
Last updated: 23 May 2025
Current Sector: Academia
Current Company: Khon Kaen University
PhD Project Title: Ceria-based Engine Exhaust Catalysts
Supervisor(s): Dr Salvador Eslava, Dr Kevin Robinson and Dr Laura Torrente-Murciano
External Partner: Johnson Matthey and University of Cambridge
MRes Project 1: Gold-doped ceria – pollution remediation
Supervisor(s): Dr Laura Torrente-Murciano
MRes Project 2: Sustainable treatment processes for the removal of pharmacologically active compounds from water
Supervisor(s): Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Dr Tom Arnot, and Professor Rod Scott
Shawn graduated from Kettering University in 2012 with a BS in Chemical Engineering, which included fifteen months of research at Argonne National Laboratory investigating lithium ion battery cathodes. He then worked for two years in the automotive industry as a process engineer. In his free time, Shawn enjoys baking, catching Pokémon, and eating marshmallows.