Last updated: 27 May 2025
Current Sector: Research Management
Current Company: Institute for Public Policy Research
PhD Project Title: New Catalysts for Dioxygen Activation
Supervisor: Ulrich Hintermair (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Dr Pawel Plucinski and Professor Karen Edler
External Partner: Monash University
MRes Project 1: New Aerobic Oxidation Catalysts in Aqueous Biphasic Media for Sustainable Synthesis
Supervisor(s): Ulrich Hintermair (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Dr Pawel Plucinski
MRes Project 2: All in one pot: Making Biopolymers from Waste Oil
Supervisor(s): Emma Emanuelsson-Patterson (Chemical Engineering)
Supervisor(s): Dr Matthew Jones and Dr Darrell Patterson
Maya graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2014 with an MChem. She also spent a year studying in Montreal, where alongside her studies she undertook a project researching nitrogen rich compounds. Her MChem project focused on homogeneous iridium-based catalysis for industrial applications. In her spare time, you’ll find her riding her bike whilst thinking about the optimal packing strategy for fitting cakes in her panniers (she thinks it’s face-centred cubic).
