My work deals with Resilience, improving the scientific knowledge base underpinning decisions about potential hazards and how we respond to them. I'm particularly interested in reactive materials such as batteries and catalysts, and airborne materials such as aerosols and particulate matter. I am based at Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire as part of the University of Manchester at Harwell's Collaboration with Diamond where I develop X-ray imaging and in situ synchrotron techniques, and am a member of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering.

I obtained my PhD in 2010 from Durham University in the field of X-ray scattering from thin film nanostructures under the supervision of Professor Brian Tanner and Professor Del Atkinson in the Department of Physics.

X-rays are a powerful and versatile probe able to reveal internal structural and chemical information in 3D. They have particular benefit to the porous, inhomogeneous and reactive materials used in electrochemical energy storage devices such as batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors.

Multimedia examples of my research can be found on the X-ray Imaging facility website and the website of the Diamond-Manchester Branch I13-2. My research interests include:

• Detecting and assessing airborne paerticulatre matter, such as combustion emissions or aerosols
• Materials characterization for energy applications, including batteries, fuel cells, and nuclear
• X-ray imaging and tomography techniques at Diamond, SLS, SSRL and on lab-based systems in the Manchester X-ray Imaging Facility
• Design of in situ electrochemical experiments for synchrotron studies
• X-ray diffraction and surface scattering techniques
• Image analysis and volume correlation techniques
• Nanofabrication, thin film deposition and electron beam lithography

My work has featured on the front covers of Advanced Energy Materials and Chemical Communications:

Current teaching:

MECH11140 Year 1 - Academic Advisor

MECH31631 Year 3 Nuclear Physics - Lecturer

MECH31030 Year 3 Individual Project - Project Supervisor

MECH60004 PGT MSc Research Methods - Project Supervisor

Previous teaching:

PHAR80052 Regenerative Medicine CDT - Imaging biological tissues and biomaterials (Enquiry Based Learning) - Lecturer

Current PhD supervision:

• Matthew Jones, jointly with Professor Sarah Haigh and Professor Chris Hardacre with industrial supervision from collaborators at Johnson Matthey.