Career
Date | Position | Institute |
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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 |
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2008 – 2012 |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
University of Bristol |
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 |
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 |
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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 |