About Me

I am Benedict Hazel from Wandsworth in south London, England. I have a masters degree in chemistry from the University of Sheffield, and am currently undertaking a PhD in inorganic and theoretical chemistry also at the University of Sheffield.

My main chemistry interests lie in inorganic and computational chemistry, including coordination chemistry, self-assembly, NMR spectroscopy, and quantum mechanical modeling. You can read more about my chemistry interests, including my PhD subject, on the Chemistry page.

In computing, I am a hobbyist software developer, mostly for Windows using the Microsoft .NET Framework languages of Visual Basic.NET and C#. I am relatively fluent in HTML and am increasing knowledge in ASP.NET. Other computer interests include operating systems and virtualisation. You can see some of my projects in the Computing section.

Away from science and computers, I have a great passion for music of all varieties. I play several instruments and have composed some music as well! There are links to this music in the Music section. I also do some sport, albeit not much, in the form of Taekwondo, the national sport of Korea. You can see some photos on the Sport page!