Serena Cussen
University College Dublin
Biography
Serena Cussen (née Corr) is a Full Professor of Materials Chemistry at University College Dublin. She obtained her BA and PhD degrees in Chemistry from Trinity College Dublin, before going on to carry out postdoctoral research at the University of California Santa Barbara with Professor Ram Seshadri.
Her research focuses on understanding the synthesis-structure-function interplay in materials for electrochemical energy storage. Recipient of the RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship (2017), the ISIS Science Impact Award (2021) and the RSC Interdisciplinary Prize (2023).
Serena is deeply committed to career sustainability, early career mentoring, the promotion of women in STEM and public outreach. A former member of the RSC’s Materials Division Council, she has contributed to the RSC’s Equity in Publishing group (contributing to the recent “Is publishing in the chemical sciences gender biased?” report) and was featured in the International Women’s Day report “The Chemical Ladies”.
RSC affiliations
Advisory board, Nanoscale Horizons