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Research interests
A chemical engineering by training, my work is multidisciplinary, across the fields of chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry and applied maths. My research addresses the need to make functional materials more sustainable, by using less of the expensive components and energy, but still delivering the required properties, as well as new functionality. It does this using modelling from the molecular to the continuum scale, and experiments to both validate and apply the models.
My ongoing research projects include:
- Measuring colloidal interactions, to better characterise industrial formulations
- Controlling the particle arrangement in thin-film materials formed by drying
- Pattern exploitation in drying droplets for diagnostics
- Colloids in sustainable energy materials
- Responsive colloidal robots
Other responsibilities
- Joint Colloids Group committee member, Society of Chemical Industry, Dec 2025-
- UK ESGI Steering Committee community member, Sept 2025-
- Early Career Colloid Network committee member (Website Manager), Society of Chemical Industry, June 2023-
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Chemical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, Colloidal phoretic motion, University of Cambridge
Oct 2018 → Sept 2022
Chemical Engineering (via Natural Sciences), Master of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Oct 2014 → Jun 2018
External positions
Junior Research Fellow, Christ Church, Oxford
1 Oct 2022 → 31 Dec 2025
Keywords
- Colloid science
- Formulation engineering
- Thin film materials
- Colloidal hydrodynamics
- Colloidal interactions
- Diffusiophoresis
- Drying
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Diffusiophoresis in gradients of mixtures of colloidal and molecular-sized ions
Rees-Zimmerman, C. R., 31 Jan 2026, In: Applied Mathematical Modelling. 149, 116290.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effective interactions in active Brownian particles
Rees-Zimmerman, C. R., Gutierrez, C. M. B., Valeriani, C. & Aarts, D. G. A. L., 19 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Soft Matter.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inverting g(r) to u(r): The test-particle insertion method
Rees-Zimmerman, C. R., Heafield, A., Ellerbeck, D., Stones, A. E., Dullens, R. P. A. & Aarts, D. G. A. L., 31 Dec 2025, In: JCIS Open. 20, 100156.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Numerical methods for unraveling inter-particle potentials in colloidal suspensions: A comparative study for two-dimensional suspensions
Rees-Zimmerman, C. R., Martín-Roca, J., Evans, D., Miller, M. A., Aarts, D. G. A. L. & Valeriani, C., 21 Feb 2025, In: The Journal of Chemical Physics. 162, 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Stratification Regimes in Drying Polystyrene and Silica Nanoparticle Films: Implications for Evaporative Self-Assembly of Colloidal Particles
Carr, A. J., Rees-Zimmerman, C. R., Zheng, B., Routh, A. F. & Bhatia, S. R., 12 Apr 2024, In: ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7, 7, p. 8102-8112 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Katharine Burr Blodgett Award 2023
Rees-Zimmerman, C. (Recipient), Jul 2023
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IMA Lighthill-Thwaites Prize 2023
Rees-Zimmerman, C. (Recipient), Apr 2023
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Danckerts-Pergamon Prize 2024
Rees-Zimmerman, C. (Recipient), 2024
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MDPI-Polymers Prize 2025
Rees-Zimmerman, C. (Recipient), Sept 2025
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