Dr Nicola Kelly

Nicola Kelly is a solid-state chemist who uses X-ray and neutron scattering techniques to study inorganic materials. Her current research focuses on magnetism in lanthanide-based ceramics.

Academic interests

Nicola's academic interests include: 

• Solid-state synthesis of inorganic materials
• Structural analysis using X-ray and neutron scattering
• Magnetism. 

Degrees obtained

• MChem (Chemistry), University of Oxford.
• PhD (Physics), University of Cambridge.

Biography

Nicola Kelly studied chemistry as an undergraduate, completing a final-year project supervised by Prof Simon Clarke (Oxford Chemistry) on the intercalation of bismuth selenide. Her PhD in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge was supervised by Prof Siân Dutton and included studies in the magnetism of several rare-earth borates and oxides.

Nicola then returned to Oxford for a postdoc with Simon Clarke working on the intercalation chemistry of layered mixed-anion compounds. She is now applying her experience in solid-state synthesis, X-ray and neutron powder diffraction, and magnetometry to the study of novel quantum magnets.

Other interests

Family, knitting, parkrun.