Dr Lauren Hatcher
Royal Society University Research Fellow
- HatcherL1@caerdydd.ac.uk
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Dr Hatcher's research is focussed on the study of photo-active crystalline materials at the atomic scale. By understanding the relationship between a crystal's structure and its useful bulk properties, we can rationally design new materials with structures optimised to target a particular application or functionality.
Alongside an interest in a range of switchable molecular materials, Dr Hatcher is currently focussed on developing light-responsive ferroelectric materials for solar energy applications. This work is delivered in two parallel streams, with stream one focussed on materials design and stream two on dynamic X-ray diffraction method development. Stream one incorporates aspects of organic/organometallic synthetic chemistry, framework synthesis, analytical chemistry methods and crystallization techniques. Stream two combines a range of in-situ X-ray diffraction methods (particularly photocrystallography) with time-resolved experimentation, providing complete 3D structure information at timescales ranging from minutes down to picoseconds.
Selected publications:
Chem. Mat., (2020). Phase behavior and substitution limit of mixed cesium-formamidinium lead triiodide perovskites, 32(6), 2282-2291.
Acc. Chem. Res., (2019), Photocrystallographic Studies on Transition Metal Nitrito Metastable Linkage Isomers: Manipulating the Metastable State, 52(4), 1079-1088.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., (2018), Monitoring photo-induced population dynamics in metastable linkage isomer crystals: a crystallographic kinetic study of [Pd(Bu4dien)NO2]BPh4, 20(8), 5874-5886.
Nat. Commun., (2017), A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer-based chemical sensor, 8(1), 1-9.
Cyhoeddiad
2023
- Bryant, M. J., Fuertes, S., Hatcher, L. E., Thomas, L. H. and Raithby, P. R. 2023. Structural modifications to platinum(ii) pincer complexes resulting in changes in their vapochromic and solvatochromic properties. Faraday Discussions (10.1039/d3fd00025g)
2022
- Hatcher, L. E., Saunders, L. K. and Coulson, B. A. 2022. Uncovering the role of non-covalent interactions in solid-state photoswitches by non-spherical structure refinements with NoSpherA2. Faraday Discussions (10.1039/d2fd00158f)
- Hatcher, L. E. et al. 2022. LED-pump-X-ray-multiprobe crystallography for sub-second timescales. Communications Chemistry 5(1), article number: 102. (10.1038/s42004-022-00716-1)
- Coulson, B. A. and Hatcher, L. E. 2022. Exploring the influence of polymorphism and chromophore co-ligands on linkage isomer photoswitching in [Pd(bpy4dca)(NO2)2]. CrystEngComm 24(20), pp. 3701-3714. (10.1039/D2CE00213B)
2020
- Hatcher, L. E., Burgess, A. J., Payne, P. and Wilson, C. C. 2020. From structure to crystallisation and pharmaceutical manufacturing: the CSD in CMAC Workflows. CrystEngComm 22, pp. 7475-7489. (10.1039/D0CE00898B)
- Hatcher, L. E., Li, W., Payne, P., Benyahia, B., Rielly, C. D. and Wilson, C. C. 2020. Tuning morphology in active pharmaceutical ingredients: controlling the crystal habit of lovastatin through solvent choice and non-size-matched polymer additives. Crystal Growth and Design 20(9), pp. 5854-5862. (10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00470)
- Kaminski, R. et al. 2020. Instrument-model refinement in normalized reciprocal-vector space for X-ray Laue diffraction. Journal of Applied Crystallography 53(5), pp. 1370-1375. (10.1107/S1600576720011929)
- Charles, B. et al. 2020. Phase behavior and substitution limit of mixed cesium-formamidinium lead triiodide perovskites. Chemistry of Materials 32(6), pp. 2282-2291. (10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04032)
