Dr Aswin Doekhie
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher with the Sartbaeva group after completing my PhD project with Asel. My thesis was titled “Ensilication of tetanus toxin C fragment for the development of thermally stable vaccines” My Current work is focused on applying ensilication to diphtheria toxins for further vaccine development.
Matt Slade
I joined the group in October of 2017 as the beginning of my PhD studies. I previously obtained my undergraduate degree at Plymouth University in summer 2017, with additional focus on analytical chemistry and a final year research project on synthetic organometallic chemistry, supervised by Dr Antony Lewis. At the University of Bath, I work on furthering the work already undertaken in the group on the stabilisation of vaccines through ensilication.
Lisa Price
I graduated with a Masters in Chemistry from the University of Bath, where I first joined the Sartbaeva group for a final year research project on synthesis, ion exchange and structural characterisation of Zeolite A. In February 2018, I re-joined the group as a first year PhD student to work on the design and synthesis of novel zeolites using both theoretical and experimental methods.
Dom Turski
I re-joined the Sartbaeva group in October 2018 after spending the first year of my PhD year in the Krewald group researching photochemical activation of dinitrogen using quantum mechanics-based modelling techniques. I will spend the remainder of my PhD looking into the growth of zeolite crystals, focussing specifically on surfaces using a combination of geometric modelling and energy minimisation programs. I will also be using Monte Carlo techniques to explore how altering the Si:Al ratio affects morphologies.
Jon Noble
I joined the group in 2019 as a PhD student working on magnetic zeolite composites for induction heating of industrial chemical reactors. As a chartered engineer, I have thirteen years of experience in the chemicals industry, from conceptual design, construction of world-scale plants, and operation and troubleshooting of chemical manufacturing sites. I hope to use this experience to move the induction heating of chemical catalysts from the lab scale to a commercial chemical plant for the purposes of electrification and decarbonisation of the chemical industry.
Laura Sheppard
Laura joined the group in 2020 for her masters’ project investigating the adsorption of thionine acetate dye by LTL zeolites and how changing the extra framework cations may affect the rate.
Paige Pope
Paige joined the group in 2020 for her masters project on the flexibility and geometry within zeolite frameworks, specifically looking at how zeolites react to pressure.