Susan Perkin
University of Oxford
Biography
Susan Perkin is Associate Professor of Physical ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ and Fellow of Trinity College, University of Oxford. She earned her DPhil in 2006, which was followed by a Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College, Oxford. She then set up a laboratory at UCL (London) before moving to the Physical & Theoretical ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ Laboratory in Oxford in 2012. She leads an experimental research group investigating properties of liquids and soft matter in confined geometry. Current interests include electrostatics in concentrated electrolytes and ionic liquids, molecular mechanisms of friction and lubrication, and field effects on confined liquids. She has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council , the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize from the ÀË»¨Ö±²¥, and a Philip Leverhulme Prize from The Leverhulme Trust.
RSC affiliations
Advisory board, Soft Matter