- Hatcher, L. E., Warren, M. R., Pallipurath, A. R., Saunders, L. K. and Skelton, J. M. 2020. Watching photochemistry happen: recent developments in dynamic single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. In: 21st Century Challenges in Chemical Crystallography I., Vol. 185. Structure and Bonding Springer-verlag, pp. 199-238., (10.1007/430_2020_78)
2019
- Saunders, L. K. et al. 2019. Exploring short strong hydrogen bonds engineered in organic acid molecular crystals for temperature dependent proton migration behaviour using single crystal synchrotron X-ray diffraction (SCSXRD). CrystEngComm 21(35) (10.1039/C9CE00925F)
- Turner, T. D., Hatcher, L. E., Wilson, C. C. and Roberts, K. J. 2019. Habit modification of the active pharmaceutical ingredient lovastatin through a predictive solvent selection approach. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 108(5) (10.1016/j.xphs.2018.12.012)
- Hatcher, L. E., Skelton, J. M., Warren, M. R. and Raithby, P. R. 2019. Photocrystallographic studies on transition metal nitrito metastable linkage isomers: manipulating the metastable state. Accounts of Chemical Research 52(4) (10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00018)
2018
- Hatcher, L. E. 2018. Understanding solid-state photoswitching in [ReIJOMe2-bpy)IJCO)3IJη1-NO2)] crystals via in situ photocrystallography. CrystEngComm 20(39), article number: 5990. (10.1039/C8CE00774H)
- Saunders, L. K. et al. 2018. Tuning charge-assisted and weak hydrogen bonds in molecular complexes of the proton sponge DMAN by acid co-former substitution. CrystEngComm 20(22) (10.1039/C8CE00443A)
- Gee, W. J., Hatcher, L. E., Cameron, C. A., Stubbs, C., Warren, M. R., Burrows, A. D. and Raithby, P. R. 2018. Evaluating iodine uptake in a crystalline sponge using dynamic X-ray crystallography. Inorganic Chemistry 57(9), pp. 4959-4965. (10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03218)
- Henderson, J. et al. 2018. New polymorphs of perylene: tetracyanoquinodimethane charge transfer cocrystals. Crystal Growth and Design 18(4), pp. 2003-2009. (10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01391)
- Hatcher, L. E., Skelton, J. M., Warren, M. R., Stubbs, C., da Silva, E. L. and Raithby, P. R. 2018. Monitoring photo-induced population dynamics in metastable linkage isomer crystals: a crystallographic kinetic study of [Pd(Bu4dien)NO2]BPh4. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20(8) (10.1039/C7CP05422J)
2017
- Bryant, M. J. et al. 2017. A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer-based chemical sensor. Nature Communications 8, article number: 1800. (10.1038/s41467-017-01941-2)
- Hatcher, L. E. and Raithby, P. R. 2017. The impact of hydrogen bonding on 100% photo-switching in solid-state nitro-nitrito linkage isomers. CrystEngComm 19(42) (10.1039/C7CE01366C)
2016
- Hendon, C. H. et al. 2016. Magnetic coupling in a hybrid Mn(ii) acetylene dicarboxylate. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18(48) (10.1039/C6CP06886C)
- Woodall, C. H. et al. 2016. Observation of a re-entrant phase transition in the molecular complex tris(μ2-3,5-diisopropyl-1,2,4-triazolato-κ2N1:N2)trigold(I) under high pressure. IUCrJ 3(5), pp. 376. (10.1107/S2052252516013129)
- Hatcher, L. E. 2016. Raising the (metastable) bar: 100% photo-switching in [Pd(Bu4dien)(η1-O2)]+ approaches ambient temperature. CrystEngComm 18(22), pp. 4180-4187. (10.1039/C5CE02434J)
- Murray, A. T. et al. 2016. Modelling flavoenzymatic charge transfer events: development of catalytic indole deuteration strategies. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 14(15), pp. 3787-3792. (10.1039/C6OB00361C)
- Shepherd, H. et al. 2016. A high pressure investigation of the order-disorder phase transition and accompanying spin crossover in [FeL12](ClO4)2 (L1 = 2,6-bis{3-methylpyrazol-1-yl}-pyrazine). Magnetochemistry 2(1), pp. -., article number: 9. (10.3390/magnetochemistry2010009)
2015
