Geraldine Dantelle

From November 2006, I am a research fellow in the Department of Materials of Oxford Unversity. I work on carbon nanotubes and fullerenes with the view to find suitable candidates for quantum information processing.
I study the optical and magnetic properties of lanthanide-doped fullerenes with the goal of finding molecules which are spin active as well as optically active. I also set up an new experiment combining optics and magnetic field.
I am responsible for the optical measurements of the group and supervise several students, in particular 2 PhD students.
My work has led to the writing of 3 publications so far.

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Over three years, I have been teaching physical chemistry at the university to undergraduate students.

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I did a PhD in Materials Science on the study of glass-ceramics doped with lanthanide ions for photonic applications. I developped very good skills in materials synthesis (glasses, single-crystals, glass-ceramics). I had acquired strong knowledge of strucural analysis techniques (XRD, DTA, TEM), optical spectrocopy and ESR. My projet led to the development of a new family of optical fibers which looked promising for the future.
Over my 3 years of PhD, I had the opportunity to present my work in various international conferences. I also wrote several publications in international reviews.

Sector: Universities and higher education institutions