People on FIHM Groups

Matt Cliffe

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

mjc222[at]cam.ac.uk

Matt is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy and leader of the FIHM group.

Previously he was an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham in the School of Chemistry and was a Research Fellowship at Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge, where he worked with Prof. Clare Grey. Matt gained his DPhil at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Goodwin on the characterization of disordered framework materials.

Rinku Kushwaha

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

rk825[at]cam.ac.uk

Rinku joined the Functional Inorganic and Hybrid Materials group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA). His research explores the magnetic and conducting properties resulting from doping in metal–organic frameworks (MOF). He comes from Uttar Pradesh, India. Rinku obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Allahabad and later joined the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, for an integrated MS-PhD program. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. R. Vaidhyanathan (FRSC) on ‘Redox-active 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy Storage and Proton Conduction’. Outside his academic pursuits, he loves watching cricket and enjoys playing chess in his free time.

Luis León Alcaide

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

ll824[at]cam.ac.uk

Luis León joined the FIHM Group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, where he investigates highly frustrated MOF networks to explore novel magnetic behaviors. He completed his PhD in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in 2024 at ICMOL, University of Valencia, Spain, under the supervision of Professor Mínguez Espallargas. Outside of his academic work, Luis enjoys food—especially when paired with a good wine—and is an avid basketball fan.

Takuya Ohmi, 大見拓也

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

to377[at]cam.ac.uk

Takuya is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in the FIHM Group. He received his PhD from the Institute of Science Tokyo on crystal structure control in defect-ordered organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites. His research focuses on the synthesis and characterisation of new functional materials, particularly organic-inorganic hybrid compounds. Outside of research, he enjoys running and travelling.

Xiaoxuan Su , 苏晓轩

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

xs346[at]cam.ac.uk

Xiaoxuan earned his Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield in 2021, returned to China and worked as a research assistant for two years before deciding to pursue his Ph.D joint between the Pilgrim and FIHM Groups. During his spare time, he enjoys reading and playing board games.

Amos Blyth

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

aeb204[at]cam.ac.uk

Amos completed his master’s research with the FIHM group in 2023 and returned in 2024 to undertake a PhD in quantum radical metal organic frameworks. His work focuses on investigating the local structure of two- and three-dimensional frameworks using X-ray and electron pair distribution function (PDF) analysis.

Amos loves to bird watch and sends much of his free time doing this. Else, he’ll be out running, sitting with a coffee in his rocking chair reading or crocheting, or playing video games.

Kuba Lemanski

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Kuba.Lemanski[at]nottingham.ac.uk

Kuba is a PhD student working on the DISCO-MOF project with a background in inorganic chemistry. His research focuses on the preparation of radical ligand MOFs with early transition metals and investigating their properties. Outside of chemistry he loves spending time in nature, hiking, cycling and especially running. Some of his other interests include cooking, travelling and gaming as well as trying as many types of tea as possible (current favourite being apple strudel).

Mason Ormsby

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Mason.Ormsby[at]nottingham.ac.uk

Mason completed his undergraduate studies with First Class Honours in Chemistry from Nottingham Trent University in 2024. Taking a year out to work as an account executive, he decided to pursue a masters, working within the Pilgrim group and FIHM group. In his spare time, he enjoys playing games and going to the gym.

Alumni

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2024-25, Joseph Ogar (PDRA), Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University
2022-25, Simrun Lata (PhD), PhD, NAMI Group, University of Nottingham
2020-24, Andrew Jones (PhD), PDRA, Bennett Group, University of Canterbury
2020-23, 2018-19 Madeleine Geers (PhD, MSci), PDRA, Clulow Group, Uppsala University
2019-23 Jem Pitcairn (PhD, PDRA), PDRA, Clark Group, University of Birmingham
2021-23 Olukayode Babarinde (PhD) Nigerian Defence Academy, sadly deceased
2020-21 Claire Housely (PhD), Senior Nuclear Policy Advisor, Dept. for Energy Security and Net Zero, @StringaTheory
2016-21 Francesca Firth (MSci, PhD), Veranova, @FC_Firth

People on FIHM Groups

Matt Cliffe

mjc222[at]cam.ac.uk

Rinku Kushwaha

rk825[at]cam.ac.uk

Luis León Alcaide

ll824[at]cam.ac.uk

Takuya Ohmi, 大見 拓也

to377[at]cam.ac.uk

Xiaoxuan Su , 苏晓轩

xs346[at]cam.ac.uk

Amos Blyth

aeb204[at]cam.ac.uk

Kuba Lemanski

Kuba.Lemanski[at]nottingham.ac.uk

Mason Ormsby

Mason.Ormsby[at]nottingham.ac.uk

Alumni

Takuya Ohmi, 大見拓也