Wendy Flavell

Wendy Flavell
CChem CPhys FInstP
Born
Wendy Ruth Flavell

(1961-09-01) 1 September 1961 (age 63)[3]
Bilston, England
EducationWolverhampton Girls' High School
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
AwardsRoyal Society University Research Fellow[when?]
Scientific career
FieldsPhotoemission
Photovoltaics[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
UMIST
Daresbury Laboratory
Imperial College London
ThesisElectron spectroscopy of metal oxides (1986)
Doctoral advisorP. A. Cox[2]
Websitewww.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/wendy.flavell.html

Wendy Ruth Flavell CChem CPhys FInstP (born 1 September 1961)[3] 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.[1][4][5]

Education and early life

Flavell was born in Bilston to Maurice and June Flavell.[3] She was educated at Wolverhampton Girls' High School[3] and studied physics (Bachelor of Arts) at the University of Oxford[3] followed by a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1986.[2] Her doctoral research investigated electron spectroscopy of metal oxides and supervised by P.A. Cox.[2]

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. ^ a b Wendy Flavell publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c Flavell, Wendy Ruth (1986). Electron spectroscopy of metal oxides (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 499770530. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.482925. Free access icon
  3. ^ a b c d e 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.)
  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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b 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.