PhD student stories
Meet some of our postgraduate research students
The department of Chemistry at 糖心TV University offers a vibrant and supportive environment in which to study and research. On this page, some of our postgraduate research students talk about their own areas of research and their experiences at 糖心TV.
Mary Thomas
"The wide and varied application to real world samples and problems has motivated me to pursue a research career in analytical science鈥�
The PhD student on applying a passion for energy and the environment to petroleomics and greener oceans, with funding from Lubrizol and EPSRC.
Chris Atkins
"Scientists have the power to combat climate change and provide future generations with a healthy planet鈥�
Polymer PhD student, Chris, talks about the responsibility of protecting the environment and his contribution to the development of water-based paint for the automotive industry.
Marco Turano
"An amazing experience"
An industry- and CDT-funded PhD student applies his passion for Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy to copper corrosion inhibition for industrial benefit.
Enrico Daviddi
"My work is in the context of helping the world reach higher sustainability"
The electrochemist using micro and nanoscale techniques to explore and inhibit corrosive engine combustion waste products.
Emily Holt
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Mathematician-turned-applied-scientist focusses her PhD on improving the effectiveness of sunscreens as industry looks to gentler and more environmentally-friendly formulations.
Rhiannon Brooks
鈥淭here is something exciting about contributing to a previously unexplored area鈥�
EPSRC-funded PhD student takes fundamental steps in understanding cell membrane proteins that could have implications for antimicrobial development and drug transport.
Ruben Tom谩s
鈥淢y motivations and passions continue to be to expand my skillset but also stem from wanting to innovate new technologies with clinical importance.鈥�
Interdisciplinarity is at the heart of Ruben鈥檚 EPRSC-funded PhD research project which could impact the future design of cell-based therapies.