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.
Steve Sheard
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
My research interests are in the general area of optoelectronics, including integrated circuit based surface emitting laser devices, optically controlled smart tags, and optical sensors.
Jason Smith
Professor of Photonic Materials and Devices
Our research focuses on the optical and electronic properties of solid state nanostructures for applications such as optoelectronics devices, quantum information processing and photovoltaics.
Robert Smith
Associate Professor
My research interests involve ultracold atoms
Hannah Smithson
Professor of Experimental Psychology
I use adaptive optics enabled ophthalmoscopes as a tool to investigate visual perception, aiming to answer such questions as "How do the neural circuits in human retina process colour information?".
Henry Snaith FRS
Professor of Physics
Our research is primarily focused on developing the physics and technology behind low cost photovoltaic concepts.
Shankar Srinivas
Professor of Developmental Biology
Paul Stavrinou
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
My research interests span the development of materials (organic and inorganic) for photonic applications and optoelectronic device components.
Ludmilla Steier
Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
My research addresses solar-driven conversion of small molecules (CO₂, water) into fuels and chemicals using photo- and electrocatalysts.
Hannah Stern
Associate Professor of Materials
Our research interests are probing the photophysics, excited state dynamics and spin physics of emerging quantum optical material systems.
Chris Stevens
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
My research area is Ultrafast Electronics which is a rapidly developing field in which we explore the ultimate speed limits of electronics.
