Kate Nixon

Biography

Dr Kate Nixon is a Lecturer of Physical Chemistry in the School of Biology, Chemistry and Forensic Science at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.  Dr Nixon completed a Bachelor of Technology in Forensic and Analytical Chemistry and Bachelor of Science (Honours) at Flinders University, Australia, before undertaking a PhD in Electron Momentum Spectroscopy.  From 2009 Dr Nixon has conducted research in the area of electron collisions in Australia, England and Brazil.  Her research within the Center for Anti-Matter Matter Studies was concerned with electron and positron collisions with molecules relevant in the modelling of radiation therapy.  As a Royal Society Newton Fellow and International Incoming Marie Curie Fellow Dr Nixon studied low energy electron ionising collisions with noble gases, small molecules within an isoelectronic series and with magnesium atoms which had been aligned with laser radiation.  In Brazil Dr Nixon’s research aimed to provide experimental data of a range of electron scattering processes from molecules relevant to the development of second generation biofuels by plasma pre-treatment.

Research Interest

Dr Nixon’s research interests involve using electron collisions with atoms and molecules to further understand important areas of medical (radiation based cancer therapies) and technological (plasma) importance.  Dr Nixon is an experimentalist and generates experimental data which can be used to evaluate predictions from current state-of-the-art theoretical models of the electron collision process.