Email: ne281@cam.ac.uk
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My research interests are the crystal structures and magnetic behaviours of ceramic materials, investigated using powder X-ray and neutron diffraction and physical property measurements.
My PhD thesis work, carried out at the Cavendish under the supervision of Prof. Siân Dutton, included studies of three structural families of lanthanide-containing oxides and borates. I then spent two years as a PDRA in the Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, where I investigated the soft-chemical modifications of layered multi-anion materials in Prof. Simon Clarke’s laboratory.
During my Research Fellowship I have recently published results from some previous projects on Ba3Tb(BO3)3 and LixV2Te2O. I am also continuing a collaboration with the Saxena group on TbTaO4. I am currently working on the magnetism and local structure of LnBO3 and exploring some other lanthanide oxides. I am also supervising a Part III project (2024-25) on 1D lanthanide borates and anticipate offering one experimental Part III project in 2025-26.
