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Christiane is a Professor of Chemistry and Co-director of the Centre of Advanced Electron Spin Resonance at the Department of Chemistry. Her research group utilizes optical spectroscopy and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance to investigate spin phenomena, with a particular focus on avian magnetoreception and the sensing capabilities of chemical compasses. She studied for her undergraduate degree in chemistry at Technische Universität Dresden before moving to the University of Oxford for her doctorate, where she researched under the supervision of Peter Hore. Her early career was supported by the Royal Society as a Dorothy Hodgkin University Research Fellow, transitioning her into experimental science under the guidance of Keith McLauchlan FRS. Christiane's work delves into the study of paramagnetic species, specifically spin-polarized states of photogenerated radical pairs that are implicated in avian magnetoreception, as well as triplet states that can quantify spin delocalization patterns in molecular wires. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2019 and has served as Chair of the RSC ESR group. In 2020, she received the Tilden award from the Royal Society of Chemistry for her contributions to the fields of spin chemistry and electron paramagnetic resonance.
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