Professor Claire Vallance
Tutorial Fellow in Chemistry
Professor of Physical Chemistry
Claire joined Hertford in 2002, at the same time as starting a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in the Department of Chemistry. In 2005 she was appointed to a University Lectureship in Physical Chemistry in association with Hertford College, and was awarded the title of Professor of Physical Chemistry in 2014.
Undergraduate teaching
Claire is responsible for all of the physical chemistry tutorial teaching in Hertford, covering topics including thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, spectroscopy, photochemistry, surface chemistry, and much more. Within the Department of Chemistry, Claire currently gives lectures for the first-year Chemical Kinetics course and the third-year Astrochemistry option.
Graduate teaching
Claire has an active research group within the Department of Chemistry, and supervises a number of postdoctoral fellows, D.Phil. students and fourth year (“Part II”) students on the MChem course.
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Research interests
Claire’s research group focuses on two areas, which span both fundamental and applied aspects of experimental physical chemistry. The first employs state-of-the-art ultrafast imaging methods to study light-induced and electron-induced reactions, which are important in fields such as atmospheric chemistry, astrochemistry, and photobiology. The second applies mass spectrometry and spectral imaging, coupled with machine learning, to a number of problems in clinical medicine. Further details of Claire’s research can be found at http://vallance.web.ox.ac.uk. She is also co-founder of the spin-out Mode Labs (www.modelabs.tech), which is developing remotely deployable environmental sensors based on optical microcavity technology.
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Publications
Claire has written textbooks on Astrochemistry, Reaction Dynamics, Symmetry and Group Theory, Chemical Kinetics, and Properties of Gases, and has published over 160 research articles. Â A full list can be found at Research | Claire Vallance research group