Group Members

Mark Searcey
Group Leader

Mark is Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology at UEA. His research interests include the development of novel therapeutics that target DNA and inhibit protein-protein interactions.

Vicky Kamperi
PhD Student

Vicky completed her MSc in the Searcey group researching peptide nucleic acids, before starting her PhD in 2022 investigating DNA modifications to stabilise G-quadruplexes.

Raghad Natsha
PhD Student

Raghad joined the group in 2024 and designs peptides and small molecules that bind to the Holliday junction, a secondary structure of DNA.

Deanne Hayward
EPSRC-funded Post-doc/Senior Research Associate

Deanne joined the group in June 2025 following a post-doc at the Scripps Research Institute with Professor Dale Boger. Deanne carried out her PhD with Andrew Beekman and Mark here at UEA.

Past group members

Dr Suzanne van Wier
Ellie Ivens
Dr Lily Cassidy
Dr Zoe Goddard
Dr Marco Cominetti
Dr Bethany Hood
Dr Ignacio Delso
Dr Andrew Beekman
Kousuke Ohyama
Dr Christopher Marriott
Dr Issa Jyamubandi
Dr Ryan Tinson
Dr Oliver Cartwright
Dr Muayyad Al-Shinayyan
Dr Michael Austin
Dr Michael Stephenson
Dr Sarah Goffin
Dr Richard Steele
Dr Jonathan Cowan
Aled Evans
Dr Estelle Payerne
Dr Bart Dietrich
Prof Zoe Waller
Dr Paul McDermott
Prof Lesley Howell
Dr Farah Baig
Dr Georgia Tsoukala
Dr H. P. Le
Dr Esther Woon
Dr Katherine Jarvis
Dr Meritxell Guinó
Dr David Paumier
Dr Natalia Ortuzar
Dr Anna Brogden
Dr Parvinder Phul
Dr Sukhwant Grewel
Dr Maxwell Casely-Hayford
Dr Petros Tsoungas
Prof Klaus Pors