- Skelton, J. M., Lora da Silva, E., Crespo-Otero, R., Hatcher, L. E., Raithby, P. R., Parker, S. C. and Walsh, A. 2015. Electronic excitations in molecular solids: bridging theory and experiment. Faraday Discussions 177 (10.1039/C4FD00168K)
- Skelton, J. M., Crespo-Otero, R., Hatcher, L. E., Parker, S. C., Raithby, P. R. and Walsh, A. 2015. Energetics, thermal isomerisation and photochemistry of the linkage-isomer system [Ni(Et4dien)(η2-O,ON)(η1-NO2)]. CrystEngComm 17(2) (10.1039/C4CE01411A)
2014
- Woodall, C. H. et al. 2014. Tunable trimers: using temperature and pressure to control luminescent emission in gold(I) pyrazolate-based trimers. Chemistry - A European Journal 20(51), pp. 16933-16942. (10.1002/chem.201404058)
- Hatcher, L. E. and Raithby, P. R. 2014. Dynamic single-crystal diffraction studies using synchrotron radiation. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 277-27, pp. 69-79. (10.1016/j.ccr.2014.02.021)
- Hatcher, L. E. et al. 2014. Thermal and photochemical control of nitro-nitrito linkage isomerism in single-crystals of [Ni(medpt)(NO2)(η2-ONO]. CrystEngComm 16(35) (10.1039/C4CE00675E)
- Hatcher, L. E. et al. 2014. Steady‐state and pseudo‐steady‐state photocrystallographic studies on linkageiIsomers of [Ni(Et4dien)(η2‐O,ON)(η1‐NO2)]: identification of a new linkage isomer. Chemistry - A European Journal 20(11), pp. 3128-3134. (10.1002/chem.201304172)
2013
- Hatcher, L. E. and Raithby, P. R. 2013. Solid-state photochemistry of molecular photo-switchable species: the role of photocrystallographic techniques. Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications 69(12) (10.1107/S010827011303223X)
- Woodall, C. H. et al. 2013. Hingeless negative linear compression in the mechanochromic gold complex [(C6F5Au)2(μ‐1,4‐diisocyanobenzene)]. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 52(37) (10.1002/anie.201302825)
2012
- Jarvis, A. G. et al. 2012. Photochemical-mediated solid-state [2+2]-cycloaddition reactions of an unsymmetrical dibenzylidene acetone (monothiophos-dba). CrystEngComm 14(17) (10.1039/c2ce25480h)
- Warren, M. R. et al. 2012. Photoactivated linkage isomerism in single crystals of nickel, palladium and platinum di-nitro complexes – a photocrystallographic investigation. Dalton Transactions 41(42) (10.1039/c2dt30314k)
- Bajwa, S. E. et al. 2012. On the appearance of nitrite anion in [PdX(OAc)L2] and [Pd(X)(C^N)L] syntheses (X = OAc or NO2): photocrystallographic identification of metastable Pd(η1-ONO)(C^N)PPh3. Chemical Science 3(5) (10.1039/c2sc01050j)
2011
- Hatcher, L. E. et al. 2011. Metastable linkage isomerism in [Ni(Et4dien)(NO2)2]: a combined thermal and photocrystallographic structural investigation of a Nitro/Nitrito interconversion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50(36), pp. 8371-8374. (10.1002/anie.201102022)
Articles
- Bryant, M. J., Fuertes, S., Hatcher, L. E., Thomas, L. H. and Raithby, P. R. 2023. Structural modifications to platinum(ii) pincer complexes resulting in changes in their vapochromic and solvatochromic properties. Faraday Discussions (10.1039/d3fd00025g)
- Hatcher, L. E., Saunders, L. K. and Coulson, B. A. 2022. Uncovering the role of non-covalent interactions in solid-state photoswitches by non-spherical structure refinements with NoSpherA2. Faraday Discussions (10.1039/d2fd00158f)
- Hatcher, L. E. et al. 2022. LED-pump-X-ray-multiprobe crystallography for sub-second timescales. Communications Chemistry 5(1), article number: 102. (10.1038/s42004-022-00716-1)
- Coulson, B. A. and Hatcher, L. E. 2022. Exploring the influence of polymorphism and chromophore co-ligands on linkage isomer photoswitching in [Pd(bpy4dca)(NO2)2]. CrystEngComm 24(20), pp. 3701-3714. (10.1039/D2CE00213B)
- Hatcher, L. E., Burgess, A. J., Payne, P. and Wilson, C. C. 2020. From structure to crystallisation and pharmaceutical manufacturing: the CSD in CMAC Workflows. CrystEngComm 22, pp. 7475-7489. (10.1039/D0CE00898B)
