Job Role:
I am a synthetic organic chemist responsible for synthesising deuterated compounds for the ISIS Neutron and Muon user program.
Previous Studies:
University of Southampton 2015-2019: Master of Chemistry with Year-Long Industry Experience
Previous Experience:
July 2018 - July 2019: Industrial placement year at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Masters Dissertation Project: Deuteration of Carbohydrates by Heterogeneous Metal Catalysis
Bachelors Dissertation Project: The Optimisation of the Reaction Pathways to Generate
Benzocyclobutene-1,2-dione and a Naphthoquinone Diacetal
Derivative Using Photochemical Techniques.
Awards:
School of Chemistry Award for: Outstanding Research Placement Project.
Selected Publications:
Influence of PVAc/PVA hydrolysis on additive surface activity
Squillace, O., Fong, R., Shepherd, O., Hind, J., Tellam, J., Steinke, N.J. and Thompson, R.L. (2020). Polymers, 12(1), p.205