Dr Adrien Chauvet

Department of Chemistry

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry

a.chauvet@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9414

C94, Dainton Building

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Dr Adrien Chauvet
Department of Chemistry
C94
Dainton Building
13 Brook Hill
Sheffield
S3 7HF

Profile

Dr Adrien Chauvet obtained his PhD in Biophysics from Purdue University (USA, 2012) in Prof. Sergei Savikhin’s laboratory of ultrafast spectroscopy working on photosynthetic protein complexes.

He then moved to Switzerland in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) under a Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Majed Chergui followed by a senior postdoc position at the University of Geneva (2015) with Prof. Jean-Pierre Wolf, working on new techniques for the elucidation and control of ultrafast photo-chemical processes.

In 2016 he was appointed to a lectureship in physical chemistry at the University of Sheffield.

Research interests

The Sun represents an unlimited source of energy that can be harvested and ultimately converted to electricity. Solar energy is therefore the solution to not only depart from fossil fuels, but also to respond to the ever-increasing energy needs of our society. In this grand scheme, our group is interested in the fundamental understanding of light absorption and conversion by means of various laser-based techniques.

In order to do so, we investigate the ultrafast behavior of a variety of natural and artificial proteins in solution (bc-cytochromes, Reaction-Centers, modified porphyrins), which entails applying microfluidics technologies to state-of-the-art pulsed laser systems.

Publications

Books

Chauvet A (2020) De la science à la croyance : Raffermir sa foi par une approche scientifique. Paris: Maison Ennour.
Chauvet A (2019) De la science à la croyance: Raffermir sa foi par une approche scientifique. Paris: Maison d'Ennour (2019).

Journal articles

Smitten K, Southam HM, Fairbanks S, Graf A, Chauvet A & Thomas JA (2023) Clearing an ESKAPE pathogen in a model organism; a polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complex theranostic that treats a resistant acinetobacter baumannii Infection in Galleria mellonella. Chemistry – A European Journal.
Farrow GA, Quick M, Kovalenko SA, Wu G, Sadler A, Chekulaev D, Chauvet AAP, Weinstein JA & Ernsting NP (2021) On the intersystem crossing rate in a Platinum(II) donor-bridge-acceptor triad.. Phys Chem Chem Phys.
Gaulier G, Dietschi Q, Bhattacharyya S, Schmidt C, Montagnese M, Chauvet A, Hermelin S, Chiodini F, Bonacina L, Herrera PL , Rothlisberger U et al (2021) Ultrafast pulse shaping modulates perceived visual brightness in living animals.. Sci Adv, 7(18).
Clancy AJ, Suter TM, Taylor A, Bhattacharya S, Miller TS, Brázdová V, Aliev AE, Chauvet AAP, Corà F, Howard CA & McMillan PF (2021) Understanding spontaneous dissolution of crystalline layered carbon nitride for tuneable photoluminescent solutions and glasses. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(4), 2175-2183.
Graf A, Finkel J, Chauvet AAP & Rtimi S (2019) Deciphering the Mechanisms of Bacterial Inactivation on HiPIMS Sputtered CuxO-FeOx-PET Surfaces: From Light Absorption to Catalytic Bacterial Death. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(48), 45319-45329.
Yoann Pertot , Cédric Schmidt , Mary Matthews , Chauvet A, Martin Huppert , Vit Svoboda , Aaron von Conta , Andres Tehlar , Denitsa Baykusheva , Jean-Pierre Wolf & Hans Jakob Wörner (2017) Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy with a water window high-harmonic source. Science, 355(6322), 264-267. View this article in WRRO
Agarwal R & Chauvet AAP (2017) Ultrafast Dynamics of the Photo-Excited Hemes b and cn in the Cytochrome b6f Complex. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 3287-3296. View this article in WRRO
Chauvet AAP, Agarwal R, Haddad AA, van Mourik F & Cramer WA (2016) Photo-induced oxidation of the uniquely liganded heme f in the cytochrome b 6 f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 12983-12991. View this article in WRRO
Chauvet AAP, Agarwal R, Cramer WA & Chergui M (2015) Note: Small anaerobic chamber for optical spectroscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments, 86(10), 106101-106101. View this article in WRRO
Al Haddad A, Chauvet A, Ojeda J, Arrell C, van Mourik F, Auböck G & Chergui M (2015) Set-up for broadband Fourier-transform multidimensional electronic spectroscopy. Optics Letters, 40(3), 312-312. View this article in WRRO
Chauvet AAP, Al Haddad A, Kao W-C, van Mourik F, Hunte C & Chergui M (2015) Photo-induced dynamics of the heme centers in cytochrome bc1. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(3), 2143-2151. View this article in WRRO
Chauvet A, Jankowiak R, Kell A, Picorel R & Savikhin S (2015) Does the Singlet Minus Triplet Spectrum with Major Photobleaching Band Near 680–682 nm Represent an Intact Reaction Center of Photosystem II?. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119(2), 448-455. View this article in WRRO
Chauvet A, Tibiletti T, Caffarri S & Chergui M (2014) A microfluidic flow-cell for the study of the ultrafast dynamics of biological systems. Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(10), 103118-103118. View this article in WRRO
Hasan SS, Zakharov SD, Chauvet A, Stadnytskyi V, Savikhin S & Cramer WA (2014) A Map of Dielectric Heterogeneity in a Membrane Protein: the Hetero-Oligomeric Cytochrome b 6 f Complex. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118(24), 6614-6625. View this article in WRRO
Chauvet A, Sarrou J, Lin S, Romberger SP, Golbeck JH, Savikhin S & Redding KE (2013) Temporal and spectral characterization of the photosynthetic reaction center from Heliobacterium modesticaldum. Photosynthesis Research, 116(1), 1-9. View this article in WRRO
Chauvet A, Dashdorj N, Golbeck JH, Johnson TW & Savikhin S (2012) Spectral Resolution of the Primary Electron Acceptor A 0 in Photosystem I. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116(10), 3380-3386. View this article in WRRO
Chauvet A, Jagannathan B, Golbeck JH & Savikhin S (2009) Type I reaction center from the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum: is Chl a a primary electron acceptor?. Biophysical Journal, 96(3), 526a-527a. View this article in WRRO
Auty AJ, Mansouriboroujeni N, Nagaraja T, Chekulaev D, Sorensen CM, Das SR, Martsinovich N & Chauvet AAP () Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy of Inkjet-Printed Graphene and Aerosol Gel Graphene Films: Effect of Oxygen and Morphology on Carrier Relaxation Dynamics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
Bhattacharya S, Graf A, Gomes AKMS, Chaudhri N, Chekulaev D, Brückner C, Cardozo TM & Chauvet AAP () Tailoring the Intersystem Crossing and Triplet Dynamics of Free-Base Octaalkyl-β-oxo-Substituted Porphyrins: Competing Effects of Spin–Vibronic and NH Tautomerism Relaxation Channels. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.
Brueckner C, Chaudhri N, Nevonen DE, Bhattacharya S, Graf A, Kaesmann E, Li R, Guberman-Pfeffer M, Mani T, Nimthong-Roldán A , Zeller M et al () Structural and Photophysical Characterization of All Five Constitutional Isomers of the Octaethyl‐β,β'‐dioxo‐bacterio‐ and ‐isobacteriochlorin Series. Chemistry – A European Journal.