- Hatcher, L. E., Li, W., Payne, P., Benyahia, B., Rielly, C. D. and Wilson, C. C. 2020. Tuning morphology in active pharmaceutical ingredients: controlling the crystal habit of lovastatin through solvent choice and non-size-matched polymer additives. Crystal Growth and Design 20(9), pp. 5854-5862. (10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00470)
- Kaminski, R. et al. 2020. Instrument-model refinement in normalized reciprocal-vector space for X-ray Laue diffraction. Journal of Applied Crystallography 53(5), pp. 1370-1375. (10.1107/S1600576720011929)
- Charles, B. et al. 2020. Phase behavior and substitution limit of mixed cesium-formamidinium lead triiodide perovskites. Chemistry of Materials 32(6), pp. 2282-2291. (10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04032)
- Saunders, L. K. et al. 2019. Exploring short strong hydrogen bonds engineered in organic acid molecular crystals for temperature dependent proton migration behaviour using single crystal synchrotron X-ray diffraction (SCSXRD). CrystEngComm 21(35) (10.1039/C9CE00925F)
- Turner, T. D., Hatcher, L. E., Wilson, C. C. and Roberts, K. J. 2019. Habit modification of the active pharmaceutical ingredient lovastatin through a predictive solvent selection approach. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 108(5) (10.1016/j.xphs.2018.12.012)
- Hatcher, L. E., Skelton, J. M., Warren, M. R. and Raithby, P. R. 2019. Photocrystallographic studies on transition metal nitrito metastable linkage isomers: manipulating the metastable state. Accounts of Chemical Research 52(4) (10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00018)
- Hatcher, L. E. 2018. Understanding solid-state photoswitching in [ReIJOMe2-bpy)IJCO)3IJη1-NO2)] crystals via in situ photocrystallography. CrystEngComm 20(39), article number: 5990. (10.1039/C8CE00774H)
- Saunders, L. K. et al. 2018. Tuning charge-assisted and weak hydrogen bonds in molecular complexes of the proton sponge DMAN by acid co-former substitution. CrystEngComm 20(22) (10.1039/C8CE00443A)
- Gee, W. J., Hatcher, L. E., Cameron, C. A., Stubbs, C., Warren, M. R., Burrows, A. D. and Raithby, P. R. 2018. Evaluating iodine uptake in a crystalline sponge using dynamic X-ray crystallography. Inorganic Chemistry 57(9), pp. 4959-4965. (10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03218)
- Henderson, J. et al. 2018. New polymorphs of perylene: tetracyanoquinodimethane charge transfer cocrystals. Crystal Growth and Design 18(4), pp. 2003-2009. (10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01391)
- Hatcher, L. E., Skelton, J. M., Warren, M. R., Stubbs, C., da Silva, E. L. and Raithby, P. R. 2018. Monitoring photo-induced population dynamics in metastable linkage isomer crystals: a crystallographic kinetic study of [Pd(Bu4dien)NO2]BPh4. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20(8) (10.1039/C7CP05422J)
- Bryant, M. J. et al. 2017. A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer-based chemical sensor. Nature Communications 8, article number: 1800. (10.1038/s41467-017-01941-2)
- Hatcher, L. E. and Raithby, P. R. 2017. The impact of hydrogen bonding on 100% photo-switching in solid-state nitro-nitrito linkage isomers. CrystEngComm 19(42) (10.1039/C7CE01366C)
- Hendon, C. H. et al. 2016. Magnetic coupling in a hybrid Mn(ii) acetylene dicarboxylate. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18(48) (10.1039/C6CP06886C)
- Woodall, C. H. et al. 2016. Observation of a re-entrant phase transition in the molecular complex tris(μ2-3,5-diisopropyl-1,2,4-triazolato-κ2N1:N2)trigold(I) under high pressure. IUCrJ 3(5), pp. 376. (10.1107/S2052252516013129)
- Hatcher, L. E. 2016. Raising the (metastable) bar: 100% photo-switching in [Pd(Bu4dien)(η1-O2)]+ approaches ambient temperature. CrystEngComm 18(22), pp. 4180-4187. (10.1039/C5CE02434J)
