Biography

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My research interests lie in molecular self-assembly, and in the use of small-angle scattering techniques to probe the structure and dynamics of nanosized structures. I teach a range of topics within physical and colloidal chemistry. I have particular interest in inclusivity and in the development of students’ practical and professional skills.

Before Keele, I first spent 7 years at the University of Bristol, where I received my undergraduate master’s degree and doctorate. For the latter, I worked in the group of Prof. Julian Eastoe, studying surfactant chemistry and the use of small-angle neutron scattering to probe nanosized self-assembled structures.

After graduating in 2009, I moved to the Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm, Germany, to work as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Helmuth Möhwald on the development of self-healing corrosion-resistant coatings. In 2011 I received a JSPS postdoctoral fellowship to work in the National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan with Dr Takashi Nakanishi, and subsequently became a researcher in the International Center for Young Scientists at the same institute, researching the synthesis, characterisation and application of organic "hydrophobic amphiphiles" for organic electronics. 

School address

Lennard-Jones School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Lennard-Jones Building
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG, UK
Phone (School Office): +44 (0)1782 733033, (Chemistry): +44 (0)1782 731693, (Forensic Science): +44 (0)1782 731694, (Physics): +44 (0)1782 733527
Email: scps@keele.ac.uk

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Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
Dr Tess Phillips
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733038
Email : t.r.phillips@keele.ac.uk

Dr Chris Hawes
Tel : +44 (0)1782 732820
Email : c.s.hawes@keele.ac.uk

Forensic Science and Criminology
Dr Jamie K. Pringle
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733163
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Victoria Cartwright
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Email: v.cartwright@keele.ac.uk

Physics and Astrophysics
Dr Barry Smalley and Dr Joana Oliveira
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Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
Dr Natalie Capel
Tel : +44 (0)1782 733584
Email : n.j.capel@keele.ac.uk

Forensic Science
Sue Shemilt
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Physics and Astrophysics
Dr Juliana Morbec
Email : physics@keele.ac.uk or j.morbec@keele.ac.uk