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Grant Ritchie is a Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Physical & Theoretical Chemistry (PTC) section at the University of Oxford from 2020 to 2025. He served as the Director of Graduate Studies for five years from 2015 to 2020. His research focuses on developing innovative techniques for trace gas detection, which have applications in fundamental studies of gas-phase chemical dynamics, plasma medicine, and breath analysis. He collaborates closely with scientists and engineers from academic and industrial laboratories, as well as physiologists and clinicians. Ritchie was appointed as a lecturer in physical chemistry at the University of Oxford in 2006, alongside a tutorial fellowship at Worcester College. He has held prestigious fellowships, including Ramsay Memorial Research Fellowship and Junior Research Fellowship at St. John’s College, and a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. Ritchie obtained his BA and DPhil from Trinity College, Oxford, and has authored textbooks in atmospheric chemistry. His ongoing research includes developing laser spectroscopy techniques for analyzing atmospheric chemistry and gaseous environments in medical applications.
University of Oxford • Oxford, England
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry and Head of the Physical & Theoretical Chemistry section.
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