Operations team

The operations team at the MIF consists of analytical-, automation-, data management-, and microscopy-focused staff, as well as the business support team.

Technical support team

Analytical

Name	Role	Area	Email
Alex Ciupa	Technical Support Supervisor	Chromatography, spectroscopy and particle sizing techniques.	ciupa@liverpool.ac.uk
Krzysztof Pawlak	Technical Support Officer	Spectroscopy methods. Technical lead for UV-VIS, FTIR, FLS, IR and Raman microscopy.	krzysztof.pawlak@liverpool.ac.uk
Steven Robinson	Technical Support Supervisor	Lead on the UPLC-QToF, UPLC-SQD, UPLC-TQD, UPC2-QDa, MALDI MS Imaging and MALDI-TOF.	steven.robinson@liverpool.ac.uk
Pedro Oseliero Filho	Technical Support Supervisor	Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS).	p.l.oseliero-filho@liverpool.ac.uk
Megan Carr	Technical Support Officer	Technical lead for the SEC/GPC systems and assists with the UPLC-MS systems.	megan.carr2@liverpool.ac.uk
Jayne Whitworth	Technical Support Supervisor	ICP-MS analysis, as well as HPLC, FT-IR and GC-MS.	j.whitworth@liverpool.ac.uk
Leo Gould	Technical Support Officer	Associate member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers and certified Lean Six Sigma practitioner.	l.x.gould@liverpool.ac.uk

Automation

Name	Role	Area	Email
Bob Lloyd	Senior Application Technologist	Deployment of leading-edge automation technologies.	robert.lloyd@liverpool.ac.uk
Jack Nicholls	Technical Support Officer	Automated formulation platforms.	jack.nicholls@liverpool.ac.uk
David Whetnall	Technical Support Officer	Automated rheology and formulation. Lead technical contact for the rheology equipment suite.	david.whetnall@liverpool.ac.uk
Athina Nikolaou	Technical Support Officer	Optimising and developing automated processes to increase platform throughput.	anikola2@liverpool.ac.uk
Kyran Breeze	Technical Support Officer	Automated formulation and characterisation workflows.	ekyran@liverpool.ac.uk
Oliver Prowse	Technical Support Officer	Automated systems and high throughput formulation platforms.	oliver.prowse@liverpool.ac.uk

Data management

Name	Role	Area	Email
Paul Sweeney	IT Systems Manager	Microsoft Certified Professional and Member of the British Computer Society.	paul.sweeney@liverpool.ac.uk

Microscopy

Name	Role	Area	Email
Keith Arnold	Technical Support Supervisor	Analytical scanning electron microscopy and technical management in industrial labs.	karnold@liverpool.ac.uk
Owen Gallagher	Technical Support Supervisor	A variety of characterisation techniques, specialising in EM methods.	owen.gallagher@liverpool.ac.uk

Business support team

Name	Role	Area	Email
Doug Parker	Business Development Manager	Research and Business Engagement Lead for Chemical Materials Design at the Henry Royce Institute.	djparker@liverpool.ac.uk
Baris Serhan	Research Technical Professional	Developing cutting-edge software and AI solutions for robotics and lab automation.	baris.serhan@liverpool.ac.uk
Becky Evans	Office Manager and Management PA	Office management and senior administration.	relevans@liverpool.ac.uk
Jayne Bright	Receptionist	Administrative and reception work.	jbright@liverpool.ac.uk