Siu Ying Wong

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PhD Student

Supervisor: Prof. Peter Hore (University of Oxford), co-supervised by Prof. Ilia Solov’yov

Universität Oldenburg
Institut für Physik
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11
26129 Oldenburg, Germany

Room: W16A 1-119
Email: siu.ying.wong@uol.de

Education:
Oct 2015 - Jul 2019 MChem Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford

Current Research:
Spin Dynamics Simulations of Cryptochrome-based Radical Pairs
Developing new spin dynamics simulation techniques to aid the design of behavioural experiments

Previous Research:
Phase Behaviour of 2D Colloidal Systems Using a Repulsive Optical Landscape
(Master Project, Aarts Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford)

Publications

Effects of Dynamical Degrees of Freedom on Magnetic Compass Sensitivity: A Comparison of Plant and Avian Cryptochromes, Gesa Grüning, Siu Ying Wong, Luca Gerhards, Fabian Schuhmann, Daniel R. Kattnig, P. J. Hore, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 22902-22914, (2022)
Nuclear polarization effects in cryptochrome-based magnetoreception, Siu Ying Wong, Ilia A. Solov'yov, P.J. Hore, Daniel R. Kattnig, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 154, 035102, (2021)
Navigation of migratory songbirds: a quantum magnetic compass sensor, Siu Ying Wong, Anders Frederiksen, Maja Hanić, Fabian Schuhmann, Gesa Grüning, P. J. Hore, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Neuroforum, 27, 141-150, (2021)
Cryptochrome magnetoreception: four tryptophans could be better than three, Siu Ying Wong, Yujing Wei, Henrik Mouritsen, Ilia A. Solov'yov, P. J. Hore, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 18, 20210601, (2021)