Professor
Jenny
Clark

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Head of Materials and Biological Physics Research Cluster

Professor of Materials Physics

Jenny Clark
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jenny.clark@sheffield.ac.uk
Hicks Building

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Professor Jenny Clark
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road

Sheffield

S3 7RH

Profile

My research interests involve understanding the photophysics of carbon-based materials such as biological materials, organic semiconductors and graphene.

I do this using a variety of spectroscopic techniques. For more information see my personal webpage or contact me.

Research Experience

  • 2009-2013 Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, Cambridge University, UK.
  • 2009 Visiting Scholar, Hyderabad University, India.
  • 2007-2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
    Supervisor: Prof. Guglielmo Lanzani

Fellowships and Awards

  • 2014 University of Sheffield Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship (5 years).
  • 2010 Charles and Catherine Darwin Research Fellowship (3 years).
  • 2009 Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (4 years).
  • 2004 European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) student award.
  • 2003 EPSRC PhD studentship and Industrial Case Award (Seiko Epson UK, 3 years).

Career Breaks

  • 2012 Maternity leave (9 months)
  • 2013 Maternity leave (13 months)
Qualifications
  • 2003-2007 PhD in Physics, Cambridge University, UK. Supervisor: Prof. C. Silva.
  • 1999-2003 MSci in Physics with a Year in Europe, Imperial College, London, UK. (First Class Degree)
Research interests

Time-resolved spectroscopy of carbon-based materials

To study organic semiconductors and biological samples, we use transient absorption and emission spectroscopy.

Transient absorption spectroscopy uses laser pulses as short as 7 femtoseconds (7 millionths of a billionth of a second) to take snapshots of the electronic and vibrational state of the molecules after they have absorbed light. By delaying the time at which the 'probe' pulse arrives to take a snapshot of the molecule, we can track the dynamics of the electrons in the molecule as a function of time.

Transient emission spectroscopy is similar, but measures the photons emitted from the sample.

We measure materials and biological samples as a function of temperature (down to 4K) and magnetic field (up to 700mT).

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Research group

Electronic and Photonic Molecular Materials Group (EPMM)

Fast Spectroscopy at Sheffield

Links

Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory  Fast Spectroscopy  Electronic and photonic molecular materials