Karen Johnston's research group, University of Strathclyde

Joined May 2020
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A funded PhD studentship on #sustainable #plastics @Strath_ChemEng is available to start 1st Oct 2025. The position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found. See bit.ly/4idZI3x for details. UK applicants are fully funded.
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Congrats to Nisha for submitting her first paper presenting a force field for polyhydroxyalkanoates.
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Congratulations to Samira on her PhD graduation!@Strath_ChemEng
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PhD studentship "Multiscale modelling and optimisation of renewable plastic films" open for applications: bit.ly/PhD2025-1! Fully funded for UK students. #PhD #sustainable #plastics
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Our latest article is out now doi.org/10.1016/j.vibspec.20… which presents a full breakdown of the vibrational frequencies of the glycine zwitterion in aqueous solution.

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Our paper on glycine vibrational frequencies is now available online sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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Congratulations to Samira who successfully defended her PhD today! Thanks to Prof Jerry Heng, Imperial College London, for coming to Glasgow as external examiner.
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Computational Interfacial Engineering retweeted
OMG, this is killing me 😂😂😂
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Congratulations to Magda who successfully defended her PhD today! Thanks to James Elliott for coming to Glasgow as external examiner.
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Welcome to Mae Macleod, who has joined our group as a PhD student and will be studying heterogeneous nucleation.
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Congratulations to Samira and Magda who each submitted their PhD thesis last week!
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Our paper on the effect of plasticisers on polymer crystallisation now available open access in Polymer: doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.20…

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Congratulations to Samira who had a paper accepted in Crystal Growth and Design @CGD_ACS! The work tested various OPLS and GAFF based force fields for urea in crystal and solution phases. @Strath_ChemEng
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Well done to Mark and Mozhdeh, who submitted a joint experimental and computational paper on glycine zwitterion vibrational modes.
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