Adam Kirrander

Professor Adam Kirrander is a Fellow and Tutor in Chemistry at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, and Professor of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. His research focuses on ultrafast imaging of quantum processes using X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) and ultrafast electron sources, combining theoretical and computational methods with experimental collaboration. He has taught physical chemistry at Oxford and previously at the University of Edinburgh, UCL, Uppsala University, and Université Paris-Sud.

• Education:
  • Biophysics, Uppsala University
  • MSc in Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oxford
  • DPhil in Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oxford

His research has been recognized with the Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize (2021), U.S. Department of Energy Breakthrough status, and a Falling Walls finalist nomination (2020). His group is funded by EPSRC, STFC, the Leverhulme Trust, and the UK XFEL Physical Sciences Hub.

Recent work spans ultrafast X-ray scattering for structural determination, nonadiabatic dynamics in photochemical reactions, and quantum simulations of electron correlation. He maintains a visiting position at Brown University since 2020 and collaborates globally on advancing imaging techniques at XFEL facilities.