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Rhea studied Chemistry at UMIST, and
graduated with an MChem with Industrial
Experience in 2004.
She then went to work at AstraZeneca for 2 years, during which time she
worked on
the early development of new drug molecules. Her main interests were in
the
solid-state properties of the molecules, overcoming issues of
crystallisation
and polymorphism. In May 2006, she won a prize for the best talk at an
"RSC Emerging Young Professionals" conference, discussing her research
in the
"Solubility differences between Amorphous and Crystalline
Pharmaceuticals.
A particular interest of my study is to
gain information about the processes that contribute to variations in
crystal morphology. In addition to this, manipulating the role of
structure-directing agents to obtain particular phase and habit is
desirable. It is hoped that by understanding these properties in a
small number of zeolite systems, parallels with other systems can be
identified. The information obtained could be applied to the growth of
new porous materials, in which habit and size can be tailored to give
crystals with favourable industrial properties.
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