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Last updated: 23 May 2025

MRes/PhD
CSCT
First Destination
Academia
Current Role

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.