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About
Francesca Firth is a fourth-year PhD student in the Grey Group at the University of Cambridge. She works on defect-engineering MOFs through synthesis and uses a variety of techniques, including PXRD, NMR, TGA and XPDF, towards understanding the formation of different MOF defect phases. When not in the lab, she enjoys painting metal and ceramics, drinking tea and playing the clarinet.
Education
2017-present
PhD Chemistry, Grey Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Supervisor: Clare Grey
2013-2017
BA/MSci (Natural Sciences), Selwyn College, University of Cambridge
MSci Research Project Supervisors: Clare Grey, Matthew Cliffe (Grey Group, Department of Chemistry)
My research project focused on using defect engineering in the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks to control the formation of crystal phases.