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Caroline Dessent is a Professor of Physical and Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at York. She is also currently the Head of Department.  Caroline’s research group engages in experimental and theoretical research, and have a wide range of areas of study including photochemistry, spectroscopy, analytical chemistry and environmental chemistry.  She has been an elected member of the Faraday Community Council, as well as the Chair of the Spectroscopy and Dynamics special interest group.  Caroline is a passionate advocate of Diversity and Inclusion in science, and works on projects to improve the career progression of individuals who are currently underrepresented in the chemistry community.

Brianna Heazlewood is a Professor of Chemical Physics at the University of Liverpool. Brianna completed her undergraduate and PhD degrees at the University of Sydney, Australia, moving to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford in 2012. She set up an independent research group at Oxford as an EPSRC Early Career Fellow in 2016, studying gas-phase reactions under cold and controlled conditions.

Andrew Logsdail is a Senior Lecturer in Catalytic and Computational Chemistry (2022-) and UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellow (2020-) at the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, which is part of the School of Chemistry, Cardiff University. Andrew was previously a Lecturer (2019-22) and University Research Fellow (2016-19) at the same institution.