Career
| Date | Position | Institute | 
|---|---|---|
| 2024 – Present | Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) | Department of Chemistry | 
| 2019 – 2024 | Lecturer (Assistant Professor) | Department of Chemistry | 
| 2017 – 2018 | Visiting Scientist | Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 
| 2014 – 2019 | Research Associate | Department of Chemical Engineering | 
| 2012 – 2014 | Research Assistant | School of Chemistry | 
Education
| Date | Qualification | Institute | 
|---|---|---|
| 2008 – 2012 | Ph.D. Chemistry | University of Bristol | 
| 2004 – 2008 | M. Sci. Chemistry | University of Bristol | 
Teaching Experience
| Years | Course | Institute | 
|---|---|---|
| 2020 – Ongoing | “Kinetics” (Physical Chemistry II) | Department of Chemistry | 
| 2019 – Ongoing | “Spectroscopy for the Interrogation of Biomolecules” (Advanced Chemistry for Life Sciences) | Department of Chemistry | 
| 2018 | “Introduction to Vibrational Spectroscopy” | Department of Chemical Engineering | 
| 2017 | “Introduction to Spectroscopy” | Department of Chemical Engineering | 
| 2015 – 2016 | First Year Chemistry Tutorials | Department of Chemical Engineering | 
| 2013 – 2014 | Introduction to Chemistry Tutorials | School of Chemistry | 
| 2010 – 2011 | Maths Tutorials for Level 1 Chemists | School of Chemistry | 
| 2009 – 2010 | Level 1 Chemistry Tutorials | School of Chemistry | 
Presentations
| Date | Title | Location | 
|---|---|---|
| Date | Title | Location | 
| July 2023 | “Chemical modification of enzymes for enhanced biocatalysis degradation of plastics in ionic liquids”(Poster) | Gordon Research Conference on Plastic Recycling | 
| March 2023 | “Development of new protein-based biomaterials for non-aqueous biocatalysis”(Invited) | QMUL Seminar | 
| February 2023 | “Expanding the Scope and Stability of Biomaterials with Ionic Liquids”(Invited) | University of Nottingham Seminar | 
| December 2021 | “Expanding the design space of gel materials with ionic liquids and protein biofluids”(Oral) | MSILDG Xmas Meeting | 
| September 2021 | “Enhancing the functionality of proteins for non aqueous biocatalysis, room temperature storage, and therapeutic delivery”(Invited) | KCL Pharmacy Seminar | 
| August 2021 | “Enhancing biocatalysis with solvent-free liquid enzymes and ionic liquids”(Oral, pdf) | ACS Fall 2021 | 
| August 2021 | “Solvent-free Liquid Proteins: Enhancing Proteins Through Surface Engineering”(Oral, pdf) | ACS Fall 2021 | 
| July 2021 | “Expanding the design space of gel materials with ionic liquids and protein biofluids”(Oral, pdf) | 15th International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC15) | 
| January 2021 | “Extreme Biomaterials: Enhancing Proteins Through Surface Modification”(Oral) | RSC Biomaterials Chemistry Group Annual Meeting | 
| December 2020 | “Extreme Biomaterials: Enhancing Proteins Through Surface Modification”(Invited) | MA Biodesign Seminar, Central Saint Martins | 
| November 2020 | “The Long and Winding road from Postdoc to Academia”(Keynote) | Imperial College Chemical Engineering Postdoc Symposium | 
| September 2020 | “Extreme Biomaterials: Enhancing Proteins Through Surface Modification”(Invited) | KCL Seminar | 
| February 2020 | “Surface Modification of Enzymes for Non-aqueous Biocatalysis”(Invited) | UW Seattle Seminar | 
| September 2019 | “Expanding the design space of gel materials through ionic liquid mediated mechanical and structural tuneability”(Oral, pdf) | RAMS 2019 | 
| January 2019 | “New Enzymes for Bioethanol Production: New Biotechnologies to Enhance Conversion of Biomass into Sugar”(Invited) | Fuels for the Future 2019 | 
| August 2018 | “Protein-polymer surfactant nanoconjugates for anhydrous biocatalysis”(Oral, pdf) | EUChemS 2018 | 
| August 2018 | “Solvent-free enzyme biofluids for anhydrous biocatalysis”(Oral, pdf) | ACS Fall 2018 | 
| April 2018 | “Solvent-free enzyme biofluids for anhydrous biocatalysis”(Oral, pdf) | MRS Spring 2018 | 
| January 2018 | “Solvent-free enzyme biofluids for anhydrous biocatalysis”(Oral, pdf) | RSC Biomaterials Chemistry Group Annual Meeting | 
| December 2017 | “Protein-polymer surfactant nanoconjugates for anhydrous biocatalysis”(Oral, pdf) | BIOTRANSFORMATIONS: From science to industrial application | 
| July 2016 | “Solvent-Free Functional Biofluids as a Route Towards Highly Stable Biocatalysts in Non-Aqueous Environments”(Oral, pdf / Poster, pdf) | Gordon Research Conference on Biocatalysis | 
| April 2016 | “Protein-polymer surfactant conjugates for anhydrous stability and function”(Poster, pdf) | Chemical Biology Symposium | 
| March 2016 | “Solvent-free Functional Biofluids as a Route for Retained Structure and Improved Protein Stability in Non-aqueous Environments”(Oral, pdf) | ACS Spring Meeting | 
| March 2016 | “Chemically Modifying Enzymes for the Development of Non-aqueous Biocatalysts with Greatly Improved Stability”(Poster) | SET for Britain Finalists | 
| October 2015 | “Protein-polymer surfactant conjugates for anhydrous stability and function”(Poster) | BioProNet Meeting | 
| September 2015 | “Protein-polymer surfactant nanoconstructs for increased solubility and thermal stability in ionic liquids”(Invited Oral) | Postdoc Symposium | 
| June 2015 | “Solvent-free enzymatic biofluids as a route to ionic liquid stable biocatalysts for biomass processing | COIL-6 | 
| December 2014 | “Non-aqueous enzymatic biofluids”(Poster) | Translational Biocatalysis | 
| April 2014 | “Rational Design of Functional Biomolecular Solvent-Free Liquids”(Oral) | MRS Spring Meeting | 
| April 2014 | “Structure and function of solvent-free liquid lipase”(Oral) | Bristol Synthetic and Chemical Biology Symposium | 
| July 2011 | “Structure and function of solvent-free liquid myoglobin”(Poster) | Challenges in Chemical Biology (ISACS5) | 
| September 2010 | “Structure, function, and denaturation of solvent-free liquid myoglobin”(Oral) | RSC Summer Research Symposium | 
| July 2010 | “Structure, function, and denaturation of solvent-free liquid myoglobin”(Poster) | Junior Euro Materials | 
| July 2009 | “Solventless Protein Liquids”(Poster) | M4 Colloids | 
