Hazel Elaine Assender CPhys ,[1] is the head of Department and Professor of Materials at the Department of Materials, University of Oxford. [2] She is an expert in polymer chemistry, thin film electronics and nanomaterials. Assender is a fellow of Linacre College, Oxford.[3]
Hazel Assender | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hazel Elaine Assender |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MA, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Polymers Thin film electronics Microstructural Characterisation Materials science |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Magnetically induced microstructures in liquid crystalline polymers (1994) |
| Website | www |
Education
editAssender studied the Natural Sciences Tripos at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1990.[4] In 1990, Assender started her PhD in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy[citation needed] and completed her thesis on "Magnetically induced microstructures in liquid crystalline polymers" in 1994.[5][6][7]
Research and career
editAfter two years as a post doctoral researcher,[4] in 1996 Assender moved to a lectureship in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford[citation needed] where she focuses on thin films and coatings of polymer materials and onto polymer substrates. During her time in Oxford, she has developed expertise in roll-to-roll[8] deposition, gas barriers, photovoltaics, and polymer electronics (including transistors and circuits).[9] Assender has worked 80% full-time since her second child was born.[4]
In 2001 Assender co-edited the book "Aerospace Materials" with Brian Cantor and Patrick Grant.[10] She spoke at the 2015 University of Cambridge "Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers Company forum", a highlight of the academic UK materials science calendar, to highlight roll-to-roll vacuum processing to create multi-layer polymer electronic thin films.[11]
Assender continues to collaborate across the UK and is currently a member of the Centre for Plastic Electronics Centre for Doctoral Training (with colleagues from Oxford, Imperial, and Queen Mary University London).[12] Assender's research is inspired by her desire to solve industrial challenges.[4] Her recent work has considered wearable electronics as part of the Wearable and Flexible Technologies (WAFT) consortium with colleagues at Oxford, Southampton and Exeter Universities.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Selected Reports on Professional Activities of Group Members" (PDF). www.iop.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Hazel Assender". www.materials.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Fellows | Linacre College". www.linacre.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Hazel Assender — Diversity Projects". www.diversityprojects.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ ORCID 0000-0001-8320-695X
- ^ "Ottz Technic - Resources for Engineers". materials.ottz.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ Assender, Hazel Elaine (1994). Magnetically induced microstructures in liquid crystalline polymers (Ph.D. thesis). University of Cambridge. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.321035. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Capability Guide" (PDF). ukplasticelectronics.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Personal Homepages Oxford Materials". www.materials.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ Cantor, Brian; Assender, H.; Grant, P., eds. (19 August 2001). Aerospace Materials (1st ed.). Bristol: CRC Press. ISBN 9780750307420.
- ^ "Cambridge material eyes" (PDF). www.msm.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Supervisors". Imperial College London. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Department of Materials News 2014 Oxford Materials". www.materials.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.