Dr Adrien Chauvet

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry

Adrien Chauvet
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a.chauvet@sheffield.ac.uk
C94, Dainton Building

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Dr Adrien Chauvet
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
C94
Dainton Building
13 Brook Hill
Sheffield
S3 7HF
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Adrien is a multidisciplinary spectroscopist. His specialisation is in ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy. Adrien鈥檚 research is mainly based in Sheffield鈥檚 ; with projects in collaboration with the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and the School of Biosciences. And in his research, Adrien is dedicated to applying spectroscopy in innovative ways to tackle today鈥檚 grant challenges.

One of these grand challenges is the development of renewable energies. And beyond tackling it in his own lab, Adrien is also part of the cross-faculty , as a management board member since 2022. In that role, Adrien leads on early career researchers' engagement and development, as well as on equality, diversity and inclusion within the institute.

Adrien holds a BSc in Material Sciences (2005) from the university of Strasbourg, France, as well as a Master (2008) and PhD (2012) in Biophysics from Purdue University, USA, under Prof. Sergei Savikhin鈥檚 supervision. He then moved to Switzerland in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) under a Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Majed Chergui followed by a senior postdoctoral position at the University of Geneva (2015) with Prof. Jean-Pierre Wolf. He moved to Sheffield in 2016 as a lecturer of Physical Chemistry and was appointed senior lecturer in 2023.

Research interests

Adrien鈥檚 research is dedicated to answering society鈥檚 most pressing needs. The goal is to benefit from the fundamental knowledge of the materials intrinsic electronic and nuclear behaviour to inform the development of novel materials that are better suited to specific practical applications. Adrien is actively involved in various projects, reflective of his multidisciplinary approach to science:

  • Development of novel catalysts for green hydrogen production via hydrolysis as well as novel catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells
  • Development of sensors for soil-health analysis to achieve precision farming
  • Development of sensors to monitor greenhouse gas emission to inform their reduction
  • Characterisation of the natural elements involved in plant鈥檚 photosynthesis as well as their artificial counterparts for artificial photosynthesis
  • Characterisation of thin-film metal-oxides with antibacterial properties
  • Characterisation of novel anti-cancer agent for drug development
  • Crop-health monitoring via optical coherence tomography

Adrien is also invested in the field of Science & Religion. He benefits from his formal and informal religious and scientific education to explore the interplay between religion and the sciences. Acquainted of both systems of knowledge, he publishes and routinely engages the public on that topic.

Publications

Books

  • Chauvet A (2024) Les miracles du Coran : de l鈥檃nalyse scientifiques 脿 l鈥櫭﹍茅vation spirituelle. France: Maison Ennour.
  • Chauvet A (2023) Scientifically Religious Using Science to Rationalize Faith.
  • Chauvet A (2020) De la science 脿 la croyance : Raffermir sa foi par une approche scientifique. Paris: Maison Ennour.
  • Chauvet A (2019) De la science 脿 la croyance: Raffermir sa foi par une approche scientifique. Paris: Maison d'Ennour (2019).

Journal articles

  • Nisar L, Kusdhany MIM, Nishihara M, Hussain F, Burnett AD, Lyth SM, Pourkashanian M, Ismail MS & Chauvet AAP (2025) . Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
  • Sasi GS, Matcher SJ & Chauvet AAP (2025) . Plant Methods, 21.
  • Sasi GS & Chauvet AAP (2025) . Sensors, 25(8).
  • Bhattacharya S, Nevonen DE, Auty AJ, Graf A, Appleby M, Chaudhri N, Chekulaev D, Br眉ckner C, Chauvet AAP & Nemykin VN (2023) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(37), 7694-7706.
  • Saeed HK, Jarman PJ, Sreedharan S, Mowll R, Auty AJ, Chauvet AAP, Smythe CGW, de la Serna JB & Thomas JA (2023) . Chemistry 鈥 A European Journal, 29(34).
  • Smitten K, Southam HM, Fairbanks S, Graf A, Chauvet A & Thomas JA (2023) . Chemistry 鈥 A European Journal.
  • Auty AJ, Mansouriboroujeni N, Nagaraja T, Chekulaev D, Sorensen CM, Das SR, Martsinovich N & Chauvet AAP (2022) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126(18), 7949-7955.
  • Bhattacharya S, Graf A, Gomes AKMS, Chaudhri N, Chekulaev D, Br眉ckner C, Cardozo TM & Chauvet AAP (2022) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 126(16), 2522-2531.
  • Farrow GA, Quick M, Kovalenko SA, Wu G, Sadler A, Chekulaev D, Chauvet AAP, Weinstein JA & Ernsting NP (2021) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(38), 21652-21663.
  • Br眉ckner C, Chaudhri N, Nevonen DE, Bhattacharya S, Graf A, Kaesmann E, Li R, Guberman鈥怭feffer MJ, Mani T, Nimthong鈥怰old谩n A , Zeller M et al (2021) . Chemistry 鈥 A European Journal, 27(65), 16189-16203.
  • Gaulier G, Dietschi Q, Bhattacharyya S, Schmidt C, Montagnese M, Chauvet A, Hermelin S, Chiodini F, Bonacina L, Herrera PL , Rothlisberger U et al (2021) . Science Advances, 7(18).
  • Clancy AJ, Suter TM, Taylor A, Bhattacharya S, Miller TS, Br谩zdov谩 V, Aliev AE, Chauvet AAP, Cor脿 F, Howard CA & McMillan PF (2021) . Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(4), 2175-2183.
  • Graf A, Finkel J, Chauvet AAP & Rtimi S (2019) . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(48), 45319-45329.
  • Pertot Y, Schmidt C, Matthews M, Chauvet A, Huppert M, Svoboda V, von Conta A, Tehlar A, Baykusheva D, Wolf J-P & W枚rner HJ (2017) . Science, 355(6322), 264-267.
  • Agarwal R & Chauvet AAP (2017) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017(4), 3287-3296.
  • Chauvet AAP, Agarwal R, Haddad AA, van Mourik F & Cramer WA (2016) . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18(18), 12983-12991.
  • Chauvet AAP, Agarwal R, Cramer WA & Chergui M (2015) . Review of Scientific Instruments, 86(10).
  • Al Haddad A, Chauvet A, Ojeda J, Arrell C, van Mourik F, Aub枚ck G & Chergui M (2015) . Optics Letters, 40(3), 312-312.
  • Chauvet A, Jankowiak R, Kell A, Picorel R & Savikhin S (2015) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119(2), 448-455.
  • Chauvet AAP, Al Haddad A, Kao W-C, van Mourik F, Hunte C & Chergui M (2014) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(3), 2143-2151.
  • Chauvet A, Tibiletti T, Caffarri S & Chergui M (2014) . Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(10).
  • Hasan SS, Zakharov SD, Chauvet A, Stadnytskyi V, Savikhin S & Cramer WA (2014) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118(24), 6614-6625.
  • Chauvet A, Sarrou J, Lin S, Romberger SP, Golbeck JH, Savikhin S & Redding KE (2013) . Photosynthesis Research, 116(1), 1-9.
  • Chauvet A, Dashdorj N, Golbeck JH, Johnson TW & Savikhin S (2012) . Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116(10), 3380-3386.
  • Chauvet A, Jagannathan B, Golbeck JH & Savikhin S (2009) . Biophysical Journal, 96(3), 526a-527a.
  • Chauvet AAP, Agarwal R & Cramer WA () . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
  • Chauvet AAP & Matcher SJ () . Frontiers in Plant Science, 16.
  • Chauvet A () . American Journal of Islam and Society, 40(1-2), 8-38.

Book chapters

  • Chauvet A (2024) In Edelman DV & Guillaume P (Ed.), The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in F Equinox Publishing Ltd
  • Chauvet A (2016) In Yu X-Y (Ed.), Advances in Microfluidics - New Applications in Biology, Energy, and Materials Sciences InTechOpen
  • Shareef A & Chauvet A (2013) , Teacher Education for Social Justice (pp. 53-65). Emerald Publishing Limited
  • A.P. Chauvet A () , Fourier Transforms - Century of Digitalization and Increasing Expectations IntechOpen

Conference proceedings

  • Williams J, Lin WC, Li W, Wang S, Matcher SJ & Chauvet AAP (2020) . Proceedings, Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020 (Translational, Microscopy, OCT, OTS, BRAIN). Washington, DC, USA, 20 April 2020 - 20 April 2020.
  • Pertot Y, Schmidt C, Matthews M, Chauvet A, Huppert M, Svoboda V, Von Conta A, Tehlar A, Baykusheva D, Wolf JP & W枚rner HJ (2017) . 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics CLEO 2017 Proceedings, Vol. 2017-January (pp 1-2)
  • Pertot Y, Schmidt C, Matthews M, Chauvet A, Huppert M, Svoboda V, von Conta A, Tehlar A, Baykusheva D, Wolf J-P & Worner HJ (2017) . 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) (pp 1-1), 25 June 2017 - 29 June 2017.
  • Pertot Y, Schmidt C, Matthews M, Chauvet A, Huppert M, Svoboda V, von Conta A, Tehlar A, Baykusheva D, Wolf J-P & W枚rner HJ (2017) . Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (pp FM2D.2-FM2D.2), 2017.
  • Zakharov SD, Hasan SS, Chauvet A, Stadnytsky V, Savikhin S & Cramer WA (2014) . Biophysical Journal, Vol. 106(2) (pp 371a-371a)
  • Zakharov SD, Hasan SS, Chauvet A, Savikhin S & Cramer WA (2013) . Biophysical Journal, Vol. 104(2) (pp 488a-488a)
Teaching interests

Physical Chemistry, Spectroscopy.

Teaching activities

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules

  • Mathematics for Chemists 1 (Level 1)
  • Thermodynamics (Level 2)
  • Advanced Photochemistry (Level 4/MSc)

Support Teaching:

  • Tutorials: Level 1&2 General Chemistry
  • Level 3 Literature Review

Laboratory Teaching:

  • Level 1, 2, 3 Physical Chemistry Laboratories
  • Level 4/MSc Research Project

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