I am an early career researcher with a strong focus on application-based research. My interests lie in the development of organic semiconductors and supramolecular materials to address real world challenges. In November 2024, I commenced a UK Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Glasgow (UofG), supported by the Government Office for Science and the Royal Academy of Engineering. My research during this Fellowship focuses on ‘New Preconcentrators for Improved Detection of Low-Volatility Chemical Threats’.
My passion for research began during my Honours research project on the ‘Synthesis of Luminescent, Poly(dendrimer)-based Sensors for the Detection of Explosives’ at the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. I graduated with a First-Class Honours in 2017 and received a Dean’s Commendation for Academic Excellence. In mid-2022, I completed my PhD at the Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics (COPE) at UQ under the supervision of Prof. Paul Burn and Dr Paul Shaw, where I investigated luminescent materials for illicit drug vapor detection. In mid-2022, I moved to UofG to contribute to the Hetero-print project (EP/R03480X/1) led by Prof. Peter Skabara and Prof. Dave Adams, focusing on heterogeneous transfer-printing and manufacturing. This project demanded my expertise in multi-disciplinary research, bringing together a collaboration across chemistry, physics, and engineering from four research institutions (Strathclyde, Sheffield, Cambridge, and UofG). Subsequently, in mid-2024, I joined Prof. Emily Draper’s group at UofG, where I worked on electrochromic devices for applications in smart windows, wearables, sensors, and energy storage.