About
Anna Slater received her PhD in supramolecular chemistry from the University of Nottingham in 2011. Following postdoctoral positions in porphyrin self-assembly (University of Nottingham) and porous organic cage materials (University of Liverpool) she took up a Royal Society-EPSRC Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship in 2016 and a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 2021. She was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2021/22 and to a Personal Chair in Oct 2022. Anna developed an interest in flow chemistry during her PDRA positions, recognising that flow technology has a lot to offer the supramolecular chemist; exploiting flow processes for enhanced control of chemistry is now a central theme of her work, for which she was awarded the RSC's Harrison-Meldola Memorial Award in 2023.
Her research interests include molecular materials, enabling technology/automation, and organic synthesis and self-assembly. Her research group is based between the Department of Chemistry and the Materials Innovation Factory at the University of Liverpool. She collaboratives extensively with both academia and industry.
In addition to her research, Anna serves as the Director of Research and Impact for the School of Physical Sciences and sits on the Management Team of the UoL's CDT in Digital and Automated Materials Chemistry. Externally, she is Associate Editor for the RSC journal Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Committee Member for the Royal Society Grants Committee and the RSC Interest Group in Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, and is on the International Advisory Board of WISC (Women in Supramolecular Chemistry). She is a Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe and holds Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.