After two years as a post doctoral researcher,[4] in 1996 Assender moved to a lectureship in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford[citation needed] where she focuses on thin films and coatings of polymer materials and onto polymer substrates. During her time in Oxford, she has developed expertise in roll-to-roll[7] deposition, gas barriers, photovoltaics, and polymer electronics (including transistors and circuits).[8] Assender has worked 80% full-time since her second child was born.[4]
In 2001 Assender co-edited the book "Aerospace Materials" with Brian Cantor and Patrick Grant.[9] She spoke at the 2015 University of Cambridge "Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers Company forum", a highlight of the academic UK materials science calendar, to highlight roll-to-roll vacuum processing to create multi-layer polymer electronic thin films.[10]
Assender continues to collaborate across the UK and is currently a member of the Centre for Plastic Electronics Centre for Doctoral Training (with colleagues from Oxford, Imperial, and Queen Mary University London).[11] Assender's research is inspired by her desire to solve industrial challenges.[4] Her recent work has considered wearable electronics as part of the Wearable and Flexible Technologies (WAFT) consortium with colleagues at Oxford, Southampton and Exeter Universities.[12]
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