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Adan Yusuf
PhD Student In Polymer Chemistry At University Of Leeds
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Summary
Final year PhD Student Skilled in Research, Chemistry, Customer Service, Data Analysis, and Time Management. Strong support professional with a Master of Science - MSci focused in Chemistry from Queen Mary University of London. Experienced Executive Steward with a demonstrated history of working in the sports industry.
Overview
5
years of professional experience
9
years of post-secondary education
Work History
University of LeedsLeeds, UK
Undergraduate Lab Demonstrator
01.2018 - 08.2022
Job overview
- Overseeing undergraduate lab sessions. Providing supervision to 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students and ensuring safe lab practice during these experiments
- Communicated the scientific principles and experimental goals of the laboratory experiments to a group of 20 individual students with differing levels of expertise and experience
- Marking and returning lab reports to students and teaching good
scientific writing
Education
University of LeedsLeeds, UK
Ph.D. from Polymer Chemistry And Polymer Self-Assembly
09.2018 - Current
University Overview
- Conducting postgraduate research supported by the UKRI and the University of Leeds. Research involves understanding mechanistic self assembly of a blockcopolymer into various sized and morphology nano-particles
- Used Polymerisation induced self assembly to synthesise and self assemble a range of polymers into polymer vesicles for potential encapsulation applications
- Optimised Solvent exchange method for making polymer vesicles from the same
block copolymer - Understanding the influence of solvent removal on size and morphology of polymer
nanoparticles made from solvent exchange protocol
University of LeedsLeeds, UK
MSci from Complex Particulate Products And Processes
09.2017 - 09.2018
University Overview
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and develop innovative problem-led research skills that are focused on the design, development and manufacture of high quality and high added-value particulate products
- Spent time building a knowledge and methodological base with taught modules in practical chemistry and engineering subjects, alongside management topics and transferable skills training (communication, problem-solving, leadership and team-working), as well as being introduced to PhD project
Queen Mary University of London London, UK
MSci from Chemistry
09.2013 - 05.2017
University Overview
- 1st class degree in chemistry from a top UK university demonstrating keen willingness to learn and apply chemical knowledge and phenomena
- Obtained a sound understanding of fundamental chemical principles with topics such as; Organic, Inorganic, Physical chemistry and analytical chemistry
- Final year research project specialised in the design and synthesis of novel molecularly imprinted polymers for the detection of methylxanthines in coffee. The aim of this research was to use molecular imprinting to design man-made polymeric antibody mimics capable of selective molecular recognition of the target compounds. During this research Adan gained valuable skills in cross-linked
polymer synthesis and characterisation, Isothermal Titration Calorimetry, dynamic
NMR analysis and chromatography
Skills
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Self Assembly/ Soft Matter Self Assembly
DLS/ GPC/ NMR/ TEM
Data Analysis/ Problem Solving/Presentation/ TeamWork
Microsoft Excel/ PowerPoint/ Word
Affiliations
Member Of The Royal Society Of Chemistry
Software
Linux
Interests
Football/ Hiking/ Nature
Reading/ Mental Health Awareness
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Timeline
University of Leeds
Ph.D. from Polymer Chemistry And Polymer Self-Assembly
09.2018 - Current
Undergraduate Lab Demonstrator
University of Leeds
01.2018 - 08.2022
University of Leeds
MSci from Complex Particulate Products And Processes
09.2017 - 09.2018
Queen Mary University of London
MSci from Chemistry
09.2013 - 05.2017