Wendy Flavell

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Wendy Flavell
CChem CPhys FInstP
Born
Wendy Ruth Flavell

(1961-09-01) 1 September 1961 (age 63) [1]
Bilston, England
Education Wolverhampton Girls' High School
Alma mater University of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Awards Royal Society University Research Fellow [ when? ]
Scientific career
Fields Photoemission
Photovoltaics [2]
Institutions University of Manchester
UMIST
Daresbury Laboratory
Imperial College London
Thesis Electron spectroscopy of metal oxides  (1986)
Doctoral advisor P. A. Cox [3]
Website www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/wendy.flavell.html

Wendy Ruth Flavell CChem CPhys FInstP (born 1 September 1961) [1] is Vice Dean for Research and a Professor of Surface Physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester. Her research investigates the electronic structure of complex metal oxides, chalcogenides, photoemission and photovoltaics. [2] [4] [5]

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Education and early life

Flavell was born in Bilston to Maurice and June Flavell. [1] She was educated at Wolverhampton Girls' High School [1] and studied physics (Bachelor of Arts) at the University of Oxford [1] followed by a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1986. [3] Her doctoral research investigated electron spectroscopy of metal oxides and supervised by P.A. Cox. [3]

Career and research

Flavell joined Imperial College London as a Royal Society University Research Fellow.[ when? ] [6] [7] In 1990 Flavell joined the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in the Department of Chemistry. [6] In 1998 Flavell became the sixth woman in the United Kingdom to be appointed Professor of Physics. [6] She launched a scheme to promote women in science. [8] She was part of the strategy group that designed the 4GLS at Daresbury Laboratory in 2004. [9] [10] She is a member of the University of Manchester Living Lab. [11]

Flavell is interested in using nanoparticles and Quantum dots for efficient fuel cells and new materials for photovoltaics. [12] She works on scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), X-ray absorption near edge structure (NEXAFS) and extended X-ray absorption fine structure. She has studied titanium dioxide and Tin(IV) Oxide. [13] She is interested in the surface reactivity of nanocrystals and dynamics of charge carriers in solar cells. [14] [15] She attempts to understand how solar cells age at the surface, in efforts to design passivation strategies. [16] Flavell demonstrated that cadmium telluride quantum dots can have near unity quantum yields. [17] In 2014 she served as deputy chair of the physics panel of the Research Excellence Framework (REF). [6] She served on the Council of the Institute of Physics in 2017 [8] and on the Newton International Fellowship committee for the Royal Society. [18] Her research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). [19]

Public engagement

In 2011 Flavell's research group demonstrated their work on quantum dots at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition. [20] [21] [22] She has delivered a Pint of Science talk [23] and discussed the photon on In Our Time in 2015. [24]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Anon (2017). "Flavell, Prof. Wendy Ruth" . Who's Who (online Oxford University Press  ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U281718.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2 Wendy Flavell publications indexed by Google Scholar OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. 1 2 3 Flavell, Wendy Ruth (1986). Electron spectroscopy of metal oxides (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC   499770530. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.482925. Lock-green.svg
  4. ↑ Wendy Flavell publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Thomas, A. G.; Flavell, W. R.; Kumarasinghe, A. R.; Mallick, A. K.; Tsoutsou, D.; Smith, G. C.; Stockbauer, R.; Patel, S.; Grätzel, M.; Hengerer, R. (2003). "Resonant photoemission of anataseTiO2(101) and (001) single crystals". Physical Review B. 67 (3): 035110. Bibcode:2003PhRvB..67c5110T. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.67.035110. ISSN   0163-1829.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Prof Wendy Flavell". University of Manchester. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Hannah, Gay; William, Griffith (3 November 2016). Chemistry Department at Imperial College London, The: A History, 1845–2000. World Scientific. ISBN   9781783269754.
  8. 1 2 Anon (2017). "Seven new trustees prepare to take up their places on the IOP Council". iop.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  9. ↑ Anon (10 August 2004). "Daresbury moves closer to recapturing lead". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  10. ↑ Flavell, Wendy R.; Quinn, Frances M.; Clarke, Jim A.; Seddon, Elaine A.; Thompson, Neil R.; Bowler, Marion A.; Roper, Mark D.; Smith, Susan L.; Owen, Hywel L. (2005). "4GLS: the UK's fourth generation light source". In Tatchyn, Roman O; Biedron, Sandra G; Eberhardt, Wolfgang (eds.). Fourth Generation X-Ray Sources and Optics III. Vol. 5917. pp. 59170C. doi:10.1117/12.632523. S2CID   123695378.
  11. ↑ "Wendy Flavell | University Living Lab". universitylivinglab.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "Prof Wendy Flavell – Research Interest". University of Manchester. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  13. ↑ Thomas, A. G.; Flavell, W. R.; Mallick, A. K.; Kumarasinghe, A. R.; Tsoutsou, D.; Khan, N.; Chatwin, C.; Rayner, S.; Smith, G. C. (2007). "Comparison of the electronic structure of anatase and rutile TiO2 single-crystal surfaces using resonant photoemission and x-ray absorption spectroscopy". Physical Review B. 75 (3): 035105. Bibcode:2007PhRvB..75c5105T. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.035105.
  14. ↑ "ISSC-21". issc21.iopconfs.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  15. ↑ Spencer, Ben F.; Cliffe, Matthew J.; Graham, Darren M.; Hardman, Samantha J. O.; Seddon, Elaine A.; Syres, Karen L.; Thomas, Andrew G.; Sirotti, Fausto; Silly, Mathieu G. (2014). "Dynamics in next-generation solar cells: time-resolved surface photovoltage measurements of quantum dots chemically linked to ZnO (101̄0)". Faraday Discuss. 171: 275–298. Bibcode:2014FaDi..171..275S. doi: 10.1039/C4FD00019F . ISSN   1359-6640. PMID   25274426.
  16. ↑ Anon. "MNP Seminar: Unravelling the mysteries of solar nanocells". University of Leeds. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  17. ↑ Page, Robert C.; Espinobarro-Velazquez, Daniel; Leontiadou, Marina A.; Smith, Charles; Lewis, Edward A.; Haigh, Sarah J.; Li, Chen; Radtke, Hanna; Pengpad, Atip (2015). "Photoluminescence: Near-Unity Quantum Yields from Chloride Treated CdTe Colloidal Quantum Dots (Small 13/2015)". Small. 11 (13): 1482. doi:10.1002/smll.201570074. ISSN   1613-6810.
  18. ↑ "Wendy Flavell". royalsociety.org. Royal Society . Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "UK government grants awarded to Wendy Flavell". ukri.org.
  20. ↑ "Solar nanotech | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  21. ↑ "Putting sunshine in the tank – News and events, The University of York". University of York. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  22. ↑ "Scientists harness power of sun". BBC. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  23. ↑ "From Galaxies to Atoms". pintofscience.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  24. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, The Photon". BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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