Simon joined the group in 2010 as a Part II student and obtained his DPhil in 2015 working on iron-based superconductors. He is now the facility supervisor for Diffraction and Magnetometry and tutor of Inorganic Chemistry at St Catherine's College.
Dr Nicola Kelly
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Nicola was a Part II in the group in 2017-18. She rejoined as a postdoc in April 2022 on the EPSRC mixed anion project. She is working on layered transition metal oxychalcogenides.
Email: nicola.kelly@chem.ox.ac.uk
Robert Smyth
DPhil Student
St Catherine's College
Rob joined the group as a Part II student in 2019 working on the structures, chemistry and magnetism of layered oxide chalcogenides. He is continuing this theme of research with the group as a DPhil student.
Souvik Giri
DPhil Student
Exeter College
Souvik is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur and joined the group in 2020. His work is focussed around exploring the chemistry of layered oxide chalcogenides.
Ludmila Taskesen
OxICFM CDT DPhil Student
The Queen's College
Mila graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2020 and is now a DPhil student on the OxICFM EPSRC-CDT programme, exploring the structures and properties of superconducting materials with colleagues from Physics and Materials.
Katie Steele
OxICFM CDT DPhil Student
St Catherine's College
Katie was a Part II student in the group in 2019/20 and is continuing as a DPhil student on the OxICFM EPSRC-CDT programme jointly supervised by Mike Hayward. She is working on the intercalation chemistry of layered chalcogenides.
Lemuel Crentsil
OxICFM CDT DPhil Student
Christ Church
Lemuel joined the group as an undergraduate investigating a range of soft chemical transformations of layered manganese oxide chalcogenides. He re-joined the group through the EPSRC OxICFM CDT in April 2023.
Lexy Gillette
DPhil Student
Worcester College
Lexy joined the group in 2022 after graduating from Westmont College in California. Her work focuses on the structure and properties of mixed anion chalcogenides.
Kasamol Phomsombut
DPhil Student
St Catherine's College
Kasamol graduated from Silpakorn University in Thailand and joined the group in 2023.
Georgia Fields
Part II student
Somerville College
Georgia is a Part II student (2023-24) working on the soft chemistry of layered oxide chalcogenides.
Ella Greenwood
Part II student
Pembroke College
Ella is a Part II student (2023-24) working on crystal growth of layered chalcogenides and oxide chalcogenides.
Annabel Lyon
Part II student
Exeter College
Annabel is a Part II student (2023-24) working on the structures and properties of layered oxide chalcogenides.
Lily-Mae Phillips
Part II student
New College
Lily is a Part II student (2023-24) working on layered perovskite-related chalcogenides.
