John studied undergraduate Physics at the University of Warwick and obtained his PhD from the same university in 2008. After this, he joined the group of Professor Sharon Ashbrook at the University of St Andrews as a post-doc working on the development of NMR methods for the study of inorganic materials. In 2012, John moved to the University of Cambridge to join the group of Professor Dame Clare Grey FRS working on NMR studies of energy storage devices. In 2015 he was appointed Lecturer in Materials Chemistry at Lancaster University and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2020 and Professor in 2023.
Dr Kieran Griffiths
Kieran completed his PhD on molecular magnets at the University of Sussex before moving to Lancaster to carry out a post-doc in the group. His main research interests are the synthesis and characterisation porous materials for energy applications.
Sarah McKinney
Sarah is a joint PhD student between the Griffin at Lancaster and the Tapia Ruiz Group at Imperial. She is originally from Glasgow, Scotland and graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 2020 with an MChem (Honours) with External Placement. In her spare time she enjoys reading and cooking.
Chris Cook
Chris studied for his MChem at Lancaster University, where he stayed to carry out his PhD under the supervision of Dr John Griffin and Dr Nuria Tapia-Ruiz in collaboration with Prof. Rob Short. His project is looking at plasma polymer coatings for extending the life of battery electrodes.
PhD Students
Ryan Bragg 2020 - 2024
Tommy Whewell 2019 - 2024
Luca Cervini 2016 - 2020
Callum Wallace 2018 - 2021
Post-docs Researchers
Dr Ryan Bragg 2024 - 2025
Dr Tommy Whewell 2023
Dr Valerie Seymour 2019 - 2023
Dr Abby Haworth 2020 - 2023