01 TuttleLab

People.

Portrait of Tell Tuttle

02 Group Leader

Tell Tuttle

About Tell

03 Current team

Current team

Portrait of Ross Urquhart

Ross Urquhart

Technical Lead — Computational Work Package, CoreShell Fibre Foundry. PhD in the Tuttle Lab, completed 2025; Postdoctoral Researcher, 2025–present. Research focuses on molecular dynamics simulations of peptides and minimal proteins, alongside machine-learning methods.

Portrait of Raj Kumar Rajaram Baskaran

Raj Kumar Rajaram Baskaran

PhD student, 2024–present. AI algorithms for the design and optimisation of multi-component soft materials.

Portrait of Ryan Fraser

Ryan Fraser

Undergraduate project student, 2023–24; PhD student, 2024–present. Machine-learning-led study of peptoid nanostructures, including nature-inspired acoustics and pore-forming peptoids.

Portrait of Nikita Myasnikov

Nikita Myasnikov

PhD student, 2024–present. AI-driven prediction of aggregation and gel phenomena during peptide synthesis and isolation.

Portrait of Luke Nicholson

Luke Nicholson

PhD student, 2025–present. Researching molecular computing through simulations of PEDOT:PSS, with a focus on how molecular interactions and dynamics respond to external stimuli such as pressure waves.

Attendees at SCoTCH Research Day in March 2026
SCoTCH Research Day, March 2026

04 Alumni

Alumni

Former postdoctoral researchers

2025

  • Alex van Teijlingen

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2023–25.

2024

  • Amritpal Singh

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2022–2024.

2018

  • Gary Scott

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2017–18.

2013

  • Bhaskar Mondal

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2010–2013.

2010

  • Jörg Sassmannshausen

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2009–2010.

  • Qinghua Ren

    Postdoctoral Researcher, 2008–2010.

Former graduate researchers

2025

  • Ross Urquhart

    PhD completed 2025; continued in the group as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Technical Lead.

2024

  • Hamish Swanson

    PhD completed 2024.

2023

  • Alex van Teijlingen

    PhD completed 2023; subsequently continued in the group as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

  • Robert Cordina

    Graduate student, 2023.

2022

  • Krystian Kolodziejczak

    Graduate student, 2022.

2019

  • Allan Young

    Graduate student, 2019.

  • Daniela Kroiss

    Graduate student, 2019.

  • Simon Rohrbach

    Graduate student, 2019.

2018

  • Florimond Cumine

    Graduate student, 2018.

  • Marie-Pierre Dreanic

    Graduate student, 2018.

  • Mark Allison

    Graduate student, 2018.

2017

  • Gary Scott

    Graduate student, 2017; subsequently continued in the group as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

  • Armelle Le Gall

    Graduate student, 2017.

  • Ines Moreira

    Graduate student, 2017.

  • Katie Emery

    Graduate student, 2017.

2016

  • Daniel Cannon

    Graduate student, 2016.

  • Greg Anderson

    Graduate student, 2016.

  • Ivan Ramos-Sasselli

    Graduate student, 2016.

2015

  • Marc Reid

    Graduate student, 2015.

  • Nicola Caldwell

    Graduate student, 2015.

2013

  • Christopher Idziak

    Graduate student, 2013.

  • Pim Frederix

    Graduate student, 2013.

Former undergraduate & summer researchers

2026

  • Tiernan Barry

    Undergraduate project student, 2025–2026.

  • Aine MacLennan

    Undergraduate project student, 2025–2026.

2025

  • Becca Armstrong

    Undergraduate project student, 2024–25.

  • Keaira McNicoll

    Undergraduate project student, 2024–25.

2024

  • Michal Dabrowski

    Undergraduate project student, 2023–24.

  • Sophie Shearlaw

    Undergraduate project student, 2023–24.

2023

  • Ema Mocsonokyova

    Undergraduate project student, 2022–23.

  • Ross Miller

    Undergraduate project student, 2022–23.

  • Zoe MacPherson

    Undergraduate project student, 2022–23.

2022

  • Calum Fyfe

    Undergraduate project student, 2021–22.

  • Melissa Smith

    Undergraduate project student, 2020–2022.

2021

  • Amy Eastcroft

    Undergraduate project student, 2020–21.

  • Rebecca Carr

    Undergraduate project student, 2020–21.

2020

  • Benjamin Clark

    Undergraduate project student, 2019–20.

  • Duncan Ross

    Undergraduate project student, 2019–20.

  • George Lawson

    Undergraduate project student, 2019–20.

2019

  • Cameron Reid

    Undergraduate project student, 2018–19.

  • Hannah Sharratt

    Undergraduate project student, 2018–19.

  • Jack McQueen

    Undergraduate project student, 2018–19.

  • Rachael Phillips

    Undergraduate project student, 2018–19.

2018

  • Andrew Coom

    Undergraduate project student, 2017–18.

  • Caitlin Wright

    Undergraduate project student, 2017–18.

  • Daniel Clarke

    Undergraduate project student, 2017–18.

  • Iain Taylor

    Undergraduate project student, 2017–18.

  • Jasmin Clough

    Undergraduate project student, 2017–18.

2017

  • Christopher Faulkner

    Undergraduate project student, 2016–17.

  • Iain Prentice

    Undergraduate project student, 2016–17.

  • Laura Janssen

    Undergraduate project student, 2017.

  • Samuel Stewart

    Undergraduate project student, 2016–17.

2016

  • Kirsty Anderson

    Undergraduate summer student, 2016.

  • Lauren Barrie

    Undergraduate project student, 2015–16.

  • Luca Bartek

    Undergraduate project student, 2015–16.

  • Pauline Verite

    Undergraduate summer student, 2016.

  • Sarah Dyer

    Undergraduate project student, 2015–16.

2015

  • Emma Matthews

    Undergraduate project student, 2014–15.

  • Fabian Talbot

    Undergraduate summer student, 2015.

  • Jemma Machlachlan

    Undergraduate summer student, 2015.

  • Lisa Cowling

    Undergraduate summer student, 2015.

  • Vincent Montigaud

    Undergraduate summer student, 2015.

2014

  • Iain Cameron

    Undergraduate project student, 2013–14.

  • Kimberley Ross

    Undergraduate project student, 2013–14.

  • Louise Cranston

    Undergraduate project student, 2013–14.

2013

  • Amy Romaniuk

    Undergraduate project student, 2012–13.

  • Jessica Padden

    Undergraduate project student, 2012–13.

  • Sarah Christmas

    Undergraduate project student, 2012–13.

2012

  • Andy Roberts

    Undergraduate summer student, 2012.

  • Ben Snow

    Undergraduate summer student, 2012.

  • Deborah Cleary

    Undergraduate project student, 2011–12.

  • Emily Bell

    Undergraduate project student, 2011–12.

2011

  • Joe Cameron

    Undergraduate project student, 2010–11.

  • Kate Hannaby

    Undergraduate project student, 2010–11.

2010

  • Scott Flemming

    Undergraduate project student, 2009–10.

2009

  • James Fox

    Undergraduate summer student, 2009.

  • Tom Morrell

    Undergraduate summer student, 2009.