Career
| Date | Position | Institute |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 – Present | Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) | Department of Chemistry |
2019 – 2024 |
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) |
Department of Chemistry |
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2017 – 2018 |
Visiting Scientist |
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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2014 – 2019 |
Research Associate |
Department of Chemical Engineering |
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2012 – 2014 |
Research Assistant |
School of Chemistry |
Education
| Date | Qualification | Institute |
|---|---|---|
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2008 – 2012 |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
University of Bristol |
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2004 – 2008 |
M. Sci. Chemistry |
University of Bristol |
Teaching Experience
| Years | Course | Institute |
|---|---|---|
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2020 – Ongoing |
“Kinetics” (Physical Chemistry II) |
Department of Chemistry |
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2019 – Ongoing |
“Spectroscopy for the Interrogation of Biomolecules” (Advanced Chemistry for Life Sciences) |
Department of Chemistry |
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2018 |
“Introduction to Vibrational Spectroscopy” |
Department of Chemical Engineering |
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2017 |
“Introduction to Spectroscopy” |
Department of Chemical Engineering |
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2015 – 2016 |
First Year Chemistry Tutorials |
Department of Chemical Engineering |
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2013 – 2014 |
Introduction to Chemistry Tutorials |
School of Chemistry |
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2010 – 2011 |
Maths Tutorials for Level 1 Chemists |
School of Chemistry |
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2009 – 2010 |
Level 1 Chemistry Tutorials |
School of Chemistry |
Presentations
| Date | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | “Expanding the Scope and Stability of Biomaterials with Ionic Liquids” (Invited) | RMIT Seminar Melbourne, Australia |
| November 2025 | “Expanding the Scope and Stability of Biomaterials with Ionic Liquids” (Invited) | ANU Seminar Canberra, Australia |
| November 2025 | “Expanding the scope of enzyme biocatalysis through chemical modification and ionic liquids” (Oral) | COIL-10 Perth, Australia |
| June 2025 | “Enhancing biocatalysis with chemically modified enzymes and ionic liquids” (Invited) | LNBR Seminar Campinas, Brazil |
| February 2025 | “Expanding the Scope and Stability of Biomaterials with Ionic Liquids” (Invited) | University of Nottingham Seminar Nottingham, UK |
| February 2025 | “Expanding the Scope and Stability of Biomaterials with Ionic Liquids” (Invited) | Keele University Seminar Keele, UK |
| December 2024 | “Expanding the scope of enzyme biocatalysis through chemical modification and ionic liquids” (Invited) | Protein and Peptide Science Group Seminar Online |
| July 2024 | “Exploring the design space of ionogels” (Oral) | EuChemS 2024 Dublin, Ireland |
| July 2024 | “Enhancing biocatalysis with chemically modified enzymes and ionic liquids” (Oral) | EuChemS 2024 Dublin, Ireland |
| March 2024 | “Expanding the scope of enzyme biocatalysis through chemical modification and ionic liquids” (Poster) | ACS Spring Meeting 2024 New Orleans, LA, USA |
| March 2024 | “A general surface engineering strategy to stabilize proteins against non-aqueous environment and temperature” (Oral) | ACS Spring Meeting 2024 New Orleans, LA, USA |
| December 2023 | “Combining enzyme surface modification and ionic liquids for a facile strategy to enhance biocatalytic degradation of plastics” (Oral) | Chemical Feedstocks for Sustainable Industry London, UK |
| August 2023 | “Enhancing biocatalysis with solvent-free liquid enzymes and ionic liquids” (Invited) | MSILDG Summer Meeting Cambridge, UK |
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July 2023 |
“Chemical modification of enzymes for enhanced biocatalysis degradation of plastics in ionic liquids”(Poster) |
Gordon Research Conference on Plastic Recycling |
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March 2023 |
“Development of new protein-based biomaterials for non-aqueous biocatalysis”(Invited) |
QMUL Seminar |
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February 2023 |
“Expanding the Scope and Stability of Biomaterials with Ionic Liquids”(Invited) |
University of Nottingham Seminar |
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December 2021 |
“Expanding the design space of gel materials with ionic liquids and protein biofluids”(Oral) |
MSILDG Xmas Meeting |
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September 2021 |
“Enhancing the functionality of proteins for non aqueous biocatalysis, room temperature storage, and therapeutic delivery”(Invited) |
KCL Pharmacy Seminar |
