Wendy Flavell

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]

Wendy Flavell

CChem CPhys FInstP
Born
Wendy Ruth Flavell

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

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.[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. Anon (2017). "Flavell, Prof. Wendy Ruth". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U281718. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
  2. Wendy Flavell publications indexed by Google Scholar
  3. Flavell, Wendy Ruth (1986). Electron spectroscopy of metal oxides (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 499770530. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.482925.
  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). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.67.035110. ISSN 0163-1829.
  6. "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. 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. 5917. pp. 59170C. doi:10.1117/12.632523.
  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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