Our goal is to share our research and the excitement of science & chemistry more widely. To do this, we engage in outreach events, public engagement and science writing.

Popular Media

Blog post: Sweet success for female Nobel laureate, February 2023 [with Dr. Andrew Nortcliffe]

Youtube: Periodic Table of Videos: Thalidomide, April 2024 [with Prof. Sir Martyn Poliakoff]

Youtube: Periodic Table of Videos: Click Chemistry (Nobel Prize 2022), October 2022 [with Prof. Sir Martyn Poliakoff]

Pubic lecture: Molecule Makers: How are molecules made, and why might we want to destroy them again? The University of Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement Public Lecture Series, May 2022

Outreach

2025/26

September 2026: BBC Radio Science Unit, ABSW Media Fellowship
July 2026: Fluorine – Friend or Foe? Lecture, 67^th London International Youth Science Forum

2020-2024

June 2024: Career Panel, Salters’ Institute Festival of Chemistry
April 2024: Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Nottingham, Lecture, U3A West Bridgeford
May 2023: Pint of Science Nottingham, organisation (team leader for Tech Me Out)
June 2022: Career Panel, Salters’ Institute Festival of Chemistry
May 2022: Molecule Makers: How are molecules made, and why might we want to destroy them again? The University of Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement Public Lecture Series
May 2022: Pint of Science Nottingham, organisation (team leader for Atoms to Galaxies)
March 2022: Science in the Park (family science fair), volunteer
March 2020: I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here (online text-based STEM engagement activity)

2015-2019

November 2019: Science demonstration, Galway Science and Technology Festival
June 2019: Poetry Slam, The Dark Horse Bar, Athlone
January 2019: Outreach stand at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, Dublin
November 2018: Science demonstration, Galway Science and Technology Festival
November 2018: Paint-making workshop, secondary school visits to University of Galway
April 2018: RSC School’s Analyst Competition, Galway, organiser
October 2016: Outreach stand at San Diego Maker Faire (potato batteries)
March 2016: San Diego Science Fair, poster judge
March 2016: Crime scene sleuths forensic workshop for middle and high school girls, San Diego