I am a postdoctoral researcher, working in the group of Andrew Cassidy here in InterCat at Aarhus University. Currently, I am working on designing, building and testing an electron gun which will be used to study the molecular motion in water.

In my research, I am interested in studying ice nucleation and growth on surfaces on the molecular level of detail. I completed my PhD in October 2024 in InterCat under the supervision of Liv Hornekær. My PhD thesis focused on H₂O and CO₂ ice nucleation and growth on carbonacoues surfaces under conditions similar to that in the cold regions of the interstellar medium. Such regions were simulated in the lab in ultra-high vacuum using liquid helium to achieve cryogenic temperatures. To characterize ice nucleation and growth on the molecular level of detail, I employed experimental techniques such as low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (LT-STM), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and helium-3 spin echo scattering (HeSE).

Before joining Aarhus University, I completed my master at the University of Bergen under the supervision of professor Bodil Holst. The main focus of my master project was to test the anti-icing properties of pristine and functionalized graphene grown on Ir(111). I first carefully prepared samples in ultra-high vacuum chambers, then measured the contact angle of a water droplet on the surfaces and the temperature which it freezes in ambient conditions. I found that by chemically modifying graphene with oxygen, the freezing onset temperature was significantly lowered compared to that of pristine graphene.