Dr. Natalie Fey

Biography

Natalie Fey is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bristol. She completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry and Economics in 1997 and obtained her Ph.D. from Keele University in 2001, focusing on ‘Molecular Modelling of Ferrocenes and Arylphosphines’. Following her doctoral studies, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Warwick University and later joined the University of Bristol in 2003 as a postdoctoral researcher. Throughout her career, she has been awarded several prestigious fellowships, including the EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship in 2007, which marked the beginning of her independent research career. She was appointed as a temporary lecturer in 2015, became a permanent member of staff in 2017, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2018, and advanced to Associate Professor in 2021, ultimately being promoted to full Professor in 2025. Her research primarily involves computational structural chemistry, with a focus on the application of computational approaches to driver scientific discovery and organometallic catalyst design. She has also contributed to teaching at various academic levels, enhancing laboratory classes and applying computational methods in the analysis of coordination compounds.

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