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Arilaina

01 — Section

LEARN

Science, research and technical work — including my Chemistry PhD in experimental materials science.
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01 · Research

Selected projects

  1. 01

    UCL · Electrochemical Innovation Lab collaboration · PhD · Sep 2023 – present

    Thin-film solid-state electrolytes for beyond-lithium batteries

    Developing amorphous potassium- and sodium-based thin-film solid-state electrolytes for next-generation energy storage.

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  2. 02

    UCL · Research Assistant · EPSRC IAA-funded · Dec 2025 – Jun 2026

    Atomic layer deposition coatings for battery electrodes

    Investigating ALD growth behaviour and coating formation on battery electrode powders.

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  3. 03

    University of Glasgow · Kadodwala Group · MSci research · Sep 2022 – Mar 2023

    Tuning 2D materials with the orbital angular momentum of light

    Dynamic control of 2D material properties through light–matter interactions, combining spectroscopy with COMSOL modelling.

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    University of Toronto · Miller Group · Visiting Research Assistant · Jul 2021 – May 2022

    Femtosecond laser-induced crystallisation and electron diffraction

    Generating macro- and nanocrystals with femtosecond lasers for X-ray and electron crystallography.

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02 · Funding & awards

Funding, awards & accreditations

  • RSC Undergraduate Research Bursary
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03 · Innovation & leadership

Building beyond the lab

  1. 01

    Women Who Build · Founder Fellow

    Oct 2026 – present · Entrepreneurship and AI for product development: from ideation to a built product — made with Lovable — and a pitch, all in under two weeks.

04 · Teaching & mentoring

Teaching & mentoring

  1. Sep 2024 – Jul 2026

    Postgraduate Teaching Assistant · UCL

    Supporting undergraduate laboratory practicals in years one to three, and teaching first-year inorganic chemistry tutorials.

  2. Jul 2025

    Research Supervisor · UCL Careers Extra

    Supervised a funded 70-hour undergraduate research project.

  3. Feb – Jul 2025

    MSc Research Co-Supervisor · UCL

    Co-supervising a master’s research project.

  4. Jan 2024 – Dec 2025

    Chemistry Private Tutor · Superprof

    Tutoring SQA National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher, GCSE and A Level chemistry.

  5. Mar – Jul 2024

    Chemistry Question Writer · Medify Ltd

    Writing chemistry questions for educational resources.

05 · Toolkit

Technical toolkit

Technical experience

  • Solution processing
  • Thin-film fabrication
  • Atomic layer deposition
  • Coin-cell assembly
  • Galvanostatic cycling
  • EIS
  • XRD / GI-XRD
  • SEM
  • TEM
  • AFM
  • XPS
  • XRF
  • ToF-ERDA
  • Synchrotron XAFS
  • Photoluminescence spectroscopy
  • Electron diffraction
  • Protein purification
  • Cryo-EM
  • Molecular dynamics
  • COMSOL
  • Python / Jupyter