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Laura M Herz

Laura Herz

Prof Laura Herz

University of Oxford, Department of Physics
Clarendon Laboratory
Parks Road
Oxford OX3 1PU
United Kingdom

Email: laura.herz@physics.ox.ac.uk

 

Short Biography

currently Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK
Fellow of University College Oxford
Reviews Editor, Applied Physics Reviews and Chemical Physics Reviews
Hans Fischer Senior Fellow at the TU Munich, Institute of Advanced Study

Sept 2019 – Aug 2023 Associate Head of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division (Research), University of Oxford
Apr 2014 – July 2023 Co-Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Plastic Electronic Materials
Oct 2008 – Sep 2010 Reader in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Oct 2003 – Sep 2008 University Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Oct 2001 – Sep 2003 Research Fellow at St. John’s College, Cambridge, conducting research at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
May 2002 (graduation) PhD in Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Feb 1999 Diplom in Physics, First class (“sehr gut”) Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany

 

Awards, Honours and Fellowships

Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division mid-career Award, awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Hans Fischer Award and Senior Fellowship by the TU Munich, Institute of Advanced Study
Honorary Professorship, Australian National University
Nevill Mott Medal and Prize, awarded by the Institute of Physics
Student-Led Teaching Award, Outstanding Graduate Supervisor, by the Oxford Student Union
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bessel Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Clarivate (Web of Science) Highly Cited Researcher (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
Alfred Woodhead Award of the Society for Information Display (SID)
EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (2006-2012)
Research Fellowship, St. John’s College, Cambridge, UK (2001-2003)
PhD Thesis Prize ("highly commended") from the Institute of Physics Quantum Electronics and Photonics Group
DAAD Undergraduate Exchange Scholarship