My journey with electrochemistry started during my integrated Masters in Chemistry at the University of Southampton, when I joined the Denuault group for a four month internship on the electrodeposition of zinc selenide p-n junctions. I was immediately hooked and spent the next year researching electrochemical desalination of seawater and helping to develop nanostructured palladium for pH sensors. During my final year, I completed a project with Prof. Bartlett on the electrodeposition of copper selenide nanowires, which is where I developed a love for all things nano.
I began my PhD, also at the University of Southampton, in late 2015. I worked in both the Denuault and Birkin groups to use electrochemical methods to detect and characterise single entities such as nanoparticles and bulk nanobubbles. For this, I had to develop skills in the fabrication of nanoelectrodes and nanopores, as well as the use of resistive pulse sensing, high speed cameras, and sound wave analysis.
In 2020, I finished my PhD and, after a short period at a start-up based on electrochemical water-quality monitoring, moved to Poland to take up an assistant professor position at the Institute of Physical Chemistry under the EU’s MSCA PD2PI programme. During this time, I worked in Dr. Nogala’s lab to combine bipolar electrochemistry with fluorescence in order to measure charge transfer processes occuring below the detection capabilities of conventional electrochemical instrumentation. After this, I took a brief postdoctoral position in Prof. Ferapontova’s group in Aarhus, Denmark. There, I contributed towards the application of DNA and aptamer biosensor assays to microelectrode arrays and also developed high capacitance graphite electrodes for biosensors.
Now, I’ve returned to the Institute to join the Sensor Arrays group, where I hope to combine my research experience and develop highly sensitive biosensor assays, whilst also studying the mechanisms of surface modification. My research interests are mostly focussed on single-entity electrochemistry, high-speed charge transfer processes, and electrochemical instrumentation. I also like to write my own custom electrochemical finite element simulations and develop other programmes which can be used to aid electrochemists in their research.
Outside of the lab, I like to cook, read novels, and play video games.
