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Jacob Lovett

Jacob graduated from the Univerity of York in 2024 with a masters degree in chemistry with green principles and sustainable process, after having spent the previous year on placement at Afton Chemical. During his time at York Jacob received the David Rowe Prize in green and sustainable chemistry.

Jacobs intrest in chemistry stems from his passion for cars with a drive to find a sustainable alternative to petrol to help keep classic cars on the road. This drive is what brought him to Bath for his PhD, working on a project that looks at electrocatalytic coversion of biomass to syngas for the synthesis of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels.

Sooyeon Moon

Sooyeon is a post-doctoral research associate currently working in the DReaM Facility. She possesses a multidisciplinary skill set encompassing flow chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry, machine learning, and software engineering. She has worked on several research projects, including late-stage functionalization using flow chemical approaches at ETH Zurich. Prior to that, she conducted research on carbohydrate chemistry using automated flow chemistry and machine learning at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

She has implemented electronic lab notebook (ELN) systems and collaborated with Dr. Sourav Chatterjee at ETH Zurich to streamline machine learning workflows with FAIR data principles. Additionally, she has experience designing flow chemical setups and programming in MATLAB and LabVIEW.

Ben Hudgell

Ben graduated with an MChem from the University of Durham. His master's project focused on enantioselective homogeneous gold(I) catalysis.

A growing interest in chemistry research during his master's year, particularly in organometallic catalysis, motivated him to pursue a PhD in chemistry at the University of Bath. Currently, he is studying organometallic C-H and CO2 activation and pentalenide complexes.

When not in the lab, he's typically either on a long walk, in the gym, or asleep.

Duong Truong

Duong graduated from Hanoi University of Science and Technology in Vietnam in 2022, with a BEng and an MSc in Materials Science. During his master’s program, Duong did his research under the supervision of Dr Chu Manh Hung, developing energy-efficient and high-performance gas sensors for environmental monitoring. From here, he grew a keen interest in developing nanomaterials and devices in environmental and energy applications for a sustainable future.

Outside of research, Duong is particularly interested in pixel art, movies, chess and boardgames, but usually enjoys them in the form of a Youtube video.

Adam Khan

Adam graduated from Cardiff University in 2020, completing a master’s in chemistry with a CUROP research placement in the Browne group. He completed his MChem project under the supervision of Dr Niklaas Buurma in the field of automated reaction optimisation before joining the University of Bath to study for a PhD in homogeneous catalysis.

His current research focuses on the use of real time multi-nuclear operando NMR techniques to investigate catalytic amine formation reactions in a joint industrial project with Syngenta. This work has him cooking up chemicals in the Hinterlair and running experiments in the DReaM facility.

When he is not at the fume cupboard worrying about his stock solutions or sprinting down to the NMR room he’s out looking for a gig, keeping fit (or trying to) and reading a book with something caffeinated.

Alec Coles

Alec graduated with an MChem from Keele University in 2021. His Masters research investigated non-covalent interactions in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) under the supervision of Dr Chris Hawes.

In 2021 he joined the Hintermair research lab as a PhD in the field of homogeneous catalysis. His research aims to make bimetallic complexes for dioxygen activation towards the development of new aerobic oxidation catalysts.

During his undergraduate degree, Alec was given the opportunity of a year living and studying abroad at Tokyo Metropolitan University. During this time he took the opportunity to travel that part of the world and undertook Japanese language and cultural studies.

While he is not in the lab, he can usually be found on a tennis court or exploring Bath’s lovely cafes and book shops. He enjoys popular science and history and thick fantasy novels, exploring the Cotswolds, watching Formula 1 and trying to keep up his Japanese.

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