PIs
	Ross Howie (Staff Scientist)		University of Edinburgh	ross.howie@hpstar.ac.cn +86-21-8017 7092
Advanced Postdocs
	Jack Binns (Postdoctoral Research Associate)	Ph.D.in Chemistry	University of Edinburgh	jack.binns@hpstar.ac.cn
Postdocs
	Mary-Ellen  Donnelly	Ph.D.in Chemistry	University of Edinburgh
Master Students
	Mengnan Wang
Graduate Intern
	Huixin Hu

Veronika Afonina (PhDStudent)

2016-Present

Veronika, a PhDstudent at the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University ofEdinburgh joins the RTH group for collaborative experiments with Prof. EugeneGregoryanz.

Jack Binns (Postdoctoral Research Associate)

2016-Present

jack.binns@hpstar.ac.cn

Dr. Jack Binns is a postdoctoral fellow at HPSTAR Shanghai. Jack received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from The University of Edinburgh in 2016 for work developing a high-pressure single-crystal neutrondiffraction technique for the KOALA instrument at ANSTO, Australia. Jack hasalso published articles using X-ray diffraction to explore the effects oftemperature and pressure on metal-organic frameworks, proton conductors, andamino acids. His current interest is the application of diffraction techniquesto the study of molecular materials at high pressures.

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Dr. Ross Howie joined HPSTAR in September 2015. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh from 2013-2015 working in the group of Prof. Eugene Gregoryanz. He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2013.

Dr. Howies research focuses on static compression experiments of molecular systems in the multi-megabar regime using optical spectroscopy as a diagnostic.

Research highlights include the discovery and characterization of hydrogen phase IV, the first solid phase of hydrogen to be discovered over the past 25 years. Recent experiments have pushed to record pressures in the conventional diamond anvil cell and characterized the behavior of hydrogen above 350 GPa.

In September 2015 Dr. Howie was awarded the Jamieson Award from the International Association for the Advancement of High Pressure Science and Technology (AIRAPT).

ross.howie@hpstar.ac.cn

+86-21-8017 7092

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Mengnan Wang(Masters Student)

2016-Present

Mengnan received aB.Sc. in chemistry from ….