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I am a PhD student working in the Ouldridge group. I am interested in the theory of molecular self-assembly, and more specifically my work revolves around understanding the role of sequence information and molecular backbones in self-assembly. Previously, I had worked on developing and studying a model of sequence-directed assembly that was based on abstract tile assembly, a model prevalent in literature. Using a combination of fundamental proofs and simulations, I showed how the introduced sequence information expands the number of structures available to a given set of tiles. Currently, I am investigating the effect of monomer heterogeneity on the information content of copied polymers, applying a literature method based on analysing the process's Markov chain as an iterated function system.
Prior to my PhD, I did my MEng degree in the department of Bioengineering at Imperial College. For my final year project, supervised by Dr. Tom Ouldridge, I investigated how correlations in the copy process affect error probabilities when copying with variable alphabets and cyclic templates.