- Murray, A. T. et al. 2016. Modelling flavoenzymatic charge transfer events: development of catalytic indole deuteration strategies. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 14(15), pp. 3787-3792. (10.1039/C6OB00361C)
- Shepherd, H. et al. 2016. A high pressure investigation of the order-disorder phase transition and accompanying spin crossover in [FeL12](ClO4)2 (L1 = 2,6-bis{3-methylpyrazol-1-yl}-pyrazine). Magnetochemistry 2(1), pp. -., article number: 9. (10.3390/magnetochemistry2010009)
- Skelton, J. M., Lora da Silva, E., Crespo-Otero, R., Hatcher, L. E., Raithby, P. R., Parker, S. C. and Walsh, A. 2015. Electronic excitations in molecular solids: bridging theory and experiment. Faraday Discussions 177 (10.1039/C4FD00168K)
- Skelton, J. M., Crespo-Otero, R., Hatcher, L. E., Parker, S. C., Raithby, P. R. and Walsh, A. 2015. Energetics, thermal isomerisation and photochemistry of the linkage-isomer system [Ni(Et4dien)(η2-O,ON)(η1-NO2)]. CrystEngComm 17(2) (10.1039/C4CE01411A)
- Woodall, C. H. et al. 2014. Tunable trimers: using temperature and pressure to control luminescent emission in gold(I) pyrazolate-based trimers. Chemistry - A European Journal 20(51), pp. 16933-16942. (10.1002/chem.201404058)
- Hatcher, L. E. and Raithby, P. R. 2014. Dynamic single-crystal diffraction studies using synchrotron radiation. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 277-27, pp. 69-79. (10.1016/j.ccr.2014.02.021)
- Hatcher, L. E. et al. 2014. Thermal and photochemical control of nitro-nitrito linkage isomerism in single-crystals of [Ni(medpt)(NO2)(η2-ONO]. CrystEngComm 16(35) (10.1039/C4CE00675E)
- Hatcher, L. E. et al. 2014. Steady‐state and pseudo‐steady‐state photocrystallographic studies on linkageiIsomers of [Ni(Et4dien)(η2‐O,ON)(η1‐NO2)]: identification of a new linkage isomer. Chemistry - A European Journal 20(11), pp. 3128-3134. (10.1002/chem.201304172)
- Hatcher, L. E. and Raithby, P. R. 2013. Solid-state photochemistry of molecular photo-switchable species: the role of photocrystallographic techniques. Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications 69(12) (10.1107/S010827011303223X)
- Woodall, C. H. et al. 2013. Hingeless negative linear compression in the mechanochromic gold complex [(C6F5Au)2(μ‐1,4‐diisocyanobenzene)]. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 52(37) (10.1002/anie.201302825)
- Jarvis, A. G. et al. 2012. Photochemical-mediated solid-state [2+2]-cycloaddition reactions of an unsymmetrical dibenzylidene acetone (monothiophos-dba). CrystEngComm 14(17) (10.1039/c2ce25480h)
- Warren, M. R. et al. 2012. Photoactivated linkage isomerism in single crystals of nickel, palladium and platinum di-nitro complexes – a photocrystallographic investigation. Dalton Transactions 41(42) (10.1039/c2dt30314k)
- Bajwa, S. E. et al. 2012. On the appearance of nitrite anion in [PdX(OAc)L2] and [Pd(X)(C^N)L] syntheses (X = OAc or NO2): photocrystallographic identification of metastable Pd(η1-ONO)(C^N)PPh3. Chemical Science 3(5) (10.1039/c2sc01050j)
- Hatcher, L. E. et al. 2011. Metastable linkage isomerism in [Ni(Et4dien)(NO2)2]: a combined thermal and photocrystallographic structural investigation of a Nitro/Nitrito interconversion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50(36), pp. 8371-8374. (10.1002/anie.201102022)
Book sections
- Hatcher, L. E., Warren, M. R., Pallipurath, A. R., Saunders, L. K. and Skelton, J. M. 2020. Watching photochemistry happen: recent developments in dynamic single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. In: 21st Century Challenges in Chemical Crystallography I., Vol. 185. Structure and Bonding Springer-verlag, pp. 199-238., (10.1007/430_2020_78)
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Research Interests:
I am a solid-state organometallic chemist with particular expertise in time-resolved single crystal X-ray diffraction, photocrystallography and crystal engineering of switchable molecular and framework materials.
The structure of a material holds the key to understanding its useful properties and this is why I am fascinated by solid-state chemistry. Single crystal X-ray diffraction provides highly accurate information on the structure of crystalline materials and is used to re-create a 3D image of the individual atoms and molecules. By combining these techniques with in-situ excitation (e.g. light, temperature, pressure and electric fields) and time-resolved methodologies, I aim to create “molecular movies” that show how switchable materials respond to excitation in 3D and in real time.
Research Projects:
Royal Society University Research Fellowship: March 2020 - current.
My current project, Dynamic X-ray Diffraction in Solar Energy Materials Design, develops new photo-active ferroelectric materials and determines the structural basis for their light-induced functionality using in-situ photocrystallographic techniques. Photo-active ferroelectric materials can directly convert sunlight into electricity and are highly desirable for solar energy applications. By developing cutting-edge dynamic X-ray diffraction methods, both at Cardiff and in collaboration with Diamond Light Source, we will watch how these materials interact with light in real-time. This improved understanding will then be taken back into the synthetic lab and used to design new crystals with improved photo-induced ferroelectric capabilities. This research has the exciting potential to deliver real global impact by revolutionising our understanding of solar energy conversion at the atomic scale, which can in-turn lead to the design of new and more efficient solar cells.
Bywgraffiad
Dr Lauren E. Hatcher is a Royal Society University Research Fellow (Mar 2020 – present) in the School of Chemistry at Cardiff University. Prior to this she worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath (RA in Crystallisation Science for Manufacturing (CMAC), Jan 2018 – Jan 2020; RA in the Metastable Materials Research Group, Jan 2014 – Jan 2018). Lauren completed her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Bath in May 2014, under the supervision of Prof. Paul Raithby (Thesis title: Molecular Photocrystallography). She also completed her undergraduate studies at Bath in 2010 (1:1 BSc(Hons) in Natural Sciences with Industrial Placement) and as part of this course spent one year as an Industrial Placement Student in the Small Molecule Crystallography Group at GlaxoSmithKline Services, Harlow.
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
- Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2019)
- CCDC Chemical Crystallography Prize for Younger Scientists, British Crystallographic Association (2017)
- American Crystallographic Association travel grant, American Crystallographic Association meeting, Denver (2016)
- Rigaku travel grant, British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting, Lancaster (2015)
- Journal of Chemical Crystallography poster prize, 63rd American Crystallographic Association meeting, Hawaii (2013)
- Final Year Postgraduate Symposium Prize (Bolland Symposium), University of Bath Department of Chemistry (2013)
- Oxford Cryosystems Low Temperature poster prize, 22nd International Union of Crystallography Congress, Madrid (2011)
- Magaret Etter Student Lecturer Award, 61st American Crystallography Meeting, New Orleans (2011)
- The Leadership Forum Award for Best Chemistry Student, European SET Student of the Year Awards (2010)
- Faculty of Science Prize for Best Natural Sciences Student, University of Bath (2007, 2008, 2010)
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Member of the British Crystallographic Association
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
- Jan 2018 - Jan 2020: Research Associate in Crystallisation Science for Manufacturing (CMAC), EPSRC grant EP/I033459/1, Department of Chemistry, University of Bath
- Jan 2014 - Jan 2018: Research Associate, Metastable Materials Group, EPSRC grant EP/K004956/1 Department of Chemistry, University of Bath
- Feb 2016 - Oct 2016: Impact Acceleration Fellow (secondment), EPSRC grant EP/I01974X/1, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
- BCA Chemical Crystallography Group, Vice-Chair (2018 - 2019)
- BCA Chemical Crystallography Group, Ordinary member (2016 - 2018)
- BCA Young Crystallographers Group, Secretary/Treasurer (2012 - 2014)
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
As our research group specialises in the design of useful switchable materials and understanding the structure-property correlations that are responsible for their functionality, I am highly interested in supervising students with interests in several areas of chemistry, including:
- structural chemistry and crystallography
- analytical chemistry
- synthetic organometallic and inorganic chemistry
- advanced crystallisation techniques.