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Principal Investigator
Steven R. Schofield.
Professor of Physics
London Centre for Nanotechnology and
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University College London (UCL).
Mail: London Centre for Nanotechnology, 17-19 Gordon St, London WC1H 0AH, UK.
Office: Room 4.C1 LCN Building.
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7679 9965
Email: s.schofield@ucl.ac.uk
Current PhD Students
 | Andreea-Georgia Predila 2023 - present Currently enrolled | Project: Novel precursor development. |
 | Rebecca Conybeare 2019 - present Currently enrolled | Project: Germanium-based donor systems. |
 | Kieran Spruce 2020 - present Currently enrolled | Project: Donor devices in silicon. |
 | Jamie Bragg 2019 - present Currently enrolled | Project: Reduced dimensional dopant systems in silicon |
Visiting Scholars
 | Niels van Venrooij (University of Iowa, USA) 2023 - present | Electronic and optical effects in dilute donor systems with tight binding and analytical methods.
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Current Masters Students
 | Zeyu Cheng 2024 - 2025 | MSc (Research Masters). Thesis topic: Molecular adsorption for atomic-scale device fabrication. |
 | Jay Patel 2024 - 2025 | MSci (Integrated Masters). Thesis topic: Machine learning for scanning tunnelling microscopy image recognition. |
Current Undergraduate Research Students
 | Adam Klička 2024 - 2025 | Natural Sciences. Review Topic: Solid-state quantum computation |
Past Postdoctoral Researchers
 | 2014 – 2015 | Holly Hedgeland | Post-PDRA Destination: Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship (UCL) |
PhD Alumni
 | Eric Lundgren 2017 - 2022 Graduated | Thesis: "Toward atomic-scale doping of bismuth in silicon: the study of bismuth precursor molecules on silicon (100)" |
 | Procopios Constantinou 2016 - 2020 Graduated | Thesis: "Fabrication and characterization of metallic, two-dimensional dopant δ-layers in silicon" Post-PhD Destination: Postdoctoral research associate, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. |
 | Emily Hofmann 2016 - 2022 Graduated | Post-PhD Destination: Patent attorney, Venner Shipley, London, UK |
 | Alexander Koelker 2014 - 2018 Graduated | Thesis: "Fabrication and characterization of nanoscale dopant devices in silicon" Post-PhD Destination: Development engineer, Fritz-Haber- Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany |
 | Elijah Lator 2014 - 2018 Graduated | Post-PhD Destination: ONRG post-doctoral fellow at IESL-FORTH, Greece. |
 | Manuel Siegl 2013 - 2017 Graduated | Thesis: "Atomic-scale investigation of point defect interactions in semiconductors" Post-PhD Destination: Consultant/manager at d-fine, a European consulting firm specialising in scientific innovation and future-proof solutions for technological sustainability. |
 | Asif Suleman 2012 - 2016 Graduated | Thesis: "Atomic-scale studies of confined & correlated electron states on semiconductor surfaces" Post-PhD Destination: Physics high school teacher at Ark Elvin Academy, Wembley, UK. |
 | Kitiphat Sinthiptharakoon 2010 - 2014 Graduated | Post-PhD Destination: Research Scientist at National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), Thailand. |
 | Adam Rahnejat 2010 - 2014 Graduated | Thesis: "Capturing complex reaction pathways step by step: organic molecules on the Si(001) surface" Post-PhD Destination: Associate Consultant at Capco, a global technology and management consultancy specializing in driving digital transformation.
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Former Visiting Scholars
 | Piotr Ciochoń 2019 (Feb. – May) | Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland |
 | Kim Akius 2018 (Aug. - Dec.) | Leiden University, Leiden, The Neterlands |
 | Mark Wentink 2017 – 2019 | UCL Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
 | Michael Sear 2017 - 2018 | La Trobe University. (Now at: Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie.) |
Master's Alumni
MSc | |||
| 2016 – 2017 | Gabriel Warren | ||
| 2012 – 2013 | Mikaela Bryant-Meisner | ||
MSci | |||
| 2023 – 2024 | Daniel Waisman | Thesis: Machine Learning for Atom and Molecule Recognition | |
| 2023 – 2024 | Michael Ben Shem | Thesis: Atomic Placement of arsenic in germanium | |
| 2022 – 2023 | Luca Dell Antonio | Thesis: Machine Learning for Atom and Molecule Recognition | |
| 2022 – 2023 | Harry Youel | Thesis: Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Atom and Molecule Recognition from STM Imaged Surfaces | |
| 2021 – 2022 | Farah Sheikh | Thesis: Molecular Functionalisation of Molybdenum Disulfide | |
| 2020 – 2021 | Sulayman Desai | Thesis: Using Machine Learning to Identify Atomic Features on Scanning Tunnelling Microscope Images of the Si(001) Surface | |
| 2020 – 2021 | Yunqin Zhang | Thesis: Dissociation of Bismuth Chloride on the Si(001) surface | |
| 2019 – 2020 | Martyna Sienkiewicz | Thesis: Triphenyl Bismuth on Silicon | |
| 2019 – 2020 | Irene Micco | Thesis: Analysing Surfaces of MnBi4Te7 with STM | |
| 2018 – 2019 | Lily Pagano | ||
| 2018 – 2019 | Calvin Tran | ||
2017 – 2018 | Ernesto Zoffmann | ||
2017 – 2018 | Max Kirsch | ||
2016 – 2017 | Jack Trent | ||
2016 – 2017 | Lydia Gascoigne | ||
2015 – 2016 | Akseyen Sellvarajah | ||
2015 – 2016 | Miguel Rivera | ||
2013 – 2014 | Rogel Aaron Regala | ||
2013 – 2014 | Muhammad Kamaludin | ||
2012 – 2013 | Maryam Abdur-Rahman |
Undergraduate Summer Research Student Alumni
| 2022 | Janos Revesz | CMMP Bursady (8 weeks) | |
| 2019 | Sebastian Gorgon | CMMP Bursary (8 weeks) | |
| 2016 | Jakub Mrozek | EPSRC Bursary (10 weeks) | |
| 2015 | Nellie Marangou | EPSRC Bursary (10 weeks) | |
| 2014 | Eric Lundgren | EPSRC Bursary (10 weeks) | |
| 2013 | Andrew Hallam | CMMP Bursary (8 weeks) | |
| 2012 | Noah Waterfield Price | CMMP Bursary (10 weeks) | |
| 2012 | Charlotte Stokes | CMMP Bursary (10 weeks) |