'Chemistry is incredibly complicated’: The interface between chemistry and art

Just a month away from wrapping up her thesis, Emma Brass, a PhD student in Andy Cooper’s autonomous robots laboratory in the University of Liverpool’s department of chemistry, exhibited a major art installation in the city’s annual River of Light festival.

This year, the festival was themed around ‘The Science of Light’ and the organisers were keen to feature work from scientists. With her background in chemistry, coding and robotics – and interest in code-based art – Brass was put forward by her supervisor.