
Last updated: 15 May 2025
Current Sector: Industry
Current Company: BMC Springer Nature
PhD Project Title: The application of hybrid membrane processes to fractionate gum arabic into streams of added value
Supervisor(s): Dr Michael Bird, Dr Karen Edler and Dr Darrell Patterson
MRes Project 1: MOF nanoparticles and membranes for selective CO2 absorption
Supervisor(s): Andrew Burrows (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Dr Karen Edler
MRes Project 2: Downstream processing of algal biomass for high value product recovery
Supervisor(s): Tom Arnot (Chemical Engineering)
Supervisor(s): Dr Chris Chuck, Professor Rod Scott and Professor Matthew Davidson
Harriet graduated from the University of Bristol with an MSci in Chemistry in 2010. Her third year was spent in Grenoble as part of the Erasmus exchange program. Here, as well as studying, she carried out a 3 month research project developing new, artificial metalloenzymes. During her final year at Bristol she worked on a project helping to improve the robustness of palaeodietary reconstruction. Before joining the CDT she spent a year working in France and travelling around Asia.