BAXENDALE Research Group
Yingfeng (Linda) Zhang
4th year PhD student
Yingfeng was born in Beijing in China. She graduated with a BSc in Natural Sciences (Chemistry and Mathematics) from Durham University and continued to work on research projects with Prof. Ian Baxendale. Her PhD projects focus on the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds with broad applicability in industry and enabling technologies at a large scale.
Haijing Wang
4th year PhD student
Haijing was born in Dalian in China. She studied chemistry at Durham University and graduated with MChem degree. She continued with chemistry PhD at Durham University and joined Prof. Baxendale's research group. Her research topic was focused on the synthesis of small organic molecules and improve the synthetic strategy to be cheaper, safer, more efficient and less time consuming.
Diego Alvares Bustos
2nd year PhD student
Diego was born in Mexico City and graduated National Polytechnic Institute masters in engineering of hidrocarborn and related energies. His PhD research project focuses on the design of catalyst for the treatment of biofuels.
Haoyang Wang
2nd year phD Student
Haoyang (Born 2000) is from Yantai, China. He got his master degree in Durham and is now a PhD student studying photosynthesis of cyclic amino acids.