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Research Fellow & Team Leader

University of Glasgow

Leading a diverse team of 9 researchers and graduate students in AI-driven chemistry automation. Implementing state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) in automated chemistry laboratories, creating self-training robotic platforms for novel chemistry discoveries.

• Leading and managing a diverse team of 9 researchers and graduate students
• Implementing state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) in automated chemistry laboratory
• Designing and building chemical robotic prototypes using CAD software
• Programming microcontroller firmware (Arduino and ESP32) and Python control software
• Developing fully autonomous robotic platforms for chemical reactions and NMR analysis
• Securing $1.25 million grant from the Sloan Foundation
• Simulating 100,000s of IR, NMR and MS spectra for theoretical studies
• Conducting high-throughput experiments on automated platforms

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

ETH Zurich

Developed novel soft materials by synthesizing collagen-like peptides combined with metals, analyzing their structure through transmission electron microscopy and XRD. Supervised master students and designed research projects.

• Synthesising modified amino acids and peptides using SSPS
• Fabricating large supramolecular assemblies and confirming structure with TEM
• Designing bio-compatible porous peptide-based metal-organic frameworks
• Supervising master students and devising research objectives

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

University of Oxford

Developed MATLAB software to process NMR data from published literature during COVID lockdown. Conducted quantum chemical studies on molecular flexibility and aromaticity with findings published in top peer-reviewed journals.

• Conceiving and developing original MATLAB software for predicting ring currents
• Parsing NMR data from literature and interpreting using custom software
• Computationally (DFT) and experimentally (NMR) studying aromaticity and ring-currents

Research Technician

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences

Synthesized a library of over 200 novel azonia-helicenes and their full characterization as potential drug candidates for affecting telomerase activity. Screened for racemic conglomerate crystals using advanced techniques.

• Synthesizing library of over 200 novel azonia-helicenes
• Full characterization as potential drug candidates for telomerase activity
• Screening for racemic conglomerate crystals by detecting second-harmonic generation and XRD
• Organic compound synthesis for biological testing

PhD

University of Oxford

Physical Organic Chemistry

• Graduate NMR course
• Graduate Mass Spectrometry course
• Communication Skills

Research Internship (Erasmus)

ETH Zurich

Organic Chemistry

• Advanced Methods and Strategies in Synthesis
• Organic Synthesis: Methods and Strategies
• Computer-Assisted Drug Design
• Functional Inorganics

MSc

University of Chemistry and Technology

Organic Chemistry

• Organic Synthesis
• Retrosynthesis
• Reaction Mechanisms
• Chemical Calculations
• Organic Chemistry of Selected Elements
• Coordination Chemistry
• Metal-Organic Chemistry
• Supramolecular Chemistry
• Physical-Organic Chemistry
• Organic Technology

BSc

University of Chemistry and Technology

Chemistry

• Mathematics
• Physics
• Chemical Engineering
• Physical Chemistry
• Analytical Chemistry
• General and Inorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Biochemistry

Poster Prize

18th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-18), Sapporo, Japan

Poster Prize

Artemis, Octopus and ULTRA User Meeting, Oxford

Best Oral Contribution

13th Interdisciplinary Session of Young Biologist, Biochemists and Chemists