Rachel Evans | |
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Born | Rachel Claire Evans |
Alma mater | Swansea University (MChem, PhD) |
Awards |
Marie Curie Fellowship Dillwyn Medal (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Materials chemistry Photophysics Solar energy Soft matter Polymers [1] |
Institutions |
University of Cambridge Trinity College Dublin University of Aveiro University of Coimbra Lonza Group |
Thesis | Efficient emitters for technological applications (2007) |
Website |
www |
Rachel Claire Evans FRSC FIMMM FLSW is a Welsh chemist based at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. [1] She works on photoactive polymer-hybrid materials for solar devices, including organic photovoltaics and stimuli-responsive membranes. [2]
Evans grew up in South Wales. [3] She studied at Swansea University, earning a Master of Chemistry (MChem) degree in 2002. [4] [5] During her Masters, she completed an International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IASTE) fellowship at Lonza Group. [3] She returned to Swansea University for her PhD, investigating on light-emitting materials for display technologies. [6] [4]
After her PhD, Evans spent a year at the University of Aveiro. [4] She was subsequently awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Paris [4] where she worked as a postdoc on fluorescence of soft materials. [4] Evans left Paris to join the University of Coimbra as a Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia postdoctoral fellow. She moved to Trinity College Dublin in 2009, where she was a lecturer in Physical Chemistry. Her research was funded by Science Foundation Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. [7] She delivered the 2011 Royal Society of Chemistry Schools lecture on the Chemistry of Light. [8] In 2013 she published the textbook Applied Photochemistry with Springer Publishing. [9] They explored self-assembly of conjugated polyelectrolyte– polyoxometalate networks, with dimensions controlled by the polymer chain length and steric charge distribution. [10] [11] The self-assembly of these lumophores can be used to tune the optical and electronic properties. [12] To understand the morphology of these films and inform the design of performance nanostructured devices, her group use small-angle scattering, spectroscopy and microscopy. [13] [14] Small-angle scattering allows her to study the microstructure of hybrid materials at the near atomic scale. [15] Their conjugated polyelectrolyte work was featured in the ChemComm Emerging Investigators issue. [16] She also worked on oxygen sensitive printable ink sensors. [17]
Evans has explored polymer-hybrid materials for luminescent solar concentrators. [18] By controlling the placement and orientation of the lumophore, she showed that it is possible to limit light lost by reabsorption. [19] [20] She minimises waveguiding losses by designing materials with high refractive indices. She demonstrated that perylene carboxdiimide-bridged triethoxysilane can be covalently grafted to siloxane hybrids. [18] Her work was featured in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C Emerging Investigators Issue in 2016. [21] She also develops encapsulation techniques to improve device lifetime. [22] She was made an associate professor in 2016. She collaborated extensively with the University of Montpellier as part of a French-Irish collaboration. [23]
Evans was appointed a lecturer at the University of Cambridge in 2017 [3] and a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. [4] Her group explore soft materials that are responsive to stimuli, nanostructured inks and hybrid nanoparticles. [24] The soft materials respond to light, using photoresponsive surfactants that include an azobenzene group. [25] She was appointed chair of the Royal Society of Chemistry Photophysics and Photochemistry Group in 2017. [26]
She founded Senoptica Technologies [27] in 2018 and is the chief scientific officer (CSO) working on optical sensors developed in Evans' lab. [28] Senoptica Technologies detect defective modified atmosphere packaging, changing colour to alert the consumer to the amount of oxygen in the pack. [29]
2023 Elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW) [30]
2018 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) [31]
2018 Nominated a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM) [32]
2017 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Society of Chemical Industry UK Young Researchers Medal [33] [34]
2017 Learned Society of Wales Dillwyn Medal [35]
2015 Trinity College Dublin Fellowship [36]
2014 Irish Lab Awards Young Leader of the Year [37]
2008 RSC Harry Hallam prize [3]
2007 RSC Ronald Belcher Memorial Lectureship [34]
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Rachel Evans | |
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Born | Rachel Claire Evans |
Alma mater | Swansea University (MChem, PhD) |
Awards |
Marie Curie Fellowship Dillwyn Medal (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Materials chemistry Photophysics Solar energy Soft matter Polymers [1] |
Institutions |
University of Cambridge Trinity College Dublin University of Aveiro University of Coimbra Lonza Group |
Thesis | Efficient emitters for technological applications (2007) |
Website |
www |
Rachel Claire Evans FRSC FIMMM FLSW is a Welsh chemist based at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. [1] She works on photoactive polymer-hybrid materials for solar devices, including organic photovoltaics and stimuli-responsive membranes. [2]
Evans grew up in South Wales. [3] She studied at Swansea University, earning a Master of Chemistry (MChem) degree in 2002. [4] [5] During her Masters, she completed an International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IASTE) fellowship at Lonza Group. [3] She returned to Swansea University for her PhD, investigating on light-emitting materials for display technologies. [6] [4]
After her PhD, Evans spent a year at the University of Aveiro. [4] She was subsequently awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Paris [4] where she worked as a postdoc on fluorescence of soft materials. [4] Evans left Paris to join the University of Coimbra as a Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia postdoctoral fellow. She moved to Trinity College Dublin in 2009, where she was a lecturer in Physical Chemistry. Her research was funded by Science Foundation Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. [7] She delivered the 2011 Royal Society of Chemistry Schools lecture on the Chemistry of Light. [8] In 2013 she published the textbook Applied Photochemistry with Springer Publishing. [9] They explored self-assembly of conjugated polyelectrolyte– polyoxometalate networks, with dimensions controlled by the polymer chain length and steric charge distribution. [10] [11] The self-assembly of these lumophores can be used to tune the optical and electronic properties. [12] To understand the morphology of these films and inform the design of performance nanostructured devices, her group use small-angle scattering, spectroscopy and microscopy. [13] [14] Small-angle scattering allows her to study the microstructure of hybrid materials at the near atomic scale. [15] Their conjugated polyelectrolyte work was featured in the ChemComm Emerging Investigators issue. [16] She also worked on oxygen sensitive printable ink sensors. [17]
Evans has explored polymer-hybrid materials for luminescent solar concentrators. [18] By controlling the placement and orientation of the lumophore, she showed that it is possible to limit light lost by reabsorption. [19] [20] She minimises waveguiding losses by designing materials with high refractive indices. She demonstrated that perylene carboxdiimide-bridged triethoxysilane can be covalently grafted to siloxane hybrids. [18] Her work was featured in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C Emerging Investigators Issue in 2016. [21] She also develops encapsulation techniques to improve device lifetime. [22] She was made an associate professor in 2016. She collaborated extensively with the University of Montpellier as part of a French-Irish collaboration. [23]
Evans was appointed a lecturer at the University of Cambridge in 2017 [3] and a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. [4] Her group explore soft materials that are responsive to stimuli, nanostructured inks and hybrid nanoparticles. [24] The soft materials respond to light, using photoresponsive surfactants that include an azobenzene group. [25] She was appointed chair of the Royal Society of Chemistry Photophysics and Photochemistry Group in 2017. [26]
She founded Senoptica Technologies [27] in 2018 and is the chief scientific officer (CSO) working on optical sensors developed in Evans' lab. [28] Senoptica Technologies detect defective modified atmosphere packaging, changing colour to alert the consumer to the amount of oxygen in the pack. [29]
2023 Elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW) [30]
2018 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) [31]
2018 Nominated a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM) [32]
2017 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Society of Chemical Industry UK Young Researchers Medal [33] [34]
2017 Learned Society of Wales Dillwyn Medal [35]
2015 Trinity College Dublin Fellowship [36]
2014 Irish Lab Awards Young Leader of the Year [37]
2008 RSC Harry Hallam prize [3]
2007 RSC Ronald Belcher Memorial Lectureship [34]
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