Ji-Seon Kim

Professor of Electronic Materials

Professor Ji-Seon Kim (Oxford) serves as Professor of Electronic Materials in the Department of Chemistry, joining Oxford in 2025 under the Sustainable Chemistry & Materials Initiative. Her research centers on sustainable molecular semiconductors, expanding to include mixed electronic/ionic conductors and organic/inorganic hybrid materials. She explores how molecular structure, interfaces, energetics, and dynamics influence device performance in applications such as solar cells, photoconversion sensors, synaptic transistors, biosensors and displays. Her methods combine advanced nanometrology (vibrational spectroscopy, Kelvin probe, photoemission) with density functional theory modeling to reveal the molecular origins of device behaviour. Recognition of her contributions includes the 2023 Nevill Mott Medal for her integrative approach to the materials physics of molecular semiconductor devices.

Matthew Fuchter

Professor of Chemistry

My research group focus is on functional molecules, chiral materials, and photoswitchable systems with applications across materials science, medicine and sustainable technologies

Gianluca Gregori

Professor of Physics

My research interests are: Laboratory Astrophysics; Fusion energy; Quantum plasmas; Fundamental physics with high-power lasers

Chao He

Associate Professor of Engineering Science

My research interests include polarisation optics, biomedical microscopy and vectorial imaging

Laura Herz

Professor of Physics

My research is focused on investigating nanostructured molecular and inorganic semiconducting materials

Doug Higgs

Emeritus Professor, Consultant Physician

We use state-of-the-art laboratory and computational approaches to understand how mammalian genes are switched on and off during development and differentiation and how this goes awry in human genetic diseases.

Felix Hofmann

Professor of Engineering Science

I’m interested in the effect of defects on material properties, ranging from single atom defects, such as vacancies and interstitials, to extended defects, such as dislocations, to macroscopic defects, for example cracks and voids.