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August 2021 |
“Enhancing biocatalysis with solvent-free liquid enzymes and ionic liquids”(Oral, pdf) |
ACS Fall 2021 |
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August 2021 |
“Solvent-free Liquid Proteins: Enhancing Proteins Through Surface Engineering”(Oral, pdf) |
ACS Fall 2021 |
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July 2021 |
“Expanding the design space of gel materials with ionic liquids and protein biofluids”(Oral, pdf) |
15th International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC15) |
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January 2021 |
“Extreme Biomaterials: Enhancing Proteins Through Surface Modification”(Oral) |
RSC Biomaterials Chemistry Group Annual Meeting |
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December 2020 |
“Extreme Biomaterials: Enhancing Proteins Through Surface Modification”(Invited) |
MA Biodesign Seminar, Central Saint Martins |
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November 2020 |
“The Long and Winding road from Postdoc to Academia”(Keynote) |
Imperial College Chemical Engineering Postdoc Symposium |
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September 2020 |
“Extreme Biomaterials: Enhancing Proteins Through Surface Modification”(Invited) |
KCL Seminar |
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February 2020 |
“Surface Modification of Enzymes for Non-aqueous Biocatalysis”(Invited) |
UW Seattle Seminar |
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September 2019 |
“Expanding the design space of gel materials through ionic liquid mediated mechanical and structural tuneability”(Oral, pdf) |
RAMS 2019 |
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January 2019 |
“New Enzymes for Bioethanol Production: New Biotechnologies to Enhance Conversion of Biomass into Sugar”(Invited) |
Fuels for the Future 2019 |
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August 2018 |
“Protein-polymer surfactant nanoconjugates for anhydrous biocatalysis”(Oral, pdf) |
EUChemS 2018 |
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August 2018 |
“Solvent-free enzyme biofluids for anhydrous biocatalysis”(Oral, pdf) |
ACS Fall 2018 |
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April 2018 |
“Solvent-free enzyme biofluids for anhydrous biocatalysis”(Oral, pdf) |
MRS Spring 2018 |
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January 2018 |
“Solvent-free enzyme biofluids for anhydrous biocatalysis”(Oral, pdf) |
RSC Biomaterials Chemistry Group Annual Meeting |
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December 2017 |
“Protein-polymer surfactant nanoconjugates for anhydrous biocatalysis”(Oral, pdf) |
BIOTRANSFORMATIONS: From science to industrial application |
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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 |
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April 2016 |
“Protein-polymer surfactant conjugates for anhydrous stability and function”(Poster, pdf) |
Chemical Biology Symposium |
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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 |
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March 2016 |
“Chemically Modifying Enzymes for the Development of Non-aqueous Biocatalysts with Greatly Improved Stability”(Poster) |
SET for Britain Finalists |
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October 2015 |
“Protein-polymer surfactant conjugates for anhydrous stability and function”(Poster) |
BioProNet Meeting |
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September 2015 |
“Protein-polymer surfactant nanoconstructs for increased solubility and thermal stability in ionic liquids”(Invited Oral) |
Postdoc Symposium |
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June 2015 |
“Solvent-free enzymatic biofluids as a route to ionic liquid stable biocatalysts for biomass processing |
COIL-6 |
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December 2014 |
“Non-aqueous enzymatic biofluids”(Poster) |
Translational Biocatalysis |
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April 2014 |
“Rational Design of Functional Biomolecular Solvent-Free Liquids”(Oral) |
MRS Spring Meeting |
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April 2014 |
“Structure and function of solvent-free liquid lipase”(Oral) |
Bristol Synthetic and Chemical Biology Symposium |
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July 2011 |
“Structure and function of solvent-free liquid myoglobin”(Poster) |
Challenges in Chemical Biology (ISACS5) |
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September 2010 |
“Structure, function, and denaturation of solvent-free liquid myoglobin”(Oral) |
RSC Summer Research Symposium |
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July 2010 |
“Structure, function, and denaturation of solvent-free liquid myoglobin”(Poster) |
Junior Euro Materials |
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July 2009 |
“Solventless Protein Liquids”(Poster) |
M4 Colloids |
