Adresses
Electronic: alpha@alpha-lee.com
Department: Room 2.76, Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Ave., Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE (map)
Current Positions
Winton Advanced Research Fellow since 2017 (Group Leader and PI), Department of Physics, University of Cambridge
Junior Research Fellow, St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge
Previous Employment
2016-2017
George F. Carrier Fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
2015-2016
UK-US Fulbright Scholar in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Education
2013-2015
DPhil (PhD) in Mathematics
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Thesis title: Statistical Physics of Bulk and Confined Ionic Liquids (pdf)
Supervisors: Profs Alain Goriely and Dominic Vella
Supported by a Leatherseller's Scholarship at St Catherine's College
2012-2013
MSc in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, with Distinction (ranked 1st in the cohort)
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Supported by the Clarendon Scholarship
Awarded the G-Research 1st Prize
2009-2012
BSc in Chemistry, First Class Honours (ranked 1st in the cohort)
Imperial College London
Awarded the Governor’s Prize for Best BSc Student
Awarded the Departmental Prize for Excellence in Physical Chemistry (ranked 1st in Physical Chemistry amongst graduating Bachelor and Master Students)
Awards and Prizes
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Fulbright Scholarship (UK-US Fulbright Commission, 2015 -2016)
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Leathersellers' Company Scholarship, St Catherine's College, Oxford (2013 - 2015)
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G-Research 1st Prize (University of Oxford, awarded to the top student on the MSc in Mathematical Modelling and Scientitfic Computing, 2013)
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College Prize (awarded by Mansfield College for achieving Distinction in the MSc course, 2013)
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Clarendon Scholarship (University of Oxford, 2012-2013)
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Governor’s Prize for Best BSc Student (Imperial College, 2012)
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Departmental Prize for Excellence in Physical Chemistry (Imperial College, 2012)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Vacation Bursary (Imperial College, Summer 2012)
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Nuffield Research Bursary (Summer research project under the guidance of Professor PJ Hore, University of Oxford, 2011)
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AstraZeneca Research Bursary (2010-2012, AstraZeneca Research Bursary is a merit-based scholarship awarded to top 14 undergraduate chemistry students annually in the UK)