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EAP 2026 @ Kettering Park Hotel & Spa, 8-10 May
The committee
All our committee members are honourary, made up from early career analytical scientists from both industry and academia. We aim to promote analytical science to a wide audience through the organisation of conferences, symposia and networking events, with a strong focus of Continued Professional Development (CPD).
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Chair Bursaries & Sponsorship Lead
Vice chair Social Media Lead
Secretary
Treasurer
Speaker Liaison Lead
Sponsorships Lead
Events & Website Manager
Events & Entertainment Manager
ASN Committee Member
ASN Committee Member
ASN Committee Member
Bursaries & Sponsorship Support
ADC Representative
Committee profiles
As a research fellow at the Institute of Developmental Sciences at University of Southampton, Dakshat applies biological mass spectrometry led metabolomics approaches within the area of human development and health.
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Dakshat has a PhD in Biological Chemistry from the University of Manchester. Dakshat also holds a postgraduate degree in Forensic Science from King’s College, London & a BSc in Biomedical Sciences from Middlesex University, London. Dakshat's latest research interests include metabolic diseases, personalised nutrition, precision medicine, and healthy ageing. He has experience in population studies, mass spectrometry and vibrational spectroscopic analyses, and large-scale data analysis. Dakshat is keen on promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within academia.
Research Fellow, Human Health and Development, University of Southampton
In 2021 Alexandra received her BSc Biochemistry from Nottingham Trent University. During that
time, she undertook a sandwich placement at Catalent Pharma Solutions with a focus on stability
testing and method validation in a GMP environment.
After graduation, she joined Biosynth as a Quality Control Chemist in which she analyses complex
chemicals, primarily using HPLC, which involves method development. In 2023 she started a part time master’s degree at the University of Manchester, studying Analytical Chemistry and Measurement Science.
Biosynth, UK
Currently a project engineer at Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick. Teena completed her PhD in Electrochemistry under the supervision of Prof. Julie Macpherson at the University of Warwick. Her PhD focused on the application of boron doped diamond electrodes for sensing in biological environments, which involved developing a BDD electrode with lasered regions of sp2-carbon with surface quinone terminations (BDD-Q), that can undergo proton coupled transfer, and therefore is pH-sensitive. Teena’s current research focuses on the characterisation of cathode and anode materials, and their electrochemical testing for battery applications. In her spare time, Teena enjoys travelling, hiking, and recently bouldering!
Project Engineer, Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick
Harriet completed her degree in Forensic Science from the University of Central Lancashire in 2012 followed by a 10 week internship looking at the effect of bacterial LPS on human bone cells in vitro. She subsequently completed an MSc in research titled “Next generation anti-microbial agents; development of novel quaternary indolene salts” at the University of Central Lancashire in 2014.From September 2014 to December 2015 Harriet was employed in the supplements team at LGC in Fordham analysing nutritional supplements and feeds for prohibited substances in sport, using SPE, liquid-liquid extraction, LCMS and GCMS.
From January 2016 to August 2017, she worked in the drug development services at LGC. In this department she was involved in the sample analysis of pre-clinical and clinical samples using LC-MS/MS based methods. After being heavily involved in the school liaison committee especially the organisation and running of the work experience, she decided to put her passion for teaching into a career. After completing her teacher training in 2018 Harriet worked as a Chemistry teacher at a top-performing grammar school in Essex before moving to a boarding school in Suffolk in September 2020.
Teacher of Chemistry, Culford School
Zuzanna has completed her MChem in Medicinal and Biological Chemistry with industrial experience at the University of Edinburgh. During her placement, Zuzanna worked on oligonucleotide drug modalities, which stirred her interest in large molecules. Zuzanna returned to the University of Edinburgh for a PhD project in the Horrocks and Vendrell labs.
Zuzanna developed fluorogenic peptides as novel imaging modalities and worked on different sensitive imaging methods and fluorescence techniques. Her research interest include applications of imaging and analytical techniques to detect biomarkers and stratify disease states in situ and using models.
Raisa is a Scientist in the LC-MS bioanalysis department at Resolian’s Fordham site, where she has worked for two years. She works on the validation of small molecule assays, and subsequent analysis of samples in GxP regulated studies. She is interested in furthering her skills in the development of analytical methods, as well as the project management of studies.
She studied Forensic Science at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and achieved a BSc (Hons). She also won the award for the Best BSc Forensic Science student
Scientist, Resolian UK
Sahand attained his doctorate in veterinary medicine from Shahrekord University, Iran. In 2021, he joined Dr Muhamadali and Professor Roy Goodacre’s research group at the University of Liverpool.
He is currently a 3rd year PhD student at the Centre for Metabolomics Research (CMR) and his PhD research is focused on the application of metabolomics and molecular imaging techniques for a deeper understanding of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial communities. Sahand hopes to contribute to the development of innovative solutions to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.
PhD researcher, University of Liverpool
Joan Josep Soldevila Berreda received his B.S.c in Chemistry at Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) in 2010. From 2010 to 2014 he obtained his Ph.D. in Inorganic and Medicinal Chemistry from Warwick University (U.K.) under the supervision of Prof. Peter J. Sadler. He obtained an IAS early career fellowship (2014–2015) from Warwick University to conduct postdoctoral research at Prof. Peter J. Sadler’s laboratory.
In 2015, he joined Prof. Nils Metzler-Nolte’s group at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) as an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow. He went back to the UK in 2018 as a postdoctoral research assistant at Dr. Nicolas Barry group at the University of Bradford. He is currently working in Biosynth as a team leader in the QC department.
Team Leader, BioSynth UK
Rebecca A. Bedford received her BSc in Biochemistry at the University of Worcester (UK) in 2016) and her MSc in Medical Genomics in 2019 at the University of Birmingham (UK). Following this she spent some time In the NHS doing analytical biochemistry. From 2021 to 2024, she completed her PhD in Pharmacy from the University of Birmingham in organometallic complexes in the fight against cancer.
Rebecca is particularly interested in the interdisciplinary applications of analytical chemistry and organometallic chemistry with cellular biology and biochemistry to evaluate alterations in biological systems using NMR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, ICP-MS, flow cytometry, and HPLC. Her current work is based on the immunological and metabolic changes in patients undergoing surgery which go on to develop opioid addition.​
University of Birmingham
Maximilian Davies is an Analytical Chemist in the Quality Control department at Biosynth
UK. After earning his BSc with Honors in Human Nutrition from Bath Spa University in 2019,
he joined Biosynth as a technician. He was quickly promoted to his current role and is now
also pursuing a part-time master's degree at the University of Manchester. Maximilian has
extensive hands-on experience with a variety of analytical techniques, including High-
Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), and Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance (NMR).
BioSynth, UK
Callum is currently studying for a PhD investigating the role of a genetic region associated with cardiotoxicity in cancer patients following treatment with fluoropyrimidines, a class of chemotherapies used to treat a wide variety of cancers. Prior to this he worked as a clinical research data manager for the NHS where he managed studies across specialities including oncology, obstetrics and gynaecology, and gastroenterology.
Callum was first exposed to analytical science during his MRes which he completed in 2024. He used ICP-MS to determine if Au(III) complexes conjugated to glucose preferentially accumulated in cancer cells and conducted other mechanistic studies to characterise the behaviour of ovarian cancer cells in response to these drugs. He is now interested in how analytical science can be applied to pre-clinical research to ultimately improve patient outcomes
​​Mateusz completed an Integrated Master’s in Physics at the University of Exeter in 2023 where he discovered his love for Raman Spectroscopy. He is currently a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh through the Centre of Doctoral Training in Applied Photonics programme (with NHS Lothian as an industrial partner). His PhD work combines microfluidics, cell culture techniques and Raman spectroscopy to improve how cancerous tumours are treated through radiotherapy.
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​​​University of Edinburgh
Emily completed her degree in Chemistry with Industrial Experience (MChem) at the University of Manchester in 2016. During her industrial experience year at Intertek Pharmaceutical Services Manchester, Emily worked within the GCMS team, developing methods to identify and quantify trace impurities in both industrial and consumer products. After her undergraduate degree,
Emily undertook a PhD in the Barran group at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology. Her project focused upon coupling droplet microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies to a range of different mass spectrometers for the high throughput analysis of synthetic biology targets. She now works at AstraZeneca as an analytical scientist and supports the manufacture of drug substances for use in clinical trials. Her role sees her develop methods for new active pharmaceutical ingredients using a wide range of analytical techniques. Emily has been a member of the committee since 2017 and enjoys chemistry outreach in her spare time.
Senior Analytical Scientist, AstraZeneca