People in the Experimental Mechanics of Advanced Materials group, University of Oxford
EMAM People
Group Leader
Researchers
Industrial & Academic Visitors
Students
Daniel Cogbill
DPhil Student
PhD 2022-2026 @ University of Bristol
George Holiday
EngD Researcher
EngD 2023-2027 @ University of Bristol
Haiqi Huang
PhD Student
Graduated 2026 @ University of Bristol
Shaimerden Kuanganov
DPhil Student
DPhil 2026-2030
Bingyu Liu
PhD Student
University of Bristol
Diego Danese
Summer Student
Diego joined the EMAM group for the summer of 2026 between his third and fourth year of Engineering Science undergraduate at the University of Oxford.
Group Photos
EMAM group away day 2025
1. Introduction & what academics do - Prof Dong (Lilly) Liu
2. Tips for 1st year DPhil students (prepare for ToS report) - Andreas Iakovidis
3. Tips on writing papers and common mistakes - Dr Ming (Eric) Jiang
4. Writing up experiment proposals (making contacts, submitting proposals, things to consider/do before running a beamline experiment) - Ari Margetts
5. Good practice in labs (what to do and not do; tips & Resources for DIC.) - Dr Aaron Graham
6. Useful Software/tools to use during your PhD - Dr Robin Scales
Past Members
Ishwor Paudyal
4YP Student 2025-2026
Guanjie Yuan
Research Associate
Paul Forna Kreutzer
Jakub Mieszkowski
Alex Drake
Sarah Mann
Ellie White
Mingji Dai
Siqi He
Dom Oldroyd
Bethan Donovan