Arturs Pugejs

Postgraduate Research Student

Email: pmapu[at]leeds.ac.uk Address: Arturs Pugejs School of Chemical and Process Engineering The University of Leeds Leeds, UK LS2 9JT

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Education

Integrated MSc & PhD in Chemical Engineering – University of Leeds (2016 – Present)
MChem (Hons) in Chemistry with Industrial Experience– University of Bradford (2012 – 2016)

Scholarships

SCaPE Research Day Poster Prize – University of Leeds (2018)

Employment

Analytical Chemist (Industrial Placement) – Unilever UK (2015 – 2016)

Responsibilities

Lab Captain (2019 – 2020)

Research Project Summary

Current Project (2017 – Present):
Title – Surfactant-mediated reactive crystallisation of calcium carbonate particles from multi-phase media
Outline – The project aim is to elucidate the surfactant effect on the mechanism behind calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) crystal morphology, size and polymorph controlled crystallisation in surfactant stabilised multi-phase media. The objectives of the study include anionic, cationic, and non-ionic surfactant mediated synthesis of CaCO₃ nanometre sized particles in aqueous and non-polar media within self-assembled surfactant structures. Development of apparatus for in-situ time-resolved X-ray and vibrational spectroscopy analysis of the synthesis process. Identification of the molecular pathways involved in CaCO₃ crystallization and establishing guidelines for their control to obtained size, shape, polymorph tailored CaCO₃ particles.
Supervisors: Prof Sven L. M. Schroeder| Collaborators: University of Leeds and  Infineum UK

Other Projects:
MSc Research Project – Asphaltene Chemical Structure Characteristics for Solvent Resistant Film Adsorption on Stainless Steel Surfaces
MChem Research Project – HPLC analysis of antiperspirant actives by integrated ICP-OES
BSc Research Project – Recent advances in total synthesis of tropane scaffold

• Last updated: 14/01/2021