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ProfHazel Cox

(she/her)

Professor of Theoretical and Computational Quantum Chemistry (Chemistry)

School of Life Sciences

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  • Professor of Theoretical and Computational Quantum Chemistry (Chemistry)
    School of Life Sciences
  • +44 (0)1273 678972 Ext.8972 (Work)

BIO

Prof. Hazel Cox joined the University of Sussex as a post-doc (PDRA) to work in the Chemistry department with Prof. John Murrell FRS and Prof. Roy Johnston. After the award of two research fellowships: Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship followed by an EPSRC University Research Fellowship she took up a position as Lecturer in Chemistry and was appointed to Senior Lecturer in 2005 and to Professor in 2018.

During this time she has been awarded two teaching awards: Endsleigh-UCU 'Life Changers' Award in the category of ‘Inspiring Students’ in 2007, and a Sussex Teaching Award In 2012.

Education: BSc (Mathematics), PhD (Chemistry/Mathematics)

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Member of the Board of Directors (from Aug 2019) and UK National Representative (from Aug 2013)
    International Society for Theoretical Chemical PhysicsAug 2013
  • Associate Editor (Chemistry) and Editorial Board Member
    Royal Society Open Science, London, United Kingdom2014 - 2019
  • Editorial Board, Advances in Quantum Chemistry
    Reed Elsevier (United Kingdom), London, United KingdomAug 2016
  • Editor (Chemistry Section)
    PeerJ (United States), Corte Madera, United States2019

DEGREES

  • DPhil, Chemistry/Maths
    University of York, York, United Kingdom
  • BSc, Mathematics
    Bangor University (University College of North Wales), Mathematics, Bangor, United Kingdom

FIELDS OF RESEARCH