Meet The Group
Research Staff
Dr Joshua Tully
Understanding and Exploiting Electrochemical Etch Mechanisms in Diamond and Graphitic Materials
Dr Xiangdong Xu
Correlative Electrochemical Multi-Microscopy of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
Research interests: SECCM, electron microscopy.
Dr Dan Houghton
Combined Electrochemical & Electron Microscopy Experiments for Electrocatalyst Evaluation
Research interests: identical location atomic resolution, (S)TEM, electrocatalysis
Dr Rory Downham
Electrochemical Degradation of PFAS
Research interests: mass spectroscopy, environmental investigations.
Dr Lachlan Gaudin
Correlative Electrochemical and Structural Investigations of Next-Generation Catalysts
Research interests: electrochemistry, electron microscopy, spectroscopy, data science.
Dr Xuelei Pan
Coupling in situ Electrochemical Caracterisation Techniques with SECCM
Research interests: electrochemistry, synchrotron X-ray techniques, mass spectroscopy.
Dr Yuqing Wang
Operando Insight into Nanoscale Electrocatalytic Interfaces
Research interests: electrocatalysis, SECCM, EC-AFM, local EIS.
Dr Anjali John
Fabrication of Diamond Nanopores for Sensing Using Resistive Pulse and Quantum-Based Techniques
Research interests: electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, electrochemical metal recovery, metal electrodeposition, BDD corrosion, nanopores, diamond membrane fabrication.
Dr Shayantan Chaudhuri
Single-Source Precursors for the Electrochemical Growth of Functional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductors
Research interests: atomistic simulations, quantum chemistry, machine learning.
Dr Jishnu Pandamkulangara Kizhakkethil
Electrochemical Degradation of PFAS
Research interests: mass spectrometry, separation science applied to environmental monitoring and analysis.
PhD Students
Fengping Tang
Removal of Forever Chemicals Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances From Aqueous Environments
Research interests: electrolysis, fluoride ion selective electrodes, mass spectroscopy.
Callum Crockford
Environmental Electrochemical-EPR: Development of Novel Methods for the Detection and Monitoring of Free Radicals to Optimise Pollutant Removal from Water Systems
Research interests: free radicals, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR), analytical chemistry, 3D printing.
George Pryer-Freeman
Development of Advanced Processing Methods for Diamond.
Research interests: device fabrication, surface characterisation, chemical mechanical polishing, resistivity measurements for p-type diamond.
Calum Davies
Developing Low-Cost Instrumentation and Sensors to Enable Citizen Science
Research interests: nanomaterial composites, 3D printing, spectroscopy.
Georgina Rhodes
Boron Doped Diamond in High-Pressure High-Temperature Applications
Research interests: electrochemistry, SECCM, AFM.
Anesa Martin
Electrochemical Sensor Technology for Point-Of-Care Diagnostics
Research interests: electrochemistry, 3D printing.
Lincoln Summers
Investigation and Optimisation of Electrode Materials for Cochlear Implants
Research interests: neural stimulation electrodes, electrochemistry, EBSD, AFM.
Zhaofei Ge
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Characterisation Analysis
Anna Pushkareva Fazullina
Autonomous Functional Nanopipettes: a New Imaging Platform and the Intelligent Synthesis of Soft Nanobots
Research interests: SECCM, image analysis, computer vision, Python, LabVIEW.
Valdomiro Conceição
Visiting PhD Student from Universidade de São Paulo
Electrochemical Microsensors Based on Boron Doped Diamond and Carbon/Polymer Composites for Analysis in Aquatic Environments
Research interests: sensing, environmental monitoring, electrochemistry.
Charlie Theobald
Development and Field Testing of Low Cost, High Accuracy Sensors to Enable "Citizen Science" Monitoring of UK River Systems
Research interests: citizen science, 3D printing, environmental monitoring.
Tenzing Whitley
Evaluating Electrochemical Cell Design for Electrocatalysis Development
Research interests: 3D printing, hydrodynamic systems, electrocatalysis.
James Tofts
Finite Element Modelling of Electrochemical Systems
Research interests: FEM modelling, system design, COMSOL, electrochemistry.
Fatma Altuğ
Electrochemical Multi-Multicroscopy of Energy Materials for Aqueous Batteries
María José Fernández Menéndez
Collaboration with Prof. Yanling Tian (School of Engineering)
Mobile soft nanorobotics for nanomedicines
Kayleigh Skidmore
Operando X-ray Studies of Proton Exchange Membrane Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Production
Research interests: X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, synchrotron techniques, in-situ studies, electrochemistry.
Hailan Ni
Visiting PhD Student from Eindhoven University of Technology
Bethanie Dean
Collaboration with Prof. Paul Wilson
Patrick Beard
Collaboration with Prof. Paul Wilson
Masters Students
Nurkhan Nurapin
Strain-Induced Electrocatalytic Activity in Ammonia Oxidation Reactions
Amy McCafferty
Developing Destruction and Sensing Technologies for PFAS at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations
URSS Students
Jessica Ward
Developing Low-Cost Sensors for 'Citizen Science' Monitoring of Nitrate in UK Rivers
Research interests: citizen science, 3D printing, environmental monitoring and remediation, water, PFAS.
Alumni