I am currently a post doctoral researcher with the Sartbaeva group after completing my PhD project with Asel. My thesis was titled "Ensilication of tetanus toxin C fragment for the development of thermally stable vaccines" My Current work is focused on appling ensilication to diphtheria toxins for further vaccine development.
Ayla joined the group in October 2016. She is a biochemistry PhD student supervised by Prof. Jean van den Elsen and Dr. Asel Sartbaeva. She received a BSc (Hons) Biology degree with Professional Placement from the University of Bath in 2015 and then a Masters of Research in Biosciences in 2016. Ayla has a keen interest in infection and immunology and is working on developing a more efficacious and thermostable tuberculosis vaccine utilising a novel adjuvant and ensilication respectively.
I joined the group in October of 2017 as the beginning of my PhD studies. I previously obtained my undergraduate degree at Plymouth University in summer 2017, with additional focus on analytical chemistry and a final year research project on synthetic organo-metallic chemistry, supervised by Dr Antony Lewis. At the University of Bath, I work on furthering the work already undertaken in the group on the stabilisation of vaccines through ensilication.
I graduated with a Masters in Chemistry from the University of Bath, where I first joined the Sartbaeva group for a final year research project on synthesis, ion exchange and structural characterisation of Zeolite A. In February 2018, I re-joined the group as a first year PhD student to work on the design and synthesis of novel zeolites using both theoretical and experimental methods.
I re-joined the Sartbaeva group in October 2018 after spending the first year of my PhD year in the Krewald group researching photochemical activation of dinitrogen using quantum mechcnics-based modelling techniques. I will spend the remainder of my PhD looking into the growth of zeolite crystals, focussing specifically on surfaces using a combination of geometric modelling and energy minimisation programs. I will also be using Monte Carlo techniques to explore how altering the Si:Al ratio affects morphologies.
I joined the group in 2019 as a PhD student working on magnetic zeolite composites for induction heating of industrial chemical reactors. As a chartered engineer, I have thirteen years of experience in the chemicals industry, from conceptual design, construction of world-scale plant, and operation and troubleshooting of chemical manufacturing sites. I hope to use this experience to move the induction heating of chemical catalysts from the lab scale to a commercial chemical plant for the purposes of electrification and decarbonisation of the chemical industry.
For her masters project Fung-Yee is working closely with partners in the pharamacology department to investigate the effects of a digestive system on ensilicated material.
By collaborating with chemical engineering Lingling is looking at developing a microfluidics ensilication system for her masters project.
For his masters project Harri is looking into release and delivery methods for ensilicated material.
During his masters project Sammi will be exploring the efficiency of dye uptake in zeolite frameworks with different cations.
For her masters project Melissa is looking at ensilicating peroxidase enzyme for use in heterogenious catalysis.