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Dr Mark Isaacs
HarwellXPS
Research Complex at Harwell
Rutherford Appleton Labs
Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 0FA
Appointment
- Research Fellow
- Dept of Chemistry
- Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences
Biography
Undergraduate (MChem) Cardiff University 2006 - 2010
Masters project: N-heterocycling carbene N15 spin mapping by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
Postgraduate (PhD): Cardiff University 2011 - 2014
Supervisors: Prof. Karen Wilson and Prof. Adam Lee
Thesis title: Nanoengineered polymer architectures for antimicrobial medical applications: Novel additives
Postdoctoral Research Associate: Aston University (2014 - 2018)
Supervisors: Prof. Karen Wilson and Prof. Adam Lee
- Spatially segregated porous catalyst architectures for controlled step cascade chemistry
- Ag-based nanocomposites for antibacterial applications
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
- Operando experiment design and procedure (XRD, XPS, XAS, FT-IR)
- One step synthesis of novel base catalysts for TAG transesterifcation
Postdoctoral Research Associate: UCL (2018- present)
Supervisor: Prof. Robert Palgrave
- X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (EPSRC National Facility)
- XPS/ISS/UPS for structural analysis of nanocomposites
- Novel synthesis of multifunctional catalysts
Research Themes
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Research focused on novel porous nanocomposite structures, primarily for catalysis and antibacterial applications and using photoelectron spectroscopy and related techniques for structural and chemical characterisation.
Teaching Summary
Mathematics for first year chemical engineers (Aston University): 2016-2017
4th year Nanomaterials (Aston University): 2017
Casa XPS for undergraduates (online only): 2020
CHEM0027: 2022/23
CHEM0006: 2022/23
Academic Background
| 2018 | PGCert | Aston University | |
| 2014 | Doctorat | Cardiff University |
