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Miss Ella Kitching
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Research Associate
Chemistry
Research student
Chemistry
Overview
I am a Research Associate in Automation of Electron Microscopy, with interests in quantitative HAADF-STEM and iDPC-STEM, three-dimensional imaging, and Python programming for image simulation and analysis.
I work within the Cardiff Catalysis Institute with Dr Thomas Slater to develop and apply aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy workflows for the characterisation of heterogenous catalysts and nanoparticles at atomic resolution.
Publication
2025
- Abdelsalam, I. et al., 2025. Plasmonically Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution on Anisotropic AuPt Nanowires with Submonolayer Pt Surface Coverage. Small 21 (50) e10990. (10.1002/smll.202510990)
- Li, R. et al. 2025. Balancing activity and stability in phenol oxidation via in situ H2O2 generation over Fe‐modified AuPd catalysts. ChemCatChem 17 (22) e01264. (10.1002/cctc.202501264)
- Li, R. et al. 2025. Oxidative degradation of phenol via in-situ generation of H2O2 in a flow reactor. Catalysis Letters 155 (11) 373. (10.1007/s10562-025-05221-3)
- Williams, J. O. et al. 2025. The influence of reaction conditions on selective acetylene hydrogenation over sol immobilisation prepared AgPd/Al2O3 catalysts. ChemCatChem 17 (18) e202401794. (10.1002/cctc.202401794)
2024
- Oberhauser, W. et al., 2024. Effect of Pt nanoparticle morphology on the aerobic oxidation of ethylene glycol to glycolic acid in water. Inorganic Chemistry 63 (48), pp.22912-22922. (10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c03970)
- Nguyen, X. T. et al., 2024. Aqueous phase reforming by platinum catalysts: Effect of particle size and carbon support. Catalysts 14 (11) 798. (10.3390/catal14110798)
Articles
- Abdelsalam, I. et al., 2025. Plasmonically Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution on Anisotropic AuPt Nanowires with Submonolayer Pt Surface Coverage. Small 21 (50) e10990. (10.1002/smll.202510990)
- Li, R. et al. 2025. Balancing activity and stability in phenol oxidation via in situ H2O2 generation over Fe‐modified AuPd catalysts. ChemCatChem 17 (22) e01264. (10.1002/cctc.202501264)
- Li, R. et al. 2025. Oxidative degradation of phenol via in-situ generation of H2O2 in a flow reactor. Catalysis Letters 155 (11) 373. (10.1007/s10562-025-05221-3)
- Williams, J. O. et al. 2025. The influence of reaction conditions on selective acetylene hydrogenation over sol immobilisation prepared AgPd/Al2O3 catalysts. ChemCatChem 17 (18) e202401794. (10.1002/cctc.202401794)
- Oberhauser, W. et al., 2024. Effect of Pt nanoparticle morphology on the aerobic oxidation of ethylene glycol to glycolic acid in water. Inorganic Chemistry 63 (48), pp.22912-22922. (10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c03970)
- Nguyen, X. T. et al., 2024. Aqueous phase reforming by platinum catalysts: Effect of particle size and carbon support. Catalysts 14 (11) 798. (10.3390/catal14110798)
Biography
Started PhD studies at Cardiff University in 2022, supervised by Dr Tom Slater and Professor Stuart Taylor.
Earned First Class Honours in BEng Materials Science and Engineering, 2019-2022 at Queen Mary University of London.
Honours and awards
- Winner of EMAG Best Student Poster at MMC 2023.
Professional memberships
- Institute of Physics, Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group (EMAG) member.
- Royal Microscopy Society member.
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Electron microscopy