Last updated: 6 November 2025
Current Sector: Academia
Current Company: Cambridge University
PhD Project Title: Chemical bonding in metal-organic frameworks: from fundamentals to design principles
Supervisor(s): Dr Aron Walsh and Dr Valeska Ting
External Partner: Accelrys
MRes Project 1: Optical engineering of metal oxides: theory
Supervisor(s): Chris Bowen (Mechanical Engineering)
MRes Project 2: Optical engineering of metal oxides: experiment
Jess graduated with an MChem in Chemistry from the University of Bath in 2012. Her final year project involved calculating the energies associated with various optical processes occurring within sapphire (α-Al2O3). Jess undertook a summer scholarship in order to continue and publish the work carried out in the final year of her degree. Jess’s other interests include playing sports non-competitively and wine tasting.
