particularly spatial reasoning. Alongside his studies, Tiago has worked as a laboratory technician at Eurofins UK Agro Testing, where he assisted in sample preparation and analysis. He has also been involved in student activities, serving as Social Secretary for the university’s futsal club.

Alaa Alshehri

PGT Project Student 2024

Alaa completed her BSc in Chemistry at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU) in Saudi Arabia in 2018. After graduating, she gained hands-on research experience as a Research Assistant at IAU from August to December 2018, where she developed expertise in various analytical techniques. She then pursued an MSc in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 2024 and earning the Best Talk Prize for her MSc research project under the supervision of Dr. David August. Since 2019, she has worked as a Demonstrator in the Chemistry Department at IAU.

Aaron Jimenez

BSc Project Student 2023-24

Aaron joined the group as our first Science Education BSc student and made major contributions to the group and the field in through his project on identifying skill gaps in undergraduate laboratory education.