Chapters

A.P. Chauvet A () Fourier Transform in Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Fourier Transforms - Century of Digitalization and Increasing Expectations IntechOpen
Chauvet AAP () Microfluidics for Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Advances in Microfluidics - New Applications in Biology, Energy, and Materials Sciences InTech View this article in WRRO

Conference proceedings papers

Williams J, Lin WC, Li W, Wang S, Matcher SJ & Chauvet AAP (2020) Translating Optical Coherence Tomography Technologies from Clinical Studies to Botany: Real Time Imaging of Long-Distance Signaling in Plants. Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020 (Translational, Microscopy, OCT, OTS, BRAIN), 2020. View this article in WRRO
Pertot Y, Schmidt C, Matthews M, Chauvet A, Huppert M, Svoboda V, Von Conta A, Tehlar A, Baykusheva D, Wolf JP & Wörner HJ (2017) Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy with a water-window high-harmonic source. 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2017 - Proceedings, Vol. 2017-January (pp 1-2)
Pertot Y, Schmidt C, Matthews M, Chauvet A, Huppert M, Svoboda V, von Conta A, Tehlar A, Baykusheva D, Wolf J-P & Worner HJ (2017) Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy with a water-window high-harmonic source. 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 25 June 2017 - 29 June 2017.
Pertot Y, Schmidt C, Matthews M, Chauvet A, Huppert M, Svoboda V, von Conta A, Tehlar A, Baykusheva D, Wolf J-P & Wörner HJ (2017) Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy with a water-window high-harmonic source. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2017.
Zakharov SD, Hasan SS, Chauvet A, Stadnytsky V, Savikhin S & Cramer WA (2014) Dielectric Heterogeneity in the Cytochrome B6F Complex. Biophysical Journal, Vol. 106(2) (pp 371a-371a)
Zakharov SD, Hasan SS, Chauvet A, Savikhin S & Cramer WA (2013) Electrostatically Constrained Pathway of Intra-Monomer Electron Transfer in the Cytochrome B6F Complex of Oxygenic Photosynthesis. Biophysical Journal, Vol. 104(2) (pp 488a-488a)

Teaching interests: Physical Chemistry, Spectroscopy.

Teaching activities

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules

Mathematics for Chemists 1 (Level 1)
This course covers the basic principles of mathematics needed for a degree in Chemistry.
UV-visible and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (Level 2)
The aims of this segment are to introduce general principles that apply to spectroscopic analysis, and to describe in more detail the use of UV-visible spectroscopy and magnetic resonance spectroscopy in molecular structure determination. Emphasis is placed on understanding the basic physical principles underpinning the techniques.

Support Teaching:

Tutorials: Level 1 General Chemistry
Level 3 Literature Review

Laboratory Teaching:

Level 2 Physical Laboratories
Level 4 Research Project