Kay E. Burrows Email & Phone Number

Deputy Editor for the Interfaces team currently working on Catalysis Science & Technology, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and Soft Matter.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Enrichment of the FAIRsharing policy registry at the Oxford e-Research Centre.- Curation of the policy registry to provide a more complete and rich picture of the policy landscape.- Creation of educational material to describe how our user community can make best use of this registry.- Initial analysis of the policy landscape within FAIRsharing.

In addition to the responsibilities of Content Acquisition Editor:- Training new team members in content acquisition strategies and processes.- Oversight of the team’s regional strategy for the Asia-Pacific region and reporting on progress towards targets.- Developing and refining subject strategies across my portfolio.

- Identifying key topic areas for commissioning to ensure the portfolio reflects current research trends.- Developing strong relationships with authors and advisors, and advocating for Open Research principles.- Working closely with colleagues across the business, including specialists from editorial, publishing, marketing and strategic partnerships.- Monitoring editorial workflow to ensure quick publication using our editorial management system.- Delivering webinars to internal and external audiences. Topics include the FAIR data principles and Open Access publishing.

Leeds, United Kingdom

My PhD focused on the functionalisation of polymers with transition metal complexes to form temperature responsive materials capable of acting as molecular switches, sensors and non-linear optical materials.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

I was the Inorganic Postgraduate Representative on the School of Chemistry Health and Safety Committee. Responsibilities involved- attending Health and Safety meetings and contributing to discussions- providing feedback from meetings to other laboratory members

Leeds, United Kingdom

- Demonstrated across all years in undergraduate teaching laboratories.- Responsibilities include briefing students prior to starting their experiments, teaching laboratory techniques, ensuring correct health and safety procedures are followed, marking lab reports and delivering constructive feedback.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

I successfully organised a conference called Chemistry: The Science Around us which was attended by around 150 delegates. Tasks involved in the organisation involved: - finding funding sources and sponsors- writing successful grant applications for funding- maintaining the budget- inviting and selecting speakers - organising catering and room bookings- liaising with the health and safety team to ensure the conference had the appropriate risk assessments- promoting the conference through my networks, other universities and social media

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemistry

Bsc (Hons), Natural Sciences, 1St Class Honours