Short CV

I completed my DPhil in Theoretical Physics at University College London (UCL), hosted in the London Centre for Nanotechnology, in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Bart W. Hoogenboom, Prof. Andela Saric, and Prof. Ian J. Ford, during my DPhil I also conducted research at the University of Toronto (2019) with Prof. Anton Zilman. For my first postdoctoral position I was at the University of Luxembourg (2020-2022) with Dr. Etienne Fodor.

Research Experience

2022-

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics at University College London (with Dr. Philip Pearce)

2020-2022

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics and Materials Science at the University of Luxembourg (with Prof. Etienne Fodor)

Research Visits

(Oct) 2023 - (Dec) 2023

Visiting Researcher, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge

(Sep) 2019- (Jan) 2020

Visiting Researcher, Department of Physics at the University of Toronto (with Prof. Anton Zilman)

Education

2016-2020

DPhil in Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London (with Prof. Bart W. Hoogenboom, Prof. Andela Saric, and Prof. Ian J. Ford).

2011-2016

MPhys (1st Class Honours), Department of Physics at Swansea University. Awarded the PM Davidson Prize.

Supervision

  • Primary supervisor of Rebecca Phelan [Natural Sciences Research BSc project, in progress].

  • Co-supervision of Javier Magide Marco [Maths masters student, in progress].

  • Primary supervisor of Rebecca Phelan [IPLS summer student, completed].

  • Primary supervisor of Eden-Rae Wedderburn [Laidlaw scholar summer intern].

  • Primary supervisor of Michael Ben-Shem [MAPS research internship].

  • Co-supervision of PhD student Luke Debono with Prof. Helen J. Wilson [in progress].

  • Co-supervision of PhD student Claudia De Sousa Miranda Perez with Dr. Philip Pearce and Dr. Thomas Michaels (now ETH Zurich) [in progress].

  • Primary supervisor of 3rd year undergraduate Ema Purikaite for Literature Review project on “roles of erythrocyte aggregation in blood flow” [completed].

  • Co-supervision of MSci student Maria Mateo Motos with Dr. Philip Pearce and Prof. Bart W. Hoogenboom: “state of matter of outer membrane porins” [completed].

  • Co-supervision of summer undergraduate student Maria Mateo Motos with Dr. Philip Pearce [completed].

  • Co-supervision of summer undergraduate student Kirsten Bark with Prof. Ian J. Ford (UCL Physics) [completed].

Research funding

  • Flora Philip Fellowship, Edinburgh (won in 2024).

  • INI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Cambridge (won in 2024).

  • Travel funding (UCL Math, won in 2024).

  • Travel Fellowship “Physics of Biological Cells”, Edinburgh (won in 2024).

  • Laidlaw research fund [Rehman, won in 2024].

  • G-Research travel and research Grant (won in 2023).

  • IPLS summer studentship [Phelan, won in 2023].

  • MAPS research internship [Ben-Shem, won in 2023].

  • Laidlaw research fund [Wedderburn, won in 2023].

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