PhD Stories

Life Science

Shahina Akter’s PhD Story

Shahina Akter trained as a pharmacist before she became a structural scientist — and that background never left her. "Peptide ...
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Life Science

Hanno Holzinger’s PhD Story

What happens when you spend years studying something as ordinary as water — and discover it behaves in ways nobody ...
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Life Science

Edvin Tobias Bokvist Wrammerfors’s PhD Story

Knee joints bear the full weight of a lifetime of movement, yet the tissues behind this remain surprisingly difficult to ...
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Functional materials

Eric Lindgen’s PhD Story

Colour is everywhere - in autumn leaves, glowing screens, and solar panels. But what is actually happening at the atomic ...
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Functional materials

Kanming Shi’s PhD Story

By uncovering how organic cation dynamics interact with structure and light, Kanming Shi’s PhD provides new insights for designing more ...
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Life Science

Juanita Francis’s PhD Story

This project investigated how protein-based materials assemble across multiple length scales, focusing on how early structural organization influences the formation ...
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Functional materials

Yao Hu’s PhD Story

High-entropy alloys are celebrated for their stability — but Yao Hu's research reveals that what happens at the atomic level ...
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Life Science

Njelama Sanga’s PhD Story

PFAS chemicals are notoriously difficult to remove from water. Njelama Sanga's PhD digs into how these molecules self-assemble, and whether ...
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Engineering

Monika Rolinska’s PhD Story

The earliest signs of degradation in duplex stainless steel are almost impossible to catch — until now. Monika Rolinska's research ...
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Functional materials

Lisa Larsson’s PhD Story

What if a bone implant could simply dissolve once it has done its job? Lisa Larsson's PhD explores how fine-tuning ...
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