Michal Ciesielka

Michal completed a MChem chemistry degree at Northumbria University, during his time there, his professional and practical laboratory skills have been developed and improved by working with professional scientific apparatus and working with other undergraduates in the laboratory as a team. As part of his bachelor’s dissertation, he was asked to synthesise a potential drug to treat Parkinson’s disease, and for his Master’s dissertation he tried to synthesise a quinazolinone fluorophore for use in microbial diagnosis. As a result of this, his research and communication skills have developed. This included skills such as using citations from scientific journals, writing comprehensive scientific reports, completing health & safety forms (COSHH), and also improving his general communication skills through progress meetings with his guidance tutor. Michal is a highly motivated postgraduate. His studies have provided him with a solid foundation in undergraduate & postgraduate knowledge of chemistry that can be developed further, and it has provided me with the ability to work in a
professional university chemistry laboratory under strict health and safety rules. This skills can be used and devloped further with the help of his PhD, under the supervision of Dr. Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu, focusing on green hydrogen production from wastewater using electrocatalysts. Which is part of the CDT Green Industrial Futures programme and is sponsored by the CDT GIF scholarship (EPSRC).

Low carbon technology, organic chemistry, green chemistry, hydrogen production, sustainable chemistry