Stuart J. Greaves

Stuart J. Greaves is an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University, affiliated with the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences and its affiliated institutes, including the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, and the Institute of Chemical Sciences. His research focuses on chemical physics, surface chemistry, and molecular dynamics, with particular emphasis on reaction dynamics, inelastic scattering, and solvation effects. He holds a Career Acceleration Fellowship awarded in 2011.

Research interests include the dynamics of gas-surface collisions, liquid-phase reactions, and photoactive molecules. His work combines experimental techniques like velocity map imaging and molecular dynamics simulations to study reaction mechanisms and energy flow in chemical systems. Notable contributions include studies on radical reactions in solutions, surface interactions of CN radicals, and excited-state dynamics of photoactive materials.

• Key Research Areas: Surface chemistry, molecular dynamics, reaction dynamics in solution, inelastic scattering, and photochemistry.
• Awards: Career Acceleration Fellowship (2011).
• Collaborations: Active in international collaborations focusing on surface interactions and liquid-phase chemistry.

Greaves has supervised interdisciplinary research projects and contributed to datasets such as the 2025 study on reactive uptake via inelastic scattering. His work bridges experimental and computational approaches to advance understanding of fundamental chemical processes.