Professor Kylie Vincent is Fellow and Tutor in Chemistry at Jesus College and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford.
Academic Background
Professor Kylie Vincent is Fellow and Tutor in Chemistry at Jesus College and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford.
Professor Vincent holds a Bachelor of Arts (English Literature) and Bachelor of Science (Hons, Chemistry/Biochemistry) from the University of Melbourne, Australia (2000). Her PhD (Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2003) involved a joint research project with the John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK. She then took up a Postdoctoral Research position in the Department of Chemistry in Oxford in 2002, and an RJP Williams Junior Research Fellowship at Wadham College in 2003. In 2007 she took up a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellowship at Wadham College, Oxford before joining Jesus College in 2008. She cofounded a spin-out company, HydRegen in 2021 with Jesus College alumna, Holly Reeve. She is currently Associate Head of Department (People) in the Department of Chemistry.
Undergraduate Teaching
Inorganic Chemistry. Prof. Vincent lectures the 2nd year Transition Metals Course.
Postgraduate Teaching
Prof. Vincent is Associate Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training, ‘Inorganic Materials for Advanced Manufacturing’ (IMAT), and delivers graduate teaching for the CDT on metals in biology, electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, fuel cells, catalysis, and hydrogen energy. She supervises MChem and DPhil chemists in bio-inorganic chemistry and biotechnology.
Research Interests
The Vincent group are interested the chemistry of enzymes called hydrogenases that allow microbes to live on hydrogen gas. Prof Vincent’s research team have developed new techniques for studying metal-containing enzymes, contributed to mechanistic understanding of hydrogenases and exploited hydrogenases in biotechnology for sustainable chemical manufacturing.
Hobbies
Outside work, Prof Vincent enjoys spending time with her children and attempting to control an unruly but delightful garden.
Links
Subject notes for courses taught at Jesus College:
See also the Department of Chemistry website, Professor Vincent’s personal website, and the departmental website.