Kim Jelfs

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Kim Jelfs
Alma mater University College London
Scientific career
Institutions Imperial College London

University of Liverpool

University of Barcelona
Thesis Modelling the growth of zeolitic materials  (2010)

Kim E. Jelfs is a computational chemist based at Imperial College London who was one of the recipients of the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes in 2018. She develops software to predict the structures and properties of molecular systems for renewable energy.

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Early life and education

Jelfs studied chemistry at University College London. [1] For her final year project, Jelfs worked at the Royal Institution. [2] She earned her PhD in 2010, working with Ben Slater on modelling the growth of zeolitic materials. [2] [3]

Research and career

After completing her PhD Jelfs joined the University of Barcelona, working with Stefan Bromley. She moved to the University of Liverpool, working as a postdoctoral researcher with Matthew Rosseinsky and Andrew Ian Cooper. [2] At the University of Liverpool Jelfs characterised the structure of porous materials. [2] She was funded by an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Programme Grant. [4] [5]

In 2013 she joined Imperial College London as a Royal Society University Research Fellow. [1] In 2015 she was awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant, which provides €1.5 million funding for five years of materials discovery. [6] [7] [8] Her research will consider porous molecules, organic small molecules and polymers. [8] She uses computational models to predict the relationships between structure and properties. [9] The models can also be used to predict the properties of amorphous frameworks and porous molecules. [9] Her group identified the 20 most probable topologies for porous cage molecules, which can be synthesised through dynamic covalent chemistry. [10]

In 2018 Jelfs was awarded the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry. [2] She was also awarded an Imperial College London President's Award for Outstanding Early Career Research. [11] [12] In 2019, she was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in Chemistry. [13]

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  3. ↑ K.E., Jelfs (2010-03-28). Modelling the growth of zeolitic materials. discovery.ucl.ac.uk (Doctoral). Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  4. ↑ "Kim Jelfs - Cooper Group - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  5. ↑ "Phases 1, 2, 3 +". www.directedassembly.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  6. ↑ "Grant winners - 7 November 2013". Times Higher Education (THE). 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  7. ↑ "Four Imperial academics celebrate winning European Research Council grants | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  8. 1 2 "ERC FUNDED PROJECTS". ERC: European Research Council. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
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  10. ↑ Santolini, Valentina; Miklitz, Marcin; Berardo, Enrico; Jelfs, Kim E. (2017). "Topological landscapes of porous organic cages". Nanoscale. 9 (16): 5280–5298. doi: 10.1039/C7NR00703E . hdl: 10044/1/45580 . ISSN   2040-3364. PMID   28397915.
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  12. ↑ "Top honours for three Imperial chemists | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  13. ↑ "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2019 | The Leverhulme Trust". www.leverhulme.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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