Anna Slater

Anna Slater studied chemistry at the University of Nottingham, where she graduated in 2006. Slater completed a Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham under the supervision of Professor Neil Champness in 2011.{{Cite journal|last1=Phillips)|first1=Anna G. Slater (née|last2=Beton|first2=Peter H.|last3=Champness|first3=Neil R.|date=2011-07-14|title=Two-dimensional supramolecular chemistry on surfaces|journal=Chemical Science|language=en|volume=2|issue=8|pages=1440|doi=10.1039/C1SC00251A|issn=2041-6539}}

In 2013 Slater joined the group of Professor Andy Cooper at the University of Liverpool, where she worked on porous organic cages.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/cooper-group/people/anna-slater/|title=Anna Slater - Cooper Group - University of Liverpool|website=www.liverpool.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03}} She is interested in supramolecular chemistry.{{Cite journal|last1=Slater|first1=Anna G.|last2=Perdigão|first2=Luis M. A.|last3=Beton|first3=Peter H.|last4=Champness|first4=Neil R.|date=2014-12-16|title=Surface-Based Supramolecular Chemistry Using Hydrogen Bonds|journal=Accounts of Chemical Research|volume=47|issue=12|pages=3417–3427|doi=10.1021/ar5001378|pmid=25330179|issn=0001-4842}} In 2015 she published "Function-led Design of New Porous Materials" in Science.{{Cite journal|last1=Slater|first1=Anna G.|last2=Cooper|first2=Andrew I.|date=2015-05-29|title=Function-led design of new porous materials|journal=Science|language=en|volume=348|issue=6238|pages=aaa8075|doi=10.1126/science.aaa8075|issn=0036-8075|pmid=26023142|s2cid=33600943}} She was shortlisted in the 2016 Women of the Future awards in the science category.{{Cite news|url=http://materialschemistry.org.uk/university-of-liverpool-chemist-shortlisted-for-women-of-the-future-award/|title=University of Liverpool Chemist shortlisted for 'Women of the Future' Award|date=2016-11-09|work=KCMC|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://awards.womenofthefuture.co.uk/our-alumni-category/2016/|title=2016 - Women of the Future Awards|website=Women of the Future Awards|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-03}}

In 2016 she was appointed an EPSRC Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow.{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2016/10/royal-society-announces-dorothy-hodgkin-fellows-for-2016/|title=Royal Society announces Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows for 2016|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-03-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/dorothyhodgkinfellowships/|title=Support for outstanding early career scientists in 2016 Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships - EPSRC website|website=www.epsrc.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03}} She looks to develop new functional materials through continuous flow chemistry at the University of Liverpool.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/anna-slater/|title=Anna Slater - University of Liverpool|website=www.liverpool.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03}} Her half-a-million pound grant, "High Throughput Materials Development in Continuous Flow", is supported by the Royal Society.{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/anna-slater-13179/|title=Anna Slater|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-03-03}} She took part in the Sci Annual Review Meeting, talking about new concepts in organic synthesis.{{Cite news|url=https://www.soci.org/news/young-chemists/24th-annual-review-meeting-event-preview|title=24th Annual Review Meeting: Emerging concepts and techniques in organi|access-date=2018-03-03}}

Slater was co-chair of the UK Research Staff Association (UKRSA).{{Cite web|url=http://nprm.co.uk/nprm3/|title=NPRM3 - The Third Northern Postdoctoral Researcher Meeting|website=nprm.co.uk|access-date=2018-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304060832/http://nprm.co.uk/nprm3/|archive-date=2018-03-04|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vitae.ac.uk/doing-research/research-staff/uk-research-staff-association/fixed-term-researchers-survey|title=Researchers Survey — Vitae Website|last=41123fdd-ced9-45fa-be70-a67900df27a7|website=www.vitae.ac.uk|access-date=2018-03-03}} Slater led a project looking at how researchers took maternity, paternity, adoption, and parental leave.{{Cite news|url=http://ukrsavitae.wixsite.com/ukrsa/the-team|title=ukrsa|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://ukrsavitae.wixsite.com/ukrsa/single-post/2017/07/31/Parental-Leave-on-a-Fixed-term-Contract|title=ukrsa|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en}} In 2016 she discussed barriers to mothers from pursuing academia.{{Cite web|url=https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/develop-your-research-career-podcast/|title=Author Services 15 minutes to develop your research career|website=authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-03|date=2017-03-12}}

In 2017, Slater took an exhibit titled "No Assembly Required" to a special joint Royal Society/Science Museum "Lates", part of a series of events open to adult members of the public that typically attracts over 4000 people.{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/03/science-museum-lates/|title=Science Museum Lates: The next big thing {{!}} Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-04-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/be-part-science-museums-lates|title=Be a part of Science Museum's Lates|website=Science Museum|language=en|access-date=2019-04-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/667349-molecular-sponges-the-next-big-thing|title=Molecular sponges the next big thing?|website=Cardiff University|language=en|access-date=2019-04-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.royalsociety.org/inside-science/2017/05/12/no-assembly-required/|title=No Assembly Required at the Science Museum Lates {{!}} Inside Science {{!}} Royal Society|website=blogs.royalsociety.org|access-date=2019-04-13}} As part of the exhibit, Slater worked with Senior Lecturer and science poet Dr. [https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/sste/staff/profile/index.php?id=2532 Sam Illingworth] to produce a series of poems written by the visitors using language from scientific papers in the field.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/engage/outreach/out-and-about/story/?id=5543|title=View post, Manchester Metropolitan University|website=Manchester Metropolitan University|language=en|access-date=2019-04-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/410/no-assembly-required/|title=No Assembly Required|last=Illingworth|first=Samuel|date=2017-04-07|website=The Poetry of Science|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}

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