James Bruce

James Bruce has been an OU chemistry academic for 16 years with an interest in making molecules that interact with light, and translating that into real world applications ranging from diagnostic agents, contact lenses to road markings. James has been helped along the way by PhD students and so developed an interest in training and supporting those students develop as researchers. This encompasses encouraging and facilitating them to share and communicate their research with as wide an audience as possible. This lead James to set up the Graduate School to help prepare the OU’s students and help them build connections with a wider research community that in turn helps share and develop new ways of training and research skills.

Part of what keeps James active as a researcher is a good balance between being in the lab and out of it - he plays touch rugby with an OU team that’s a mix of staff and students, and they have done well over the years competing in local competitions.

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