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Junxin Wang joined the group in September 2020. He received his PhD degree in Uppsala University, under the supervision of Professor Gunnar Niklasson. His doctoral works focuses on light scattering nanoparticle composites. His MPhil project was the light upconverting materials guided by Professor Jianfang Wang. In Oxford, he is working in collaboration with SCG Chemicals to investigate optical properties of advanced LDHs materials. Junxin left the group in Dec. 2021 to pursue a Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Cambridge. Outside the lab, he enjoys photography, travelling and swimming.
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Nichabhat Blake (née Diteepeng) joined the group in October 2018. She obtained her PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Oxford in 2018, working on group 2 hydroborate complexes for ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters under the supervision of Professor Philip Mountford. In the O'Hare group, she worked on Group 3 and 13 permethylindenyl complexes and their reactivity for polymerisation of lactide. She is working on the development of functionalised polyolefins for commercial applications. Her research is sponsored by SCG Chemicals Co., Ltd.
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Jean-Charles “JC” Buffet joined the group in June 2011 studying olefin polymerisation in collaboration with SCG Chemicals. In 2005, he obtained an MSc from UPMC (Paris) working with Prof. Bernadette Charleux on polymers synthesis via RAFT agents. In 2009, he graduated for Edinburgh University with a PhD on biodegradable polymers synthesis via homochiral complexes under the supervision of Prof. Polly Arnold. Following this, he moved to Aachen (Germany) to work for Prof. Jun Okuda on meso-lactide polymerisation. In September 2014, JC became SCG Programme Manager overseeing SCG Chemicals research projects and team members. Since June 2017, JC was the Deputy Director of the SCG-Oxford Centre of Excellence in Chemistry (CoE). He is the co-author of 70 publications and co-inventor on 54 patent applications. In his spare time, he likes pretending to go for a run and enjoys drinking beers and watching sport.
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Jess Lamb joined the group in 2015 doing a DPhil working on the synthesis of supported zirconocene catalysts and their use in ethylene polymerisation. She completed her MChem degree at the University of Leeds in 2015 where she worked with Dr Jamie A Gouldon the development of pyrazole ligands and their application in the synthesis of pyrazolate MOFs. Since June 2019, she worked as a Post-Doc working on permethylpentalene complexes for the synthesis of biodegradable polymers. When not doing chemistry, she liked to pretend she knew how to kayak.
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Jindui Hong joined the group in Aug 2017. He graduated with BEng from Xiamen University (China) in 2008 and PhD from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) in 2014, with Prof Rong Xu. After postdoc training in Imperial College London with Dr Camille Petit, he joined Oxford Materials as a Marie Curie Fellow in 2015, with Prof Nicole Grobert. He has been developing photocatalyst materials for energy conversion. Now, he is working on LDH composites for energy storage in collaboration with SCG Chemicals. In his spare time, he enjoyed exploring different countries, learning new languages, and adventuring (snorkeling, skydiving, bungee jumping, etc.).
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Dana-Georgiana Crivoi joined the group in September 2016. She completed her undergraduate in Chemical Engineering at UPB, Romania, in 2009. In 2011, she obtained an MSc from UPB in Pharmaceutical Products and Cosmetics, with Prof. Dr. Anca Marton. She then moved to Tarragona, Spain, to do her PhD in Chemical, Environmental and Process Engineering in the group of Prof. Dr. Francisco Medina. Here, she developed hybrid materials based on LDH and studied their activity in asymmetric reactions. In Oxford, she will work on core-shell LDH catalysts in collaboration with SCG Chemicals. When not in the lab, she enjoyed creating jewelry, nail-art designs and listening to music.
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Dipa Mandal joined the group in March 2018. She completed her Ph.D. from IIT Madras, India in 2016 on ‘The synthesis of active homogeneous catalysts for polymerizations’. After completing her Ph.D., she worked as a research associate (from Nov 2016 to Feb 2018) with Dr. Samir H. Chikkali in CSIR-NCL Pune, India on ‘The development of novel and cost-effective drag reducing polymers’. She then moved to the University of Oxford as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the O'Hare group to work on ‘The synthesis of high value polymers using permethylpentalene complexes’ in collaboration with SCG Chemicals.
In her spare time she enjoyed listening to music, shopping and travelling to new places.
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Alexander 'Sandy' Kilpatrick joined the O'Hare group in October 2012. From Wadham College.
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Chris Wright joined the O'Hare group in October 2012. He became a SCG funded post-doc in July 2017 working on AMO-LDH for catalysis. From Wadham College, when he first joined the group as a Part II student he worked on synthesising indium indenyl complexes for ethylene and lactide polymerisation under the supervision of Tom Arnold. He started his D.Phil. in October 2013 working on supported olefin methathesis catalysts. He enjoyed playing football and watching sport and films on TV.
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Haohong Duan joined the group in January, 2015. He received his BS degree from Peking University in 2009, and his PhD degree from Tsinghua University in 2014, with Acad. Yadong Li, where he worked on the synthesis and catalytic studies of rhodium-based nanomaterials. Currently he is working on the fabrication of novel heterogeneous catalysts for the hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil in collaboration with Prof. S. C. Edman Tsang and SCG Chemicals and Papers. Haohong enjoyed watching musical and drama. You might still find him at the theater in West End of London every weekend.
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Hongri (Clara) Suo joined the group in September 2015. She received her PhD degree from Jilin University in 2015, with Assoc Prof Runwei Wang, where she worked on the synthesis and application of inorganic nano-porous materials. In Oxford she wass working on the discovery of LDHs with novel morphologies with Prof O'Hare. Clara enjoyed traveling, music and cooking!
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Tom Robinson joined the group in October 2016. He received his PhD degree at the University of Bath in 2014, designing heterometallic polyyne complexes under the supervision of Prof. Paul Raithby and Dr Andrew Johnson. He then moved to the University of Oxford to take up a postdoctoral position in the group of Dr Jose Goicoechea, studying phosphorus chemistry. His research focuses on the application of group(IV) permethylpentalene complexes in the synthesis of polycarbonates. Out of the lab he could usually be found playing football.
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