Experience

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

• Sweden
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Project Coordinator for the EU H2020 project BoneFix, with management and research responsibilities. Research focuses on the development and evaluation of polymer-based adhesive materials for bone and teeth restoration and fixation applications, which can be applied by surgeons and dentists and rapidly cured on demand using high energy visible light.

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2020

  The design and development of rapidly curing, thiol-ene based adhesives and composites for hard tissue repair, such as fixation for complicated bone fractures and dental composites for tooth restorations and fillings.



Leipzig University

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow (Chemistry)

  • May 2015 - May 2017

  • The design, proposal, establishment and management of an innovative and pioneering research project focusing on the development of brand new versatile chemicals designed to boost the efficiency and sustainability of industrial processes. • Particular highlights include the securing of funding for the project from the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the successful supervision of a MSc student, who has subsequently continued the project, and the presentation of numerous exciting results at an international chemistry conference in Russia.



University of Otago

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow (Chemistry)

  • Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  Continuation of my PhD project "The Coordination Chemistry of Modified Pyrimidine-Hydrazone Strands and their Incorporation into Polymer Gels" with an emphasis on the development of metal activated, actuating polymer gels.

• Laboratory Supervisor

  • Feb 2009 - Sep 2013

  Supervision and management of practical laboratories for the first year chemistry papers CHEM191 and CHEM111.



Salmond College

• 19 Knox Street, Dunedin, New Zealand

• Undergraduate Chemistry Tutor

  • 2008 - 2011

  Paid tutor of the first year chemistry paper CHEM191 at the student residential college Salmond College, with a class size of between 15 and 60 students. A series of one hour classes were performed twice weekly during semester time. Paid tutor of the first year chemistry paper CHEM191 at the student residential college Salmond College, with a class size of between 15 and 60 students. A series of one hour classes were performed twice weekly during semester time.