I am a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in High Energy Density Science working in the Atomic and Laser Physics Department at the University of Oxford. My research concerns the dynamic behaviour of crystalline matter compressed the multimillion-atmosphere pressure conditions at ultrahigh strain rates. I study this behaviour using a combination of femtosecond x-ray diffraction experiments and large-scale atomistic simulations.
I am the Academic Coordinator for the Oxford Centre for High Energy Density Science (OxCHEDS), a framework that facilitates joint Oxford-AWE research efforts into fundamental physics under extreme thermodynamic conditions. Research themes in OxCHEDS include laboratory astrophysics, inertial fusion energy, fundamental behaviour of warm dense matter, and dynamic compression; more can be learnt about the research carried out at OxCHEDS here.
I am a Stipendiary Lecturer at St Hilda's College, where I teach the first- and second-year Mathematics courses. I have previously taught second-year Electromagnetism and Thermal Physics at St Hilda's and at New College. I am also a Senior Laboratory Demonstrator in the first-year General Physics undergraduate teaching laboratory.
In 2025, I was awarded the European XFEL Young Scientist Award.