Doctor Amanda Jarvis

Amanda Jarvis performed her undergraduate studies at the University of St Andrews (Scotland), before moving to the University of York to conduct her PhD studies. Following postdoctoral positions at the ICSN (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) and in St Andrews, she started her independent career in the School of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh in 2017 supported by a Christina Miller fellowship. In 2019, she was subsequently awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and in 2022 was promoted to Senior Lecturer. Her research focuses on the development of artificial enzymes as catalysts to help improve the overall sustainability of chemical synthesis. She is a member of the RSC Applied Catalysis Group committee and chairs the UK Catalysis Hub ECR committee.