Qualifications & Awards

I have a PhD and MEng degree in Materials Science. I have attracted ~£1.8m funding in research fellowships and support for undergraduate and PhD student research projects

Qualifications

PhD, Materials Science and Engineering (2009-14), Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Controlling microstructure of nanocrystalline thermoelectrics through powder processing” Prof. Christopher A. Schuh

MEng, Materials Science (2005-09) (1st class), University of Oxford “Atomic Scale Studies of Fusion Materials” Prof. George. D.W Smith and Dr. Emmanuelle Marquis

Funding awards

2022 EPSRC Open Fellowship, EPSRC, £1,365,902

2021 EPSRC Vacation UROP Bursary, EPSRC, £3,906

2020 Nuclear Energy Futures CDT student award, Tokamak Energy, £50,000

2020 Faculty of Engineering UROP Bursary, Imperial College, £2,990

2019 Nuclear Energy Futures CDT student award, Tokamak Energy, £50,000

2019 EPSRC Vacation UROP Bursary, EPSRC, £3,200

2019 Faculty of Engineering UROP Bursary, Imperial College, £3,050

2019 UROP student funding, Tokamak Energy, £3,000

2017 ICO-CDT student industrial award, Tokamak Energy, £50,000

2017 Imperial College Research Fellowship, £192,150

2014 Industrial funding of PDRA, Tokamak Energy, £68,000 (20% of total grant)

Prizes and scholarships

2021 Earl of Wessex Future Energy Young Person’s Pitch Competition (2nd prize, £1,500)

2016 Best poster award for Materials PDRA symposium (£60)

2017 Culham Fusion Research Fellowship (Offered)

2011 Inside real innovation award, essay competition, MIT ($5,000)

2010 Materials Engineering Contest, for prototype drug storage system, MIT ($6,000)

2009 1st (team leader) in nPower Energy Challenge, national competition in clean energy (£10,000)

2008 Open scholarship for outstanding academic performance, Oxford University (£250)