Professor George Fern
Academic Director/Professor
Bragg Building 017
- Email: george.fern@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265628
- Chemical Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
George Fern is a chemist by background who has worked in engineering since 2006. He has a broad skills set in developing and delivering collaborative research and development projects and consultancy with industry, from inorganic and organic materials chemistry to their integration into polymeric materials and electronic devices and has acted as an expert witness. His research focus is on polymer procesing, sustainable materials and opto-electronic materials and devices for applications ranging from horticulture to displays and lighting.
He has teaching interests in chemistry, materials chemistry and charasterisation.
He has a keen interest in materials characterisation, electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), X-ray methods (XRD, XRF) and spectroscopic techniquies (UV-Vis-NIR, FTIR, Raman) to study luminescent materials (cathodoluminescence (CL), photoluminescence emission and excitation (PL, PLE)) and is the Academic Director of the Experimental Techniques Centre and Director of the Wolfson Centre for Sustainable Materials Processing and Characterisation.
He is a Chartered Chemist and Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society.
Qualifications
BSc and PhD in Chemistry, Fellow of the HEA and PG Cert HE
Responsibility
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Academic Director Experimental Techniques Centre |
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Director of the Wolfson Centre for Sustainable Materials Processing and Characterisation |
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Ionising Radiation and Laser Controlling Authority (IRLCA) member |
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Newest selected publications
Mayo, CV., Balagiannis, DP., Stojceska, V., Parker, JK. and Fern, GR. (2025) 'Presence and Impact of Aldol Condensation Products as Off-Notes in Plant-Based Protein Sources'. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 73 (10). pp. 6135 - 6143. ISSN: 0021-8561 Open Access Link
Salaoru, I., Worsley, M., Fern, G. and Paul, S. (2025) 'Inkjet-printed graphene oxide memory cells on paper for flexible electronics'. Discover Applied Sciences, 7 (3). pp. 1 - 9.Open Access Link
Silver, J., den Engelsen, D., al-Jaff, G., Taies, JA., Wilson, MT. and Fern, GR. (2024) 'Protoporphyrin IX iron(II) revisited. An overview of the Mössbauer spectroscopic parameters of low-spin porphyrin iron(II) complexes'. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 29 (7-8). pp. 721 - 761. ISSN: 0949-8257 Open Access Link
Nadeera Hemamali, GM., Smith, D., Hobson, P., Fern, G. and Ireland, T. (2022) 'Europium doped Gd2O3 and GdBO3 scintillators for thermal neutron detection'. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 1048. pp. 1 - 5. ISSN: 0168-9002 Open Access Link
Fern, GR., Khan, A., Obene, P., Buchan, O. and Kumaraverl, M. (2022) 'Carbon Dots: The future of display and lighting applications'. Fukuoka, Japan. 14 - 16 December. International Display Workshops General Incorporated Association. pp. 923 - 926. ISSN: 1883-2490 Open Access Link