Dr Adrien Chauvet

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry

Adrien Chauvet
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a.chauvet@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9414

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Dr Adrien Chauvet
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
C94
Dainton Building
13 Brook Hill
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S3 7HF
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Adrien is a multidisciplinary spectroscopist. His specialisation is in ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy. Adrien’s research is mainly based in ºù«Ӱҵ’s Lord Porter Laboratory; with projects in collaboration with the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and the School of Biosciences. And in his research, Adrien is dedicated to applying spectroscopy in innovative ways to tackle today’s grant challenges.

One of these grand challenges is the development of renewable energies. And beyond tackling it in his own lab, Adrien is also part of the cross-faculty Energy Institute, as a management board member since 2022. In that role, Adrien leads on early career researchers' engagement and development, as well as on equality, diversity and inclusion within the institute.

Adrien holds a BSc in Material Sciences (2005) from the university of Strasbourg, France, as well as a Master (2008) and PhD (2012) in Biophysics from Purdue University, USA, under Prof. Sergei Savikhin’s supervision. He then moved to Switzerland in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) under a Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Majed Chergui followed by a senior postdoctoral position at the University of Geneva (2015) with Prof. Jean-Pierre Wolf. He moved to ºù«Ӱҵ in 2016 as a lecturer of Physical Chemistry and was appointed senior lecturer in 2023.

Research interests

Adrien’s research is dedicated to answering society’s most pressing needs. The goal is to benefit from the fundamental knowledge of the materials intrinsic electronic and nuclear behaviour to inform the development of novel materials that are better suited to specific practical applications. Adrien is actively involved in various projects, reflective of his multidisciplinary approach to science:

  • Development of novel catalysts for green hydrogen production via hydrolysis as well as novel catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells
  • Development of sensors for soil-health analysis to achieve precision farming
  • Development of sensors to monitor greenhouse gas emission to inform their reduction
  • Characterisation of the natural elements involved in plant’s photosynthesis as well as their artificial counterparts for artificial photosynthesis
  • Characterisation of thin-film metal-oxides with antibacterial properties
  • Characterisation of novel anti-cancer agent for drug development
  • Crop-health monitoring via optical coherence tomography

Adrien is also invested in the field of Science & Religion. He benefits from his formal and informal religious and scientific education to explore the interplay between religion and the sciences. Acquainted of both systems of knowledge, he publishes and routinely engages the public on that topic.

Publications

Books

  • Chauvet A (2024) Les miracles du Coran : de l’analyse scientifiques à l’élévation spirituelle. France: Maison Ennour. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet A (2023) Scientifically Religious Using Science to Rationalize Faith. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet A (2020) De la science à la croyance : Raffermir sa foi par une approche scientifique. Paris: Maison Ennour. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet A (2019) De la science à la croyance: Raffermir sa foi par une approche scientifique. Paris: Maison d'Ennour (2019). RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Bhattacharya S, Nevonen DE, Auty AJ, Graf A, Appleby M, Chaudhri N, Chekulaev D, Brückner C, Chauvet AAP & Nemykin VN (2023) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(37), 7694-7706. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Smitten K, Southam HM, Fairbanks S, Graf A, Chauvet A & Thomas JA (2023) . Chemistry – A European Journal. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Farrow GA, Quick M, Kovalenko SA, Wu G, Sadler A, Chekulaev D, Chauvet AAP, Weinstein JA & Ernsting NP (2021) . Phys Chem Chem Phys. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gaulier G, Dietschi Q, Bhattacharyya S, Schmidt C, Montagnese M, Chauvet A, Hermelin S, Chiodini F, Bonacina L, Herrera PL , Rothlisberger U et al (2021) . Sci Adv, 7(18). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clancy AJ, Suter TM, Taylor A, Bhattacharya S, Miller TS, Brázdová V, Aliev AE, Chauvet AAP, Corà F, Howard CA & McMillan PF (2021) . Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(4), 2175-2183. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Graf A, Finkel J, Chauvet AAP & Rtimi S (2019) . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(48), 45319-45329. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Yoann Pertot , Cédric Schmidt , Mary Matthews , Chauvet A, Martin Huppert , Vit Svoboda , Aaron von Conta , Andres Tehlar , Denitsa Baykusheva , Jean-Pierre Wolf & Hans Jakob Wörner (2017) . Science, 355(6322), 264-267. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Agarwal R & Chauvet AAP (2017) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 3287-3296. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet AAP, Agarwal R, Haddad AA, van Mourik F & Cramer WA (2016) . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 12983-12991. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet AAP, Agarwal R, Cramer WA & Chergui M (2015) . Review of Scientific Instruments, 86(10), 106101-106101. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Al Haddad A, Chauvet A, Ojeda J, Arrell C, van Mourik F, Auböck G & Chergui M (2015) . Optics Letters, 40(3), 312-312. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet AAP, Al Haddad A, Kao W-C, van Mourik F, Hunte C & Chergui M (2015) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(3), 2143-2151. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet A, Jankowiak R, Kell A, Picorel R & Savikhin S (2015) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119(2), 448-455. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet A, Tibiletti T, Caffarri S & Chergui M (2014) . Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(10), 103118-103118. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hasan SS, Zakharov SD, Chauvet A, Stadnytskyi V, Savikhin S & Cramer WA (2014) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118(24), 6614-6625. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet A, Sarrou J, Lin S, Romberger SP, Golbeck JH, Savikhin S & Redding KE (2013) . Photosynthesis Research, 116(1), 1-9. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet A, Dashdorj N, Golbeck JH, Johnson TW & Savikhin S (2012) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116(10), 3380-3386. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet A, Jagannathan B, Golbeck JH & Savikhin S (2009) . Biophysical Journal, 96(3), 526a-527a. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet A () . American Journal of Islam and Society, 40(1-2), 8-38. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Saeed HK, Jarman PJ, Sreedharan S, Mowll R, Auty AJ, Chauvet AAP, Smythe CGW, de la Serna JB & Thomas JA () . Chemistry – A European Journal. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Auty AJ, Mansouriboroujeni N, Nagaraja T, Chekulaev D, Sorensen CM, Das SR, Martsinovich N & Chauvet AAP () . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bhattacharya S, Graf A, Gomes AKMS, Chaudhri N, Chekulaev D, Brückner C, Cardozo TM & Chauvet AAP () . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Brueckner C, Chaudhri N, Nevonen DE, Bhattacharya S, Graf A, Kaesmann E, Li R, Guberman-Pfeffer M, Mani T, Nimthong-Roldán A , Zeller M et al () . Chemistry – A European Journal. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Chauvet A (2024) In Edelman DV & Guillaume P (Ed.), The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in F Equinox Publishing Ltd RIS download Bibtex download
  • A.P. Chauvet A () , Fourier Transforms - Century of Digitalization and Increasing Expectations IntechOpen RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauvet AAP () , Advances in Microfluidics - New Applications in Biology, Energy, and Materials Sciences InTech RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Williams J, Lin WC, Li W, Wang S, Matcher SJ & Chauvet AAP (2020) . Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020 (Translational, Microscopy, OCT, OTS, BRAIN), 2020. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pertot Y, Schmidt C, Matthews M, Chauvet A, Huppert M, Svoboda V, Von Conta A, Tehlar A, Baykusheva D, Wolf JP & Wörner HJ (2017) . 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2017 - Proceedings, Vol. 2017-January (pp 1-2) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pertot Y, Schmidt C, Matthews M, Chauvet A, Huppert M, Svoboda V, von Conta A, Tehlar A, Baykusheva D, Wolf J-P & Worner HJ (2017) . 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 25 June 2017 - 29 June 2017. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pertot Y, Schmidt C, Matthews M, Chauvet A, Huppert M, Svoboda V, von Conta A, Tehlar A, Baykusheva D, Wolf J-P & Wörner HJ (2017) . Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2017. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zakharov SD, Hasan SS, Chauvet A, Stadnytsky V, Savikhin S & Cramer WA (2014) . Biophysical Journal, Vol. 106(2) (pp 371a-371a) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zakharov SD, Hasan SS, Chauvet A, Savikhin S & Cramer WA (2013) . Biophysical Journal, Vol. 104(2) (pp 488a-488a) RIS download Bibtex download
Teaching interests

Physical Chemistry, Spectroscopy.

Teaching activities

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules

  • Mathematics for Chemists 1 (Level 1)
  • Thermodynamics (Level 2)
  • Advanced Photochemistry (Level 4/MSc)

Support Teaching:

  • Tutorials: Level 1&2 General Chemistry
  • Level 3 Literature Review

Laboratory Teaching:

  • Level 1, 2, 3 Physical Chemistry Laboratories
  • Level 4/MSc Research Project