Jenny Slaughter

Jennifer Louise Slaughter is a British chemist and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manchester.[4] Her research is based on chemistry education and academic writing, specifically on laboratory chemical education, science communication, teaching and scholarship. [5]

Jenny Slaughter

Born
Jennifer Louise Slaughter
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia[1](BSc)
Bristol University[1](PhD)
Known for Laboratory Chemical Education
Science Communication
Teaching and Scholarship
Awards
  • Teaching Excellence Award (2019)[2]
  • Pfizer Organic Poster Prize (2007) [3]
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry education
Academic Writing
InstitutionsThe University of Manchester
ThesisMechanistic studies of asymmetric homoallylic vinylcyclopropanation (2007)
Doctoral advisorProf. Guy Lloyd-Jones

Education

Slaughter completed her Bachelor of Science degree at University of East Anglia in 2000. [1] Upon graduation, she read her Doctor of Philosophy degree at Bristol University, supervised by Prof. Guy Lloyd-Jones, on Mechanistic studies of asymmetric homoallylic vinylcyclopropanation and successfully gained her PhD in 2007.[6]

Research and career

Slaughter completed her postdoctoral research at Bristol University with Prof. Kevin Booker-Milburn here she focused on Palladium chemistry.[1] In 2009, she joined Bristol University as a teaching laboratory fellow.[1][5] In 2015, she joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manchester as a Lecturer in chemistry and was later promoted to the position of Senior Lecturer.[1][4][5] Slaughter is the current head of teaching and scholarship and the teaching laboratory coordinator in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manchester. [4]

Slaughter's research is generally based on chemistry education and academic writing, specifically on laboratory chemical education, science communication, teaching and scholarship.[5] She is also a Senior Fellow in Higher Education Academy[5] and has participated in several outreach activities including Salters' Institute Festival of Chemistry, Manchester (2019) in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry[7] as well has participated in events organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry on promoting teaching in chemistry[8]. In 2009, Slaughter also headed the organisation of the School of Chemistry’s Inaugural Postdoctoral Research Symposium.[1] Slaughter also participated in the Teaching and Learning Conference (2019) where she discussed the professional development opportunities for general teaching assistants and the barriers and challenges they face in engaging with these opportunities.[9]

Notable work

In her position as the teaching laboratory coordinator in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manchester, Slaughter implemented the use of Findensers which require only airflow to sustain reflux as opposed to traditional wasteful water based condensers. This change was based on undergraduate feedback within the laboratory.[10]

Slaughter, in collaboration with Lynne Bianchi, also contributed to the book, Teaching in Chemistry in Higher Education where they wrote a chapter on Student-led research groups for supporting educational research projects in which setting up an educational research group to support students conducting educational research projects in chemistry degrees was discussed. [11]

Slaughter, in collaboration with Natalie Fey also started the Picture It… Chemistry Blog in 2013 at Bristol University[12] as a means of talking about science to a general audience, even with limited scientific knowledge. The blog is currently one of the major running blogs in the Chemistry Department at Bristol University, where posts on a variety of science from a wide different range of individuals, including students to lecturers, has been published.[13][14]

Awards and Nominations
  • Teaching Excellence Award (2019)[2]
  • Pfizer Organic Poster Prize (2007) [3]

References
  1. Bristol University. "Dr Jenny Slaughter – Bristol ChemLabS Teaching Laboratory Fellow". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. University of Manchester. "Announcing this year's Teaching Excellence Awards winners". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. Prof. Lloyd Jones. "The Lloyd Jones Group - Group Awards". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester. "Academic and research staff (A-Z)". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  5. "Jennifer Slaughter (Linkedin)". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  6. Slaughter, Jenny L. (2007). Mechanistic studies of asymmetric homoallylic vinylcyclopropanation (PhD thesis). (subscription required)
  7. "Salters' Institute Festival of Chemistry, Thursday 6th June 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  8. Royal Society of Chemistry. "ChemCareers 2019: Teaching in Academia". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  9. Advanced HE. "Teaching and Learning Conference 2019: Recognising the impact and achievements of graduate teacher assistants in STEM subjects through tailored training and peer-mentor support pathways mapped against the UKPSF". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  10. Radleys. "Findensers allow University of Manchester students to make sustainable choices, as scientists". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. Slaughter, Jenny; Bianchi, Lynne (July 2019). "21:Student-led research groups for supporting educational research projects". Teaching Chemistry in Higher Education: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Tina Overton. Book Publishers. pp. 301–314. ISBN 0992823315.
  12. Department of Chemistry, Bristol University. "PICTURE IT…Chemistry". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  13. Mughal, Aliya (June 2014). "Chemistry Explored (Issue 2)" (PDF). University of Bristol. Bristol. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  14. Mughal, Aliya (April 2015). "Chemistry Explored (Issue 3)" (PDF). University of Bristol. Bristol. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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