Biography

Research Project: The Surface Properties of Particulate Materials and their Caking Behaviour
Supervisor: Daryl Williams (Imperial)

Alessandra joined the CDT with a MSc in Advanced Materials from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and a BSc in Chemistry from Universität Würzburg. In her Master project, she developed and characterized piezoelectric composites at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. Throughout her studies, she has conducted research between academia and industry in China, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Her PhD work with BASF focuses specifically on the analysis and characterization of powder caking.