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Curriculum vitae |
Dr K.A. Vincent |
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Current Position |
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30 Sept 2008
29 Sept 2013 |
Research Councils UK Academic Fellow
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, and
Senior Research Fellow, Jesus
College, Oxford
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| Previous Positions |
1 Oct 2007 -
30 Sept 2011*
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Royal
Society University
Research Fellow
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
(*Fellowship awarded for
5 years, but given up due to the terms of the Research Councils UK
Fellowship) |
Oct 2007 -
Sept 2008 |
Senior Research Fellow
in Chemistry,
Wadham College, Oxford |
July 2002 -
Sept 2007 |
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
with
Prof. Fraser Armstrong, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford |
Sept 2003 -
Sept 2007 |
RJP Williams Junior Research Fellow,
Wadham College, Oxford |
| Education |
1999
Awarded March 2004 |
PhD (Chemistry)
Elucidation of the
Chemistry of FeMoco, the nitrogenase iron-molybdenum cofactor”
University of Melbourne, Australia (with Dr Stephen P. Best) and
John
Innes Centre, Norwich, UK (with Prof. Chris J. Pickett) |
| 1994 – 1999 |
Bachelor of Science (Hons) and
Bachelor of
Arts
University of Melbourne, Australia
Majors: Chemistry, Biochemistry l English Literature
(First Class Honours received in both degrees)
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| Awards |
| 2012 |
Clara
Immerwahr Award for
outstanding research in catalysis |
| 2011 |
Science and Technology Woman of the Future Award |
| 2011 |
EPSRC
INSPIRE Award for
best collaborative
project pitch at INSPIRE Physical Sciences Workshop, with 4 project
partners across
Materials Science, Physics and Chemistry |
| 2006 |
Chemistry Department Merit Award |
| 2003 |
Carbon Trust Innovations Award
2003
(Academic Institutions and R and D Category) in conjuction with
Prof. Fraser A. Armstrong, for development of a biofuel cell involving
enzyme-immobilized electrodes |
| 2000 |
Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling
Scholarship to fund a year of research abroad; used to fund a
visit of
11 months to the laboratory of Prof. C. J. Pickett, John Innes Centre,
Norwich |
| 1999-2002 |
Australian Postgraduate Award
for PhD study |
| 1998 |
Professor Kernot Research
Scholarship
awarded for BSc. (Hons) thesis |
| Patents |
| Filed 10 October 2011 |
Vincent, K.A., Lenz. O., Lauterbach, L.
“Cofactor regeneration system,” United Kingdom Patent Application No.
1116971.1. |
| 2005 |
Armstrong, F.A., Vincent, K.A., Lenz, O., Friedrich, B.
“Membrane-less enzymatic fuel cell”, British Patent Application, UK
filing number PCT/GB2006/001333. (Discontinued at International phase) |
| Filed 13 September 2004 |
Armstrong, F.A., Vincent, K.A., Lenz, O., Friedrich, B. “Oxygen
tolerant hydrogenase, British Patent Application, UK filing number
0420341.0. (Discontinued at International phase) |
| Selected Lectures |
| April 2013 | Plenary Lecture: XIX Brazilian Symposium of Electrochemistry and Electroanalytical (XIX SIBEE), Brazil, "What makes an enzyme an excellent electrocatalyst? - Mechanistic studies, and modular approaches to using redox enzymes for chemical synthesis" |
| April 2013 | Plenary Lecture: Johnson Matthey Student Conference, Loughborough, UK "Studying and exploiting supported nanoscale catalysts: from enzymes to metal nanoparticles" |
| December 2012 | Invited Keynote Lecture: International Meeting on New and Synthetic Bioproduction Systems, Hamburg, Germany, "Development of electro-enzymatic and hydrogen-driven approaches to NADH cofactor recycling" |
| May 2012 | Invited Lecture: RSC Symposium at Queen Mary, University of London: Oxidation and Reduction Inspired by Nature, "Hydrogenases: following H2-driven chemical synthesis and
enzyme mechanisms by in situ FTIR spectroelectrochemistry" |
| May 2011 |
Invited Keynote Lecture: Electrochemical
Society International Meeting, Montreal, Canada, "Electrocatalytic
cycling of hydrogen and biological cofactors NAD+/NADH
by immobilized enzyme moieties" |
| May 2011 |
Invited Lecture: Canadian Bio-Inorganic
Chemistry Conference (CanBIC), Parry Sound, Canada, "Infrared
spectroelectrochemistry for studying metalloprotein chemistry" |
| Sept 2010 |
Invited Keynote Lecture: International
Society of Electrochemistry Conference, Nice, France, "Lessons from
Hydrogenases: Direct Electrochemical and IR Spectroelectrochemical
Approaches for Understanding and Exploiting Biological H2
Oxidation and Production" |
| Outreach work |
| 2012 |
K. Vincent regularly speaks in schools as an RSC ChemNet Ambassador and STEMnet Ambassador. During 2012 she has given talks to school age students to promote careers in the Sciences, particularly for women. She was a panel member at Mulberry School for Girls 'Women of the World' Festival in March 2012, and a guide at the Big Bang Science Fair at Excel London in March 2011. |
