Staff profile

Amy V. Hall is a solid-state chemist and obtained a First Class Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Science at the University of Lincoln in 2017. In the same year, Amy moved to Durham to do a PhD with Prof. Jonathan W. Steed (funded by Ashland Speciality Materials and the EPSRC), researching the crystal engineering of photosensitive solids. Amy completed her PhD in 2020 and continued in the same research group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, working to improve existing treatments for the neglected tropical disease leishmaniasis. In 2023, Amy started her independent research with a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, synthesising pharmaceutical cocrystals to improve the properties (solubility, dissolution, bioavailability) of existing drugs. Amy was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2025. Her interests are in the crystallisation and engineering of pharmaceutically relevant solids, with a particular focus on polymorphs and cocrystals. More broadly, she is interested in supramolecular chemistry, crystallography, mechanochemistry, and pharmaceutics.

• Crystal engineering
• Supramolecular chemistry
• Crystallography
• Mechanochemistry
• Pharmaceutics

Journal Article

• When Reality Defies Prediction: Polymorphism, Twinning, and Accordion Crystals
  
  Hall, A. V., Taylor, A. C., Pridmore, N. E., Cruz-Cabeza, A. J., Smith, D. K., Cosottini, N., Fox, M. A., Chattopadhyay, A., Konstantinopoulos, S., Rainer, D. N., Coles, S. J., Blagden, N., Zhang, Q., Bowen, L., & Blundell, T. J. (2026). When Reality Defies Prediction: Polymorphism, Twinning, and Accordion Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 148(5), 5774–5782. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c22213
• Supramolecular Diversity in Bis(acylhydrazone) Crystals: Linker Effects, Polymorphism, and Gelator Assemblies
  
  Zhao, J. J., Pridmore, N. E., Blundell, T. J., Taylor, A. C., Smith, D. K., Cosottini, N., Screen, M. A., & Hall, A. V. (2026). Supramolecular Diversity in Bis(acylhydrazone) Crystals: Linker Effects, Polymorphism, and Gelator Assemblies. Crystal Growth & Design, 26(1), 664–670. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5c01576
• From X-ray diffraction to molecular simulations: celebrating Professor Angelo Gavezzotti’s contributions to crystal science
  
  Black, S., Blundell, T. J., Brocca, M., Chattopadhyay, A., Davey, R. J., Hall, A. V., Holleb, H. A., Howard, J. A. K., Jiang, Z., Jones, L. O., Maunder, J. J., Pridmore, N. E., Rzepa, J. G., Sacchi, P., Sironi, L., Theodosiou, F., Woods-Ryan, A., Young, R., & Cruz-Cabeza, A. J. (2026). From X-ray diffraction to molecular simulations: celebrating Professor Angelo Gavezzotti’s contributions to crystal science. Structural Chemistry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-025-02683-4
• The interplay between hydrogen bonds and stacking/T-type interactions in molecular cocrystals
  
  Cruz-Cabeza, A., Spackman, P., & Hall, A. (2024). The interplay between hydrogen bonds and stacking/T-type interactions in molecular cocrystals. Communications Chemistry, 7(1), Article 284. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-024-01380-3
• Post-16 students’ experience of practical science during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on students’ self-efficacy in practical work
  
  Cramman, H., Arenas, B., Awais, R., Balaban, C., Cropper, C., Dennis, F., Finch, K., Gray, H., Hall, A., Kitchen, G., Norman, K., O’Driscoll, L., Petts, P., Petri, S., Robson, J., Rosenburgh, A., Shields, L., Swift, G. P., & Vaughan, H. (2024). Post-16 students’ experience of practical science during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on students’ self-efficacy in practical work. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2, 39-69. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.14
• What Has Carbamazepine Taught Crystal Engineers?
  
  Hall, A. V., Cruz-Cabeza, A. J., & Steed, J. W. (2024). What Has Carbamazepine Taught Crystal Engineers? Crystal Growth and Design, 24(17), 7342-7360. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c00555
• Integral Role of Water in the Solid-State Behavior of the Antileishmanial Drug Miltefosine
  
  Hall, A. V., Gostick, I. E., Yufit, D. S., Marchant, G. Y., Kirubakaran, P., Madu, S. J., Li, M., Steel, P. G., & Steed, J. W. (2022). Integral Role of Water in the Solid-State Behavior of the Antileishmanial Drug Miltefosine. Crystal Growth and Design, 22(10), 6262-6266. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00843
• Properties and Applications of Stimuli-Responsive Diacetylenes
  
  Hall, A. V., Musa, O. M., & Steed, J. W. (2021). Properties and Applications of Stimuli-Responsive Diacetylenes. Crystal Growth and Design, 21(6), 3614-3638. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00300
• Alkali Metal Salts of 10,12-Pentacosadiynoic Acid and Their Dosimetry Applications
  
  Hall, A. V., Musa, O. M., Hood, D. K., Apperley, D. C., Yufit, D. S., & Steed, J. W. (2021). Alkali Metal Salts of 10,12-Pentacosadiynoic Acid and Their Dosimetry Applications. Crystal Growth and Design, 21(4), 2416-2422. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00031
• Anisotropic thermal expansion effects in layered n-Alkyl carboxylic acid – bipyridyl cocrystals
  
  Hall, A. V., Yufit, D. S., Zhang, Y., Musa, O. M., & Steed, J. W. (2021). Anisotropic thermal expansion effects in layered n-Alkyl carboxylic acid – bipyridyl cocrystals. Supramolecular Chemistry, 33(10). https://doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2022.2117623
• The crystal engineering of radiation-sensitive diacetylene cocrystals and salts
  
  Hall, A. V., Yufit, D. S., Apperley, D. C., Senak, L., Musa, O. M., Hood, D. K., & Steed, J. W. (2020). The crystal engineering of radiation-sensitive diacetylene cocrystals and salts. Chemical Science, 11(30), 8025-8035. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc02540b