Andy Anker
Junior Research Fellow
Dr Anker’s research focuses on the synthesis and characterisation of inorganic nanomaterials, with a particular emphasis on integrating machine learning and robotics within a self-driving laboratory.
At Oxford, he is working on integrating energy calculations into his modelling tools for scattering data and using energy calculations to provide prior information about which chemical compounds are stable under various synthetic conditions. This can guide the self-driving laboratory in achieving controlled synthesis of materials with tailored functionalities.
Dr Anker completed his PhD in 2023 at the University of Copenhagen and is now a Novo Nordisk Foundation postdoctoral fellow at the Technical University of Denmark and Oxford University. His achievements include the Danscatt PhD Prize and recognition in Forbes 30 Under 30.