Career

Sam’s background is in air and moisture sensitive organometallic chemistry. Throughout her PhD and post-doctoral positions, she has had collaborations with industry (Johnson Matthey) and other universities on several research projects. Her research interest primarily involved forming novel early and late transition metal complexes with the aim to use them in catalysis to activate small molecules and strong chemical bonds. Sam was also actively involved in the postdoctoral committee at the University of Bath in the chemistry department, representing the interest of postdocs in the Positive Involvement Committee (PIC) and health and safety committee.

Education

Sam graduated with an MSci in Chemistry from Imperial College London (ICL) where she also completed her PhD in organometallic chemistry supervised jointly by Professor Mark Crimmin (ICL) and Dr Ian Casely (Johnson Matthey). In 2018, Sam joined Professor Adrian Chaplin’s group at the University of Warwick for her first PDRA position. In 2019, she joined the University of Bath working in Dr Ruth Webster’s group on iron coordination chemistry and catalysis.