Biography

Sophie studied MSci Chemistry with Industrial Experience at the University of Birmingham, graduating in 2019. From 2016-2017, Sophie worked in R&D in the polymer industry, focusing on production, characterisation and degradation of polymer backsheets for photovoltaic modules. Her master's thesis focused on transition metal carnallites as lead-free alternatives to perovskites for photovoltaics.

From 2019-2023, Sophie undertook her PhD in Electronic Materials and InterfacesLink opens in a new window laboratory in the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick, with a thesis focusing on "Enhancing electronic materials by chemical treatments and nanoscale dielectrics", receiving the SEM Faculty Thesis prize, before starting as a Research Fellow in 2023. In October 2024, Sophie started her Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship.

Research Interests

• Silicon photovoltaics
• Atomic layer deposition
• Passivation
• Circularity/sustainability/recyclability of photovoltaics

Teaching Interests

• ES327 (Individual Project)
• CH993 (Interdisciplinary Research Project - Global Decarbonisation & Climate Change MSc)

Selected Publications

Projects and Grants/Awards

• 2025: ISIS Beamtime Allocation (RB2510197)

  “In-situ mitigation of muon-induced defects in high lifetime crystalline silicon”. Principal Investigator. Three days on EMULink opens in a new window.

• 2025: ISIS Beamtime Allocation (RB2510159)
  

  “Carrier lifetime in high efficiency silicon solar cells for space applications using temperature-dependent photoexcited muon spin spectroscopy". Co-Investigator. Five days on HiFi.

• 2024: Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship
• 2024: Collaborative Awards for Teaching Excellence (CATE): AdvanceHE
  Warwick Postgraduate Teaching CommunityLink opens in a new window
• 2024: ISIS Beamtime Allocation (RB2410172)
  “Establishing the limitations of photoexcited muon spin spectroscopy”.
  Principal Investigator. Seven days on HiFiLink opens in a new window.
• 2023: ISIS Beamtime Allocation (RB2220123)
  “Passivation of silicon for solar cells and the role of hydrogen”.
  Co-Investigator. Five days on EMULink opens in a new window.
• 2020: ISIS Beamtime Allocation (RB2220123)
  "Muon spin spectroscopy to probe depth-dependent carrier lifetimes in silicon photovoltaics”.
  Co-Investigator. Seven days on HiFi.