About Me

I am a Research Fellow in Energy and Sustainability at Keele University. Previously I was an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow working with Prof Paul O'Brien in the School of Chemistry, University of Manchester. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Cambridge in 2012 and then continued in the Dept. of Chemistry there studying for a PhD. under Prof. Dominic Wright and Prof. Ali Alavi, FRS, where I specialised in single source precursors to inorganic materials.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

ACADEMIC HISTORY

Single Source Precursors to Inorganic Materials

My major focus has so far been on the development of novel precursors to inorganic materials. See doi: 10.1039/C4CC04421E, doi: 10.1002/anie.201412200, and doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01288

Nanomaterials/2D Materials

My research interests are rotating towards the development of novel routes to synthesis and functionalise these exciting class of materials.

Main Group Chemistry

p-Block chemistry remains a passion of mine, through the vast array of interesting reactions that are possible. See doi: 10.1039/C7CC01938F, doi: 10.1002/ejic.201500177 and doi: 10.1002/anie.201702558.

2017 - Present

Keele University

Research Fellow in Energy and Sustainability.

2016 - 2017

University of Manchester

EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow with Prof. Paul O'Brien. Key area of research: kesterite solar cells.

2012 - 2016

University of Cambridge

PhD under Prof Dominic S. Wright and Prof. Ali Alavi, FRS. Project title: Main Group Doped Graphites and Polyoxotitanate Cages - Inorganic Materials for Energy Applications.

2008 - 2012

University of Cambridge

MSci in Natural Sciences (1st Class, Cambridge).