Dr Sarah Walker
Teaching Fellow
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Personal statement
Personal statement
I joined the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry in January 2018 and specialise in teaching organic chemistry and spectroscopy, lead the departmental employability agenda and co-facilitate the industrial placement programme for MChem students.
Prior to my career in academia, I worked in the not-for-profit sector and also in industry.
I have an interest in chemistry education research with a particular focus on student employability skills, adoption of new teaching practices and comparison between experts and novices in solving chemical problems.
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Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Recipient 2021 Teaching Excellence Awards 2020 - University of Strathclyde Recipient 2020 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Recipient 9/2019 Runner up - RSC Organic Division Poster Symposium Recipient 2014 Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Recipient 2011
Prize And Awards
Qualifications
PGCert (Learning and Teaching)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Tetrazine‐responsive self‐immolative linkers Neumann Kevin, Jain Sarthak, Gambardella Alessia, Walker Sarah E, Valero Elsa, Lilienkampf Annamaria, Bradley Mark Chembiochem Vol 18, pp. 91-95 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201600560 Oxidative Heck desymmetrisation of 2,2-disubstituted cyclopentene-1,3-diones Walker S E, Lamb C J C, Beattie N A, Nikodemiak P, Lee Ai -Lan Chemical Communications Vol 51, pp. 4089-4092 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC00407A Palladium‐catalyzed direct C-H functionalization of benzoquinone Walker Sarah E, Jordan-Hore James A, Johnson David G, Macgregor Stuart A, Lee Ai-Lan Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol 53, pp. 13876-13879 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201408054 Development of Pd(II) catalysed oxidative Heck reactions and CH functionalisations Walker Sarah RSC Organic Division Poster Symposium 2014 (2014) Ligand- and base-free Pd(II)-catalyzed controlled switching between Oxidative Heck and conjugate addition reactions Walker Sarah E, Boehnke Julian, Glen Pauline E, Levey Steven, Patrick Lisa, Jordan-Hore James A, Lee Ai-Lan Organic Letters Vol 15, pp. 1886-1889 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1021/ol400539h
Publications
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Examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student employability: An employer’s perspective Speaker 7/7/2022 Outreach that reaches all Interviewee 6/7/2022 Chemistry for All Outreach Grant Workshop Participant 23/9/2021 Senate member - University of Strathclyde (Event) Member 8/2021 Strathwide early career researcher seed funding proposals (Event) Advisor 26/7/2021 Methods in Chemistry Education Research 2021 Participant 25/5/2021
Enhancing Chemistry and Science Career Motivation in Scottish Primary Learners.( Outreach Fund - Large Grants 2023) Scott, Fraser (Principal Investigator) Walker, Sarah (Co-investigator) Willison, Debra (Co-investigator) 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024 EPSRC IAA: Vlog Outreach Project Scott, Fraser (Principal Investigator) Willison, Debra (Co-investigator) Walker, Sarah (Co-investigator) 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024 ChemSTEP Willison, Debra (Principal Investigator) Scott, Fraser (Co-investigator) Walker, Sarah (Co-investigator) 20-Jan-2021 - 28-Jan-2024 RSC funded ChemSTEP Outreach project Walker, Sarah (Co-investigator) Willison, Debra (Principal Investigator) Scott, Fraser (Co-investigator) Working with industrial partners and schools to provide chemistry-relevant career information to secondary school students in areas of low social-economic status. £25,000 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2023 Research Interns@Strathclyde - Examining the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on teaching practices within the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Walker, Sarah (Principal Investigator) Scott, Fraser (Principal Investigator) Gibson, Lorraine (Principal Investigator) Research Interns@Strathclyde summer project 05-Jan-2021 - 27-Jan-2021 Examining the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Employability of Students - an Employer’s Perspective (Emma Burns) Walker, Sarah (Principal Investigator) Gibson, Lorraine (Co-investigator) Scott, Fraser (Co-investigator) 21-Jan-2021 - 20-Jan-2021
Professional Activities
Projects
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Contact
Dr
Sarah
Walker
Teaching Fellow
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: sarah.e.walker@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2439