Hannah Turney MSci
PhD student
Research interests
- Chemistry
Biography
Hannah Turney is a postgraduate Computational Chemistry researcher in the Department of Chemistry, King’s College London. She is working towards her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Micaela Matta, as part of the London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Programme. Hannah was awarded her MSci degree in Biochemistry by the University of Birmingham in 2021, specialising in mRNA biologics development and infectious disease.
Her research focuses on developing new software tools to create computational models of polymer drug formulations, in collaboration with Johnson&Johnson Innovative Medicine and the Open Force Field Consortium.
Hannah has three years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including using machine learning to predict biologic manufacturing failures and streamline quality control analytics.
Hannah has led and participated in scientific outreach and collaboration initiatives at all stages of her career, including founding the AstraZeneca global graduate forum, and giving the postgraduate talk at the Daniell lecture (2025).
Research Interests
- Molecular modelling
- Pharmaceutical research
- Data mining and machine learning
Thesis title and abstract
Software toolkits for in silico screening of polymer excipients in drug formulations.
PhD Supervisors
Primary: Dr Micaela Matta
Secondary: Professor Martin Ulmschneider
Publications