Dr Alisyn Nedoma

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Lecturer

Deputy Director of Outreach

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a.nedoma@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7516

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Dr Alisyn Nedoma
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room F54
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida in 2004 with a bachelors of science in chemical engineering.

I completed my Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 2010, using small-angle scattering to measure the thermodynamics of block copolymer blends.

I procured a Junior Research Fellowship at Imperial College London (2011–2014) to pursue the development of block copolymer–based plastic solar cells and my website on polymer science, Ali's Random Walk, was launched in 2015.

I was appointed as lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Auckland from 2016–2018, moving to the University of Sheffield in 2019. I co-led the Faraday Institution FutureCat Consortium from 2019–2023 and remain an active member.

Research interests

My research applies the principles of polymer physics to develop commercially relevant products and processes. My research team optimises formulations for products ranging from lithium-ion batteries to chemotherapy drugs. Controlling the properties of blends at the nano- and micro-scale enables us to reliably scale-up the manufacture of products. 

Key research interests:

  • Applied polymer physics
  • Formulation thermodynamics and processing kinetics
  • Block copolymer self assembly
  • Drug-delivery vehicles
  • Lithium-ion batteries
  • Cathode synthesis
  • Hydrogels
  • Encapsulated biologicals
Publications

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

Preprints

Teaching interests
  • Transport Phenomena CPE350
  • MEng project supervision CPE440
  • MSc project supervision
Professional activities and memberships
  • Member Institute of Physics (IOP)
  • Committee member IOP Polymer Physics Group
  • Committee member RSC Materials Chemistry Community
  • Member Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)