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Sofia Pascu is a Professor of Bioinorganic and Materials Chemistry at the University of Bath, leading the S.I.P Research Group. She has held a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2005-2015) and an ERC Consolidator Grant (2014-2020). Her research focuses on developing experimental techniques for functional materials in biosensing, molecular imaging, drug delivery, and sustainable chemistry. Key projects include the 'O2SENSE' initiative for oxygen sensing in living cells and collaborations on nanoceramics for tumor imaging. She has supervised 16 doctoral students and holds affiliations with the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies and the Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change.
Education: MSc in Chemistry (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania), PhD in Main Group Organometallic Chemistry (Cluj-Napoca, 2001), DPhil in Transition Metal Catalysis (University of Oxford, 2004). Previous roles include Research Associate positions at Oxford (2002-2003) and Cambridge (2003-2005).
Research interests span sustainable chemistry (CO₂ conversion, catalysis), metals in medicine, and multimodal imaging (optical/PET). Her lab employs advanced techniques like synchrotron X-ray diffraction, NMR, and multiphoton fluorescence imaging. Funding sources include ERC, EPSRC, BBSRC, and industry partners like GSK and Nikon Bioimaging.
- Awards: ERC Consolidator Grant (€1.88M), Royal Society URF
- Grants: EPSRC IAA, STFC CDN+, EU Horizon 2020
- Labs/Teams: S.I.P Research Group, collaborations across Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
