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Hayward Group Members

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Mike Hayward

Prof. Mike Hayward - Group Leader

Mike completed his D.Phil. in Oxford under the supervision of Prof. M.J. Rosseinsky (now at the University of Liverpool). After completing a period of post-doctoral research with Prof. R.J. Cava at Princeton University he returned to Oxford, initially as a Royal Society University Research Fellow and is now a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Fellow of Somerville College. michael.hayward@chem.ox.ac.uk
Romain Wernert

Dr. Romain Wernert - Post-doc

Romain joined the group after completing his PhD at ICMCB in Bordeaux. He is studying novel mixed-anion compounds
Suraj Mahato

Suraj Mahato - D.Phil student

Suraj joined the group from IIT Kharagpur in India. He is studying new Li-ion battery cathode materials
Rachel Conway

Rachel Conway - D.Phil student

Rachel is a student on the OxICFM CDT program. She joined the group from Edinburgh University and is studying potentially magnetoelectric materials.
Zizhen Chen

Zizhen Chen - D.Phil student

Zizhen joined the group from Imperial College, London. She is studying the topochemical reactions of main-group oxides
James Murrell

James Murrell - D.Phil student

James is a student on the OxICFM CDT program. He joined the group from Durham University and is studying the formation of 5d transition metal oxyhydrides.
Paul Davis

Paul Davis - D.Phil student

Paul joined the group from Durham University. He is studying the preparation and properties of low-valent early transition-metal oxides.
Karthik Ganesh

Karthik Ganesh - D.Phil student

Karthik joined the group from University College Dublin. He is studying the preparation of novel lithium and sodium electrolytes.
Riju Dey

Riju Dey - D.Phil student

Riju joined the group from IIT Kharagpur in India. He is studying topochemical reduction via cation insertion.
Anni Wang

Anni Wang - D.Phil student

Anni joined the group from Central South University in China. She is studying new Li-ion battery cathode materials
Bodoo Batnaran

Bodoo Batnaran - D.Phil student

Bodoo joined the group from UCL. He is studying some features of reduced oxides and oxyhydrides by compution, and is a joint student with the Deringer Group
Harry Mehta

Harry Mehta - Part II student

Harry is a Part II student at St. Edmund Hall.
Charlotte Rowland

Charlotte Rowland - Part II student

Charlotte is a Part II student at St. Catherine's College.
Iwan Thomas

Iwan Thomas - Part II student

Iwan is a Part II student at Keble College.