Dr Rachel Hand

Assistant Professor

rachel.a.hand@warwick.ac.uk

About Me

Biography

Assistant Professor (Teaching), Course Director of the Sustainable Futures Postgraduate Taught MSc in Global Decarbonisation & Climate Change (2023-present)
Unilever Research Fellow, University of Warwick (2021-2023)
Visiting Research Fellow, De Montfort University (2021-2023)
Visiting Research Fellow, The Open University (2019-2024)
Partnership for Clean Competition PDRA, De Montfort University (2019-2021)
PhD, University of Warwick (Prof Dave Haddleton) (2015-2019)
Industrial Experience, Ashland Specialty Ingredients (2013-2014)
MChem. (Hons.), Chemistry with Industrial Experience, University of Warwick (2011-2015)

Affiliations

Thematic Fellow of the Institute of Global Sustainable Development (IGSD)
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
Member of the European Chemical Society Division of Analytical Science (EuChemS-DAC) Sample Preparation Network
Member of The Society for Molecular Imprinting

Research interests Publications

Patents

Diagnostic Method, Filed
Method of Capturing and Stabilising Thiols, WO2019201787A1
Malodour Sampling Method, WO2018/082882 A1.
Antiperspirant Device and Method, WO2018/082881 A1.

Publications

A simple approach to determining the efficacy of antiperspirants using paper-based colorimetric paper sensors: SweatSENSE, Rachel A. Hand, Spyridon Efstathiou, Alan M. Wemyss, Maria Grypioti, Gavin Kirby,Tammie Barlow,Emmett Cullen Tinley,Jane Ford,Andy Jamieson,Janette Reynolds,Jean Miller,Susan Bates,Ezat Khoshdel and David M. Haddleton, RSC Appl. Polym., 2024, 2, 98-104.
End functionalization of polyisoprene and polymyrcene obtained by anionic polymerization via one-pot ring-opening mono-addition of epoxides, J Zhang, W Pointer, G Patias, L Al-Shok, R A Hand, T Smith, D M Haddleton, Eur. Polym. J., 2023, 183, 111755.
Multifunctional Composite Hydrogels for Bacterial Capture, Growth/Elimination, and Sensing Applications, A Dsouza, C Constantinidou, T N Arvanitis, D M Haddleton, J Charmet, R A Hand, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 42, 47323-47344.
Detection of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) in serum using a molecularly imprinted nanoparticle surface plasmon resonance sensor, A Henderson, M V Sullivan, R A Hand and N W Turner, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 6792-6799.
A Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Nanoparticle Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor Platform for Antibiotic Detection in River Water and Milk, M V Sullivan, A Henderson, R A Hand, N Turner, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2022, 414, 3687-3696.
Enhanced properties of well-defined polymer networks prepared by a sequential thiol-Michael-radical thiol-ene (STMRT) strategy, S Cespedes, R A Hand, N Chmel, G Moad, D J Keddie, T L Schiller, Eur Polym J, 2021, 152, 110440.
Application of Comprehensive 2D Chromatography in the Anti-Doping Field: Sample Identification and Quantification, R A Hand, T Bassindale, N Turner, G Morgan, J Chrom. B, 2021, 1178, 122584.
Application of molecularly imprinted polymers in the anti-doping field: sample purification and compound analysis, R A Hand, T Bassindale, E Piletska, G Morgan, N Turner, Analyst, 2020, 145, 4716-4736.
Branched Macromonomers from Catalytic Chain Transfer Polymerisation (CCTP) as Precursors for Emulsion-Templated Porous Polymers, C Atkins, D K Seow, G Burns, J Town, R A Hand, D W Lester, N R Cameron, D M Haddleton, A Eissa, Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 3841-3848.
Upconversion of cellulosic waste into a potential 'drop in fuel' via novel catalyst generated using Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and a consortium of acidophilic sulfidogens, I Mikheenko, J Gomez Bolivar, M Mohamed, L E Macaskie, S Sharma, M Walker, R A Hand, B Grail, D B Johnson, R Orozco, Front. Microbiol., 2019, 10, 970.
Synthesis of Pd/Ru bimetallic nanoparticles by Escherichia coli and potential as a catalyst for upgrading 5-hydroxymethyl furfural into liquid fuel precursors, J Gomez Bolivar, I Mikheenko, R Orozco, S Sharma, D Banerjee, M Walker, R A Hand, M Mohamed, L E Macaskie, Front. Microbiol., 2019, 10, 1276.
Polymeric arsenicals as scaffolds for functional and responsive hydrogels, J Tanaka, J-I Song, A M Lunn, R A Hand, S Häkkinen, T L Schiller, S Perrier, T P Davis, P Wilson, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 4263-4271.
Methacrylic block copolymers by sulfur free RAFT (SF RAFT) free radical emulsion polymerisation, G E Nurumbetov, N Engelis, J Godfrey, R A Hand, A Anastasaki, A Simula, V Nikolaou, D M Haddleton, Polymer Chemistry, 2017, 8, 1084-1094.

Teaching and supervision

Teaching

I am Module Leader for the following modules:

CH972 - Group Research Project (Polymer MSc)
CH993 - Interdisciplinary Research Project (Global Decarbonisation & Climate Change MSc)

I also teach on the following modules:

CH155 - Practical and Professional Skills I
CH911 - Chromatography and Separation Science (Analytical MSc)
CH915 - Techniques in Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis (Analytical MSc)

Supervision

Andrea Dsouza (PhD, University of Warwick, 2020-2024)
Ifan Jones (PhD, University of Warwick, 2022-2026) (Joint with Prof Dave Haddleton)
Alisha Henderson (MRes, De Montfort University, 2020-2022) (Joint with Prof. Nick Turner)
Qihang Xu (MSc, University of Warwick, 2021)
Faye Pazon (MChem, University of Warwick, 2021-2022)
Xinyan Peng (MSc, University of Warwick, 2022)
Tian Tang (MSc, University of Warwick, 2022)
Bella Dunn Dias Ferreira (MSc, University of Warwick, 2023)
Charlotte Foulger (MSc, University of Warwick, 2024)