Our challenges feature a small fraction of the incredible work women undertake in the chemical sciences, so we've started a 'wall of faces' to highlight the myriad ways in which women are making the difference.
Hover over to find out more about each one...
Calling all Women in Chemistry!
We've set up a LinkedIn group to connect the women who have been developing this outreach project. We hope that this will facilitate the development of a supportive, long-lasting community between the women working at our partner institutions.
DPhil student, Gouverneur Group, University of Oxford
My research focuses on the development of new ways to access the chemical building blocks that are important to advance medicinal chemistry.
Vihanga Munasinghe
DPhil student, Beer Group, University of Oxford
My research focuses on how we can recognise biologically and industrially important anions (negatively charged particles).
Dr Rhiannon Mari Evans
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Vincent Group, University of Oxford
My research has the potential to change the way the best catalysts are designed for making renewable fuels.
Matina Zavitsanou
DPhil student, Duarte Group, University of Oxford
My research has the potential to lower the cost and speed the design of novel catalysts.
Grace Roper
DPhil student, Kawamura Group, University of Oxford
My research has the potential to find new ways of treating cancer.
Lydia Cox
DPhil student, Donohoe Group, University of Oxford
My research has the potential to improve medicines by making the synthesis of drug targets more efficient.
Dr Sarah Cleary
Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Vincent Group, University of Oxford
My research has the potential to help chemical manufacturing reduce its carbon emissions, becoming more sustainable and efficient through the use of biotechnology.
Divya Popat
DPhil student, Vallance Group, University of Oxford
My research has the potential to improve our understanding of how UV radiation from the Sun damages our bodies.
Lucia Staronova
DPhil student, Dixon Group, University of Oxford
My research has a potential to uncover a pathway to new types of chemical structures. This has a number of applications, perhaps the most well-known would be in producing new medicines.
My work involves making the active ingredients in pharmaceutical drugs for clinical trials and, eventually, the medicines you might buy, or be prescribed by your doctor.
Prof. Véronique Gouverneur FRS
Professor of Chemistry
My research on Fluorine Chemistry has the potential to understand, diagnose and cure disease.
Giulia Roagna
DPhil student, Gouverneur Group, University of Oxford
My research focuses on finding new ways to insert fluorine in molecules which can be used in drug discovery.
Dr Claudia Contini
Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
My research interests lie in the field of bottom-up synthetic biology with a focus on the design of synthetic life-like systems that mimic biological properties and functions for biotechnological and biomedical applications.
Dr Faiza Javaid
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Di Antonio Group), Imperial College London
My research focuses on using chemical tools to explore proteins that bind to G4 DNA in the context of ageing.
Federica Raguseo
PhD Student, Di Antonio and Di Michele Groups, Imperial College London
I am a PhD student in cellular bionics. I analyze the DNA and RNA in natural cells, understand how they interact with proteins and then try to reproduce the same structures in artificial cells!
