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Role:Name:Location:Email:
Head of GroupProf Alexandra Olaya-CastroPhysics B12a.olaya@ucl.ac.uk
Postgraduate AdmissionsDr Maxim MolodtsovFrancis Crick Institutem.molodtsov@ucl.ac.uk
Postgraduate TutorDr Zena HadjivasiliouFrancis Crick Institutezena.hadjivasiliou@ucl.ac.uk
Biophysics AdministratorDr Jas Gill-ThindLMCB G02j.gill-thind@ucl.ac.uk
IT ManagerBen Waugh b.waugh@ucl.ac.uk

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Dr Jaime Agudo-Canalejoj.agudo-canalejo@ucl.ac.ukLecturer of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics
Professor Angus Baina.bain@ucl.ac.ukProfessor of Physics
Dr Nicholas Belln.a.w.bell@ucl.ac.ukLecturer in Experimental Biological and Optical Physics
Dr Zena Hadjivasiliouzena.hadjivasiliou@ucl.ac.ukLecturer of Mathematical and Physical Biology 
Professor Bart Hoogenboomb.hoogenboom@ucl.ac.ukProfessor of Biophysics
Dr Kabir Husainkabir.husain@ucl.ac.ukLecturer of Biophysics
Professor Alex Jonesalex.r.jones@ucl.ac.ukHonorary Professor
Professor Phil Jonesphilip.jones@ucl.ac.ukProfessor of Physics
Dr Maxim Molodtsovm.molodtsov@ucl.ac.ukLecturer of Mechanobiology and Biophysics 
Professor Nguyen TK Thanhntk.thanh@ucl.ac.ukProfessor of Nanomaterials
Professor Alexandra Olaya-Castroa.olaya@ucl.ac.ukProfessor of Physics
Professor Ian Robinsoni.robinson@ucl.ac.ukX-ray diffraction
Professor Edina Rostae.rosta@ucl.ac.ukProfessor of Molecular Modelling
Professor Andela Sarica.saric@ucl.ac.ukHonorary Professor

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