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GROUP MEMBERS
Adam Noble (Group Leader)
Adam studied chemistry at the University of Nottingham (MSci, 2008), completing his final year project in the group of Prof. Jim Anderson. He then began his PhD with Jim in Nottingham before relocating with the group to University College London in 2009. After completing his PhD (2012), he moved to the USA to complete postdoctoral studies with Prof. Dave MacMillan at Princeton University. He returned to the UK in 2014 to join the group of Prof. Varinder Aggarwal at the University of Bristol as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. In 2017, he was promoted to Research Officer in the Aggarwal group, where he took on a supervisory role, including leading the photochemistry projects within the group. In 2022, he was promoted to Research Fellow, where he still led the photochemistry projects within the Aggarwal group as well as directing his own independent research. In 2025, he was appointed to an independent lectureship in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol.
Zhihang Li (PhD Student, 2022)
Zhihang studied chemistry at Imperial College London (BSc, 2020), completing his final year project in the group of Prof. Anthony Barrett. He then completed his MPhil studies (2021) at the University of Cambridge in the group of Prof. Michele Vendruscolo. In 2021, he joined the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Technology Enhanced Chemical Synthesis at the University of Bristol. After 8 months of the CDT training, he joined the Noble group to work on photoredox methodology.
Qingwei Guo (PhD Student, 2023)
Qingwei completed his MSc degree in Chemistry at Hainan University in 2023, carrying out research into the design of fluorescent probes to visualise the release of nitroxyl (HNO) under the supervision of Prof. Yang Zhou. In 2023, he joined the Noble and Aggarwal groups as a China Scholarship Council–University of Bristol PhD Scholar, where he works on the development of photoredox methodology, mainly focusing on tandem photocatalytic reactions aimed towards the upcycling of plastic waste.
Jordan Barker (PhD Student, 2024)
Jordan completed his MChem at Newcastle University in 2023, carrying out his final year project under the supervision of Dr Erli Lu, investigating the structures and reactivity of monomeric alkali metal silylbenzyl complexes. In 2023, he joined the TECS CDT at the University of Bristol and has since joined the Noble group to develop photoredox methodology.
Harry Meats (PhD Student, 2024)
Harry completed his MChem degree at the University of Sheffield in 2022, carrying out his final year project in the group of Dr Ben Partridge. Upon graduation, Harry moved to Cambridge to work for the biotechnology company, Illumina, where he applied synthetic chemistry to DNA sequencing technology. In 2023, he joined the TECS CDT at the University of Bristol and has since joined the Noble group to develop photoredox methodology.
Tomos Alderman (PhD Student, 2024)
Tomos undertook his MChem degree in Chemistry at Durham University. He completed his final year project as a visiting researcher in the group of P. Andrew Evans at Queen’s University, Canada, where his research focused on multicomponent reactions involving ketones.
Tomos joined the Noble Group as a PhD student in September 2024, where he is working to develop photoredox methodology.
Aazath Kathar (PhD Student, 2024)
Aazath earned his MSc in Organic Chemistry from Vellore Institute of Technology in 2023, where he completed his final year project under the guidance of Dr. S. Mohana Roopan. After graduating, he began working as a research intern at National Sun Yat-Sen University with Dr. Hsuan-Hung Liao, focusing on the synthesis of chiral phosphoric acid catalysts. In 2024, Aazath was awarded a University of Bristol PhD Scholarship to join the Noble group, where he is working towards the development of tandem photocatalytic reactions aimed at upcycling plastic waste.
Cameron Inglis (PhD Student, 2025)
Cameron completed his MChem degree at the University of Bath in 2021, where he carried out his final-year research project with Prof. Michael Whittlesey, exploring the synthesis, characterisation, and reactivity of novel ruthenium-zinc heterobimetallic complexes. After graduating, he spent over three years at CatSci Ltd in Cardiff as a Process R&D Chemist, gaining experience in small-molecule process development. In 2024, Cameron joined the TECS CDT at the University of Bristol and has since joined the Noble group to develop photoredox methodology.
Jose Villarroel Sanchez (Summer Project Student, 2025)
Jose is an undergraduate at the University of Bristol and has just completed the second year of his MSci degree in Chemistry. He joined the Noble group to spend his summer developing photoredox-catalysed rearrangement reactions.
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