Dr Jennifer Redmond
I completed my MChem Chemistry degree at Worcester College, working in the Ritchie Group for my 4th year part II project, which used FTIR emission spectroscopy to study the quenching of electronically excited nitric oxide. I continued to work in spectroscopy for my DPhil research in the Ritchie group and graduated with a DPhil in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry in 2024.
My DPhil research formed part of an exciting interdisciplinary collaboration between the Ritchie Group in Chemistry and the Robbins Group in the Department of Physiology, for which our team received the Sir George Stokes Award in the Analytical Division of the 2022 Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize for the development of a molecular flow sensor for non-invasive breath analysis to provide measurements of respiratory disease and cardiac output. This device is based on laser absorption spectroscopy and provides simultaneous measurements of the concentration and flow of oxygen, carbon dioxide and water in human breath every 10 ms. This allows accurate real-time determination of a patient's oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production. The clinical capability of the device broadly falls into two categories: measuring oxygen consumption in critical care and lung function testing in respiratory disease. My work involved collecting and analysing the first data from ventilated patients in ICU and using the device in conjunction with the Lognormal Lung model (a mathematical model of the lungs) to investigate early changes in the lungs of young people who smoke. I also investigated the potential of the device for monitoring the progression of cystic fibrosis (CF), as well as designing a new miniaturised device for paediatric patients with CF.
At Pembroke I teach all the 1st year weekly Maths classes and revision sessions, as well as Physical Chemistry revision classes to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students. In my time at Oxford I have taught on multiple different access and outreach schemes and currently teach Chemistry, Engineering and Materials Sciences Foundation Year students on the Astrophoria Foundation Year, a new programme run by the University of Oxford which aims to support UK state school students who have experienced significant disadvantages to reach their academic potential.
Redmond, J. L.; Kendall, F.; Smith, N. M. J.; Magor-Elliott, S. R. M.; Hallifax, R. J.; Fullerton, C. J.; Richmond, G.; Couper, J. H.; Ritchie, G. A. D.; Robbins, P. A.; Petousi, N.; Talbot, N. P. Computed Cardiopulmonography for the Detection of Early Smoking-Related Changes in the Lungs of Young Individuals Who Smoke. CHEST 2024, 165 (5), 1107–1110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2024.02.006.
Sandhu, D.; Redmond, J. L.; Smith, N. M. J.; Short, C.; Saunders, C. J.; Couper, J. H.; Fullerton, C. J.; Richmond, G.; Talbot, N. P.; Davies, J. C.; Ritchie, G. A. D.; Robbins, P. A. Computed Cardiopulmonography and the Idealized Lung Clearance Index, iLCI2.5, in Early-Stage Cystic Fibrosis. Journal of Applied Physiology 2023, 135 (1), 205–216. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00744.2022.
Few, J.; Fletcher, J. D.; Hancock, G.; Redmond, J. L.; Ritchie, G. A. D. An FTIR Emission Study of the Products of NO A2Σ+(v = 0, 1) + O2 collisions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2017, 19 (18). https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp00904f.
Dr Jennifer Redmond
I completed my MChem Chemistry degree at Worcester College, working in the Ritchie Group for my 4th year part II project, which used FTIR emission spectroscopy to study the quenching of electronically excited nitric oxide. I continued to work in spectroscopy for my DPhil research in the Ritchie group and graduated with a DPhil in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry in 2024.
My DPhil research formed part of an exciting interdisciplinary collaboration between the Ritchie Group in Chemistry and the Robbins Group in the Department of Physiology, for which our team received the Sir George Stokes Award in the Analytical Division of the 2022 Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize for the development of a molecular flow sensor for non-invasive breath analysis to provide measurements of respiratory disease and cardiac output. This device is based on laser absorption spectroscopy and provides simultaneous measurements of the concentration and flow of oxygen, carbon dioxide and water in human breath every 10 ms. This allows accurate real-time determination of a patient's oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production. The clinical capability of the device broadly falls into two categories: measuring oxygen consumption in critical care and lung function testing in respiratory disease. My work involved collecting and analysing the first data from ventilated patients in ICU and using the device in conjunction with the Lognormal Lung model (a mathematical model of the lungs) to investigate early changes in the lungs of young people who smoke. I also investigated the potential of the device for monitoring the progression of cystic fibrosis (CF), as well as designing a new miniaturised device for paediatric patients with CF.
At Pembroke I teach all the 1st year weekly Maths classes and revision sessions, as well as Physical Chemistry revision classes to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students. In my time at Oxford I have taught on multiple different access and outreach schemes and currently teach Chemistry, Engineering and Materials Sciences Foundation Year students on the Astrophoria Foundation Year, a new programme run by the University of Oxford which aims to support UK state school students who have experienced significant disadvantages to reach their academic potential.
Redmond, J. L.; Kendall, F.; Smith, N. M. J.; Magor-Elliott, S. R. M.; Hallifax, R. J.; Fullerton, C. J.; Richmond, G.; Couper, J. H.; Ritchie, G. A. D.; Robbins, P. A.; Petousi, N.; Talbot, N. P. Computed Cardiopulmonography for the Detection of Early Smoking-Related Changes in the Lungs of Young Individuals Who Smoke. CHEST 2024, 165 (5), 1107–1110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2024.02.006.
Sandhu, D.; Redmond, J. L.; Smith, N. M. J.; Short, C.; Saunders, C. J.; Couper, J. H.; Fullerton, C. J.; Richmond, G.; Talbot, N. P.; Davies, J. C.; Ritchie, G. A. D.; Robbins, P. A. Computed Cardiopulmonography and the Idealized Lung Clearance Index, iLCI2.5, in Early-Stage Cystic Fibrosis. Journal of Applied Physiology 2023, 135 (1), 205–216. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00744.2022.
Few, J.; Fletcher, J. D.; Hancock, G.; Redmond, J. L.; Ritchie, G. A. D. An FTIR Emission Study of the Products of NO A2Σ+(v = 0, 1) + O2 collisions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2017, 19 (18). https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp00904f.