
Last updated: 3 June 2025
PhD Project Title: Release, Monitoring and Recovery of Drugs with Selective Ionic Diodes
Supervisor: Frank Marken (Chemistry)
Supervisor: Pedro Estrela (Electrical Engineering)
Supervisor(s): Professor Janet Scott
External Partner: Zimmer & Peacock
MRes Project 1: CO2 as a feedstock for fuels and chemicals: whole-systems value chain modelling
Supervisor(s): Dr Sheila Samsatli, Dr Matthew Jones and Dr Antoine Buchard
MRes Project 2: From cellulosic ion conductors to ionic devices
Supervisor(s): Frank Marken (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Professor Janet Scott
Abigail graduated from the University of Reading in 2016 with an MChem in Chemistry. She was awarded the faculty prize for best dissertation for her final year project designing and analysing novel bridging ligands for use in molecular electronics. Before university she worked between the UK and South-East Asia as Co-director of an international volunteering company. In her spare time, Abigail volunteers as a medic and search technician with Wiltshire Search and Rescue.