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Freelance Scientific Writer and Communicator ¦ Expert in Materials Characterisation, MATLAB, and 2D Materials

Profile Summary

Through a diverse research background- spanning physics, chemistry, engineering and materials science- I have gained a wide base of scientific knowledge, experience and skills. Though primarily focusing on experimental aspects, I have also explored theoretical elements as well. My research experience has provided obvious benefits in developing team-work, problem-solving, data analysis and countless other skills. Furthermore, with the support of my Doctoral Training programme, I have further learnt, developed and applied techniques and methods of leadership, creativity, applying for funding, project management and more. In order to disseminate my research to the widest possible audience, I have utilised press releases and further communicated with journalists (primarily through interviews) to promote my research; this is reflected in two of my articles having Altmetric scores over 100. My current research is centred around the intersection of the technological paradigms of liquid crystals and 2D materials (graphene et al.). This combination of two areas of research- one widely explored, and the other newly on the scene- holds great promise to drive the development of new technologies and devices. Applications of this work are as wide-ranging as: displays; optoelectronic modulators; thin film fabrication; lasers and lasing; photonic integration; sensors; and textiles. Ongoing projects include: Synthesis of new liquid crystal materials based on 2D materials; Deposition of highly homogeneous thin films for applications in lasing and THz photonics; Development of graphene-based sensing electrodes, particularly for detection of cancer biomarkers; Theoretical and experimental demonstration of novel Raman spectroscopy techniques to enable particle analysis and tracking; Exploration of self-assembled structures of quantum dots for light generation and optical components; Investigating the use of 2D materials as optoelectronic modulators for integration with silicon photonics.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Materials Science & Engineering
• ★ Data Analysis
• ★ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Chemistry
• ☆ Physical Chemistry
• ☆ Analytical Chemistry
• ☆ Chemical Engineering
• ☆ Physics
• ☆ Applied Physics
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Oulu

April 2020 - Present

Research Fellow

University of Exeter

October 2019 - Present

Consultant Scientist

STEMM Ltd.

October 2019 - Present

Education

PhD (Physics and Engineering)

University of Exeter

September 2015 - September 2019

MSci (Hons) Natural Sciences with Professional Placement (Natural Sciences)

University of Bath

September 2010 - July 2015

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2020). Spatial tracking of individual fluid dispersed particles via Raman spectroscopy . Scientific Reports.

(2019). Mechanochemical synthesis of carbon-stabilized Cu/C, Co/C and Ni/C nanocomposites with prolonged resistance to oxidation . Scientific Reports.

(2019). Tuning silicon-rich nitride microring resonances with graphene capacitors for high-performance computing applications . Optics Express.

(2019). 2D WS2 liquid crystals: tunable functionality enabling diverse applications . Nanoscale.

(2019). Photoluminescence from NV− Centres in 5 nm Detonation Nanodiamonds: Identification and High Sensitivity to Magnetic Field . Nanoscale Research Letters.

(2019). Transmission Properties of FeCl3-Intercalated Graphene and WS2 Thin Films for Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Applications . Nanoscale Research Letters.

E. Kovalska, P. Lesongeur, B. T. Hogan, A. Baldycheva(2019). Multi-layer graphene as a selective detector for future lung cancer biosensing platforms . Nanoscale. 11. (5). p. 2476--2483. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Elena V. Ushakova, Sergei Cherevkov, Dominika-Olga A. Volgina, Viktor V. Zakharov, Filipp E. Komissarenko, Alexey A. Shcherbakov, Benjamin Thomas Hogan, Anna Baldycheva, Anatoly V. Fedorov, Igor Nabiev, et al.(2018). From colloidal {CdSe} quantum dots to microscale optically anisotropic supercrystals through bottom-up self-assembly . Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Benjamin T. Hogan, Sergey A. Dyakov, Lorcan J. Brennan, Salma Younesy, Tatiana S. Perova, Yurii K. Gun’ko, Monica F. Craciun, Anna Baldycheva(2017). Dynamic in-situ sensing of fluid-dispersed 2D materials integrated on microfluidic Si chip . Scientific Reports. 7. p. 42120. Springer Nature

B. T. Hogan, E. Kovalska, M. F. Craciun, A. Baldycheva(2017). 2D material liquid crystals for optoelectronics and photonics . Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5. (43). p. 11185--11195. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Oleg B. Malyshev, Reza Valizadeh, Benjamin T. Hogan, Adrian N. Hannah(2014). Electron-stimulated desorption from polished and vacuum fired 316LN stainless steel coated with Ti-Zr-Hf-V . Journal of Vacuum Science {\&} Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 32. (6). p. 061601. American Vacuum Society

Oleg B. Malyshev, Benjamin T. Hogan, Mark Pendleton(2014). Effect of surface polishing and vacuum firing on electron stimulated desorption from 316LN stainless steel . Journal of Vacuum Science {\&} Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 32. (5). p. 051601. American Vacuum Society

Oleg B. Malyshev, Rebecca M. A. Jones, Benjamin T. Hogan, Adrian Hannah(2013). Electron stimulated desorption from the 316{\hspace{0.167em}}L stainless steel as a function of impact electron energy . Journal of Vacuum Science {\&} Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 31. (3). p. 031601. American Vacuum Society

CONFERENCE PAPER

Joaquin Faneca, Elias Torres Alonso, Monica Craciun, Anna Baldycheva, Benjamin. T Hogan, Graham T. Reed, Andrew P. Knights(2018). 2D materials integrated in Si3N4 photonics platform . {SPIE}