Biography

Research Project: Synthesis of self- and metal templated mechanically interlocked molecules and the investigation into their higher order self-assembly superstructures
Supervisors: Prof. Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson (TCD)

Niamh graduated from the University of Limerick (UL) in 2022 with a MSc in Applied Physics. She completed her master’s project on the movement of Domain Walls in Multiferroic Materials specifically boracites and investigated them using Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, under the supervision of Prof. Ursel Bangert (UL) and Dr Michele Conroy (ICL). Niamh also graduated with a BSc in Physical Sciences with concurrent teacher education (Physics and Chemistry) from University of Limerick in 2021. Niamh completed her final year project in Chemistry on the manipulations of the solution and solid-state behaviour of peptides, where the future use of Nisin as a potential antibiotic was investigated and the best method for delivery through Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLN). Her PhD will be developing interlocked self-assembled structures from their boiling point motives and designing them to have various functions at the pyridine site. With the overall aim of developing novel functional materials for application in imaging, electronic and magnetic devices.

Jennifer Hack

The CDT gave me the opportunity to meet people working in different fields and gain experience in a wide range of characterisation techniques that I could apply to my research.