About

Stanford Postdoc (2016 - Present)

Since 2016 I have undertaken a second postdoctoral appointment at Stanford University. This has given me chance to focus on improving the machine learning method employed in building models to address the challenges in materials chemistry and catalysis.

DTU Postdoc (2014 - 2016)

After completing my doctoral studies I undertook a two-year postdoctoral position at the Technical University of Denmark. Here I focused more on the development of search methods. I ultimately developing a genetic algorithm coupled with machine learning giving a significant reduction in the computational cost for the studies typically undertaken for high-throughput computation screening of materials.

Birmingham Ph.D. (2009 - 2014)

I then progressed to study a Ph.D. as part of the Doctoral Training Centre for hydrogen fuel Cells and their application at the University of Birmingham. This involved more in-depth studies of catalysts for application in the oxygen reduction reaction. This included a number of main studies, with a focus on the investigation of alloying effects. Utilizing search methods coupled with density functional theory to investigate the structural characteristics of sub-nano scale clusters. Comparing models of discrete systems such as nanoparticles to commonly used extended surfaces.

Cardiff M.Sc. (2008 - 2009)

Following my undergraduate degree, I completed an M.Sc. in Molecular Modeling at Cardiff University. Once again, this gave a relatively broad introduction to concepts within the field. This ranged from using cheap empirical potentials for large-scale molecular dynamics simulations to modeling protein folding to high-level coupled-cluster calculations on small molecules.

Glamorgan B.Sc. (2005 - 2008)

I completed my B.Sc. in Forensic Science at the University of Glamorgan. My undergraduate degree gave a broad overview of methods within the field, from blood splatter analysis to recovering deleted files on hard drives.