Dr Anna Baldycheva
Senior Lecturer
Engineering
Dr. Baldycheva is a leader of STEMM Laboratory - highly interdisciplinary academic research lab working on applied R&D of smart materials, devices and systems for real world applications and more recently also in the AI and IoT, having produced several innovations and a technology spin-out. STEMM Lab specifically conducts applied research in cooperation with industry and business.
With over 15 years of combined experience in pioneering R&D within prestigious academic institutions such as MIT, TCD, Tyndall and the University of Exeter, Dr Baldycheva is an internationally recognised female researcher, expert in emerging technologies, innovator, and entrepreneur in STEMM, being featured in Forbes and other media.
Dedicated and accomplished female academic with a strong background and a passion for fostering innovation in Nano-Engineering, Opto-Electronics and Photonics, AI and IoT. Combining a solid foundation in academic research and teaching with application and entrepreneurial focus, she aims to contribute to both academia and the business world by bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Dr Baldycheva’s dedication to advancing science and technology extends to her role as a Fellow, Board Member and Trustee of several esteemed Scientific Communities and Societies. Dr Baldycheva is a Fellow of Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) and a Fellow of the Royal Higher Education Academy (FHEA). She is a trustee and chair of the EPMS section of the RMS. At the RMS Prof Baldycheva also actively involved in the outreach activities to support and promote women in microscopy and related disciplines, as well as running and organising events for children.
She is also a founder and trustee of STEMM Global Scientific Society - the first international academic network helping scientists and innovators to connect and to establish collaborations on emerging technologies projects across STEMM disciplines. She is the founder and the main driver behind the Women in STEMM Initiative - It’s Her! https://itsher.today/ featured. Since 2019 she serves on the committee of the Jocelyn Bell Brunel PhD Scholarship to support physicists from under-represented groups.
Since 2015 Prof Baldycheva is an expert in Future and Emerging Technologies at the European Commission. She has published over 100 scientific publications to date with over 1000 citations. She is an editor in chief of the InSTEMM Journal, an associate editor of the Nature Scientific Reports and Discover Nano Journals, and a guest editor in a number of recognised scientific journals.
100+ Publications:130 peer-review & conference proceedings; 1 Patent; H-index: 20; Citations:1288
50+ Highlights in Press: national and international news (incl. Forbes and Forbes Tech Council).
69 Talks: 28 invited, 6 keynote and 4 plenary
STEMM Lab Divisions
- Smart Composite Materials
Development of new multi-functional materials for applications in flexible and liquid electronics, smart coatings, E-textiles, and building and structural materials.
Innovations: -Graphene Water-repellent Nanocoating Platform Technology
- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
STEMM AI Lab research interests span from the development of high-accuracy computational calculations to the integration of machine learning and AI into the real-world ecosystems of healthcare, education, and communications.
Innovations: - Artificial Emotional Intelligence – digital platform for emotion recognition for online education
Electronic-Nose for Early-Stage Lung Cancer Detection (>100 highlights in media worldwide, > 200 citations)
- Opto-Electronics and Photonics
System-level integration of novel nano-materials into photonics devices, and the engineering of the thin film flexible (opto-)electronic devices for applications in communications, computations, energy harvesting, bio-chemical sensing and artificial intelligence.
Innovations: -Pioneers in Fluid Opto-electronics and Photonics (>50 highlights in media worldwide)
PhD Supervision:
Benjamin Hogan, PhD in Physics/Engineering, 2019, Fluid-Dