Billal Sohail

Postgraduate Research Student

PhD student in the Maurer group with a focus on computational characterisation of donor-acceptor molecules interaction on metal surfaces.

Academic background:

MSci Chemistry Queen Mary, Universtiy of London. Achieving a First class with honours. 2014 - 2018.

MSci thesis title: 'A theoretical perspective on light harvesting in photosynthetic bacteria'. Supervised by Dr C. Duffy - Queen Mary, Univesity of London

Interests:

I am an enthusiast of strength sports having competed in national and international competions in both the sports of olympic weightlifting and powerlifting. I love martial arts and compete in Brazilian JuiJitsu.

Publications:

Alkali doping leads to charge transfer salt formation in a two-dimensional metal-organic framework - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c03133