I2Ri Podcast: Listen to Ronak discuss her career and ambitions
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In this BreakThru Research Podcast episode, Dr Ronak Janani shares with us her research area, outreach work and her career prospects. She also gave tips on how you could get into her field.

Dr Ronak Janani BEng, PhD completed her PhD focused on sol-gel chemistry and energy storage in 2019 at Sheffield Hallam University. With the use of her background in sol-gel chemistry, she entered the field of biomaterials with a focus on bioactive glass ceramics for healthcare applications.
She later joined the iPSpine consortium to contribute to the development of smart biomaterials as part of a non-invasive therapy for disc degeneration.
Over the years, She also took part in several Innovate UK and UKRI projects (such as EnviroAsh, Enviroglass 2 and GRIFFIN) helping to address some of the challenges faced by UK’s Foundation Industries.
In 2022, she became PI for the HiT OFCs project which aimed to advance the TRL of a developing gas-Raman instrument designed for emission monitoring in several UK Foundation Industries.
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