UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
2007 - 2010 University of Southampton - Ph.D. with Prof. P.A. Gale & Prof. M.B. Hursthouse
2004 - 2007 University of Exeter - B.Sc. 1st in Biomedicinal Chemistry
POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING
03/2014 – 03/2015 PDRA with Prof. P.A. Gale (University of Southampton) and Dr. M. Sambrook (Dstl UK Porton Down)
10/2010 – 02/2014 PDRA with Prof. P.A. Gale (University of Southampton)
INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS
10/2022 – onwards Professor in Supramolecular Chemistry, University of Kent
10/2020 – 10/2024 UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Kent
10/2019 – 09/2022 Reader in Supramolecular Chemistry, University of Kent
10/2019 – 11/2020 Director of Innovation and Enterprise for the School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent
10/2016 – 09/2019 Lecturer of Organic Chemistry, University of Kent
04/2015 – 03/2018 Caldin Research Fellow, University of Kent
ACADEMIC PRIZES SINCE 2015
- Won (WISC) – 06/09/2023 – German Chemical Society EDI Prize (2023), Women in Supramolecular Chemistry, for our work 2018-2022
- Won – 08/11/2022 – University of Kent Award – Inspiring Leader (2022)
- Won – 06/07/2021 – University of Kent Consolidator Research Prize (2021)
- Won – 02/03/2017 – University of Kent Starting Research Award (2017)
- WISC Nominated – Royal Society of Chemistry Inclusion and Diversity Prize (2022, 2023) –
Women in Supramolecular Chemistry, for our work 2018-2022
- Nominated – 16/05/2023 – University of Kent EDI staff award (2023)
SUMMARY OF PUBLICATIONS
77 x publications in peer-reviewed journals (cited >2905, h-index = 28, i10-index = 52 (Google Scholar)), 2 x book chapters, editor for 1 x book, 13 x editorials, 1 x book, 1 x book commissioned, and 1 x book chapters accepted for publication.
Patent application details: Talin Shock Absorbing Materials: PCT Patent Application No.: PCT/GB2023/052918, filed 08/11/2023 | Supramolecular Self-associating Amphiphiles as novel weapons in the fight against antimicrobial resistance: European Patent Application No. 18743767.8, filed September 8, 2020 | U.S. Patent Application No. 16/632,194, filed January 17, 2020
POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISIONS SINCE 2015
Past supervisions: 3 x PDRA, 5 x PhD, 1 x technician and 15 x MRes students. Present supervisions: 1 x Fellow, 2 x PDRA, 11 x PhD students and 2 x technician