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Research
Emma’s research focuses on using X-ray scattering and spectroscopy techniques to understand how a material’s structure and chemistry affects its performance. Currently, Emma is investigating the nanoscale interactions that enable desalination membranes to purify water and understanding how transport occurs during charge/discharge in electrode and electrolytes materials used for energy storage (including sodium-ion batteries and lithium-metal batteries).
Education
Emma completed her PhD from Imperial College London, UK in Materials science. Her project focused on understanding how and why deposits from within diesel engines. She used a combination of X-ray characterization techniques (spectroscopy, scattering), microscopy and mass spectrometry to understand the processes that lead to fouling at this organic-inorganic interface.
Emma has an undergraduate and Master’s degree (MChem) in Chemistry from Durham University UK. In her Master’s, she worked on a research project understanding the interaction between two viral proteins, using protein crystallography and fluorescent labelling.
