Melanie Guillén Soler

Research profile

Digital chemistry, automation, and electrochemical discovery

I am a Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow working at the interface of digital chemistry, electrochemistry automation, and programmable chemical systems.

Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About Me

My career has strategically built an interdisciplinary profile at the forefront of digital chemistry, integrating materials science, electrocatalysis, chemical automation, and AI for sustainable energy discovery. I specialize in the development of automated platforms for the controlled stimulus of electro- and photochemistry, utilizing integrated analytical feedback to drive autonomous discovery.

During my PhD, I pioneered automated in-situ analysis to understand complex electrochemical processes at nanointerfaces, leading to a real-time gas monitoring device and a granted patent. I also designed an in-flow electrochemical cell for the ALBA synchrotron enabling real-time electrocatalysis and XANES measurements, complemented by Raman, X-ray spectroscopy and confocal microscopy studies.

My postdoctoral work at the University of Glasgow expanded into digital chemistry with the ElectroChemputer, the first universal framework for programmable electrosynthesis. Since September 2024, I have served as Postdoctoral Researcher and Team Leader of the Chemputer Reactivity Team in the Cronin Group. In this leadership role, I manage multidisciplinary projects focused on advancing reactivity and chemical discovery through robotics.

Outside the lab, I enjoy bringing science to life through illustration, video editing, and 3D modelling. Some of my artwork has even made it onto the front covers of scientific journals.

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Pushing the Boundaries of Digital Chemistry

Recent Updates

2026: Selected as an SLAS2026 Innovation Award finalist for “Real-Time Analytics for Accelerated Electrochemistry: The ElectroChemputer Platform.”
2026: ElectroChemputer with integrated monitoring for programmable electrochemistry published in Chem.
2025: Work on compression of molybdenum blue polyoxometalate cluster rings published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
2024: Algorithm-driven robotic discovery of polyoxometalate-scaffolding metal-organic frameworks published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.