Welcome to Dr Alex Stuart, who joins the Oliver group as a postdoctoral research fellow working on the BBSRC-funded sLoLa Circuits of Life grant. She previously worked as a postdoc at the University of Sydney with Prof. Girish Lakhwani, where she used optical spectroscopy to study the photophysics of organic semiconductors for optoelectronic applications. Prior to this Alex received her PhD from the University of Adelaide with A/Prof. Tak Kee and A/Prof David Huang, primarily on singlet fission and the photochemistry of polyacenes.

Alex was recently awarded the Cornforth Medal by the Royal Australian Chemical Society for her outstanding PhD thesis. The national prize is annually awarded in Australia “for a thesis on chemical research, recognising outstanding achievement in Chemistry and to promote chemical communication.”