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Sofia Mediavilla Madrigal  MEng

Miss Sofia Mediavilla Madrigal

(she/her)

MEng

Research student

School of Chemistry

Overview

I graduated in 2020 with an MEng in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London. During my studies, I spent a year abroad at the National University of Singapore, where I first became interested in chemical catalysis. I am now a member of Beale's group pursuing a PhD in Chemistry at Cardiff University under the supervision of Profs. Andy Beale, Stuart Taylor and Graham Hutchings. 

My project mainly focuses on the characterisation of heterogeneous catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation using different X-ray methods and spectroscopy techniques.

Publication

2023

Articles

Book sections

Research

I'm keen on catalysis and am currently working on characterising catalysts for CO2 conversion to methanol, combining infrared spectroscopy and X-ray methods under in situ and operando conditions. This project is in collaboration with experts from internationally leading research centres for catalysis, including the UK (CCI and UK Catalysis Hub at Harwell), the Netherlands (MCEC, Utrecht) and Germany (FHI, Berlin).

Thesis

Characterisation of novel trimetallic catalysts for carbon dioxide activation

Biography

Honours and awards

Professional memberships

(IChemE) 

Speaking engagements

  • EuropaCat 2023
  • Operando VII
  • UKCC 2023
  • Speaking of Science 2022
  • UKCC 2021

Committees and reviewing

  • Speaking of Science 2021 

Supervisors

Stuart Taylor

Stuart Taylor

Professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of Research

Graham Hutchings

Graham Hutchings

Regius Professor of Chemistry