{"id":51,"date":"2023-10-17T09:57:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/wilson-group\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:42:35","slug":"people-and-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/wilson-group\/people-and-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Current group<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Alastair Wilson, PI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emily Phelps, Postdoc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patrick Sharman, Research Associate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rosie Rickward, PhD student<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Federica Poli, Research Technician<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ross Clifton, PhD student (co-supervisee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phoebe Owen, MRes (co-supervisee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Some recent alumni <\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Francesca Santostefano &#8211;  now living the dream in Montreal, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lenny Yong, postdoc &#8211; now a faculty member at Davidson College, NC, USA <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tom Houslay, postdoc &#8211; now working in industry as a data scientist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pam Prentice, PhD  &#8211; now a lecturer in animal welfare at SRUC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vikram Narayan, PhD  &#8211; now working in human genetics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paula Marjamaki, PhD  &#8211; now working in scientific publishing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Some current collaborators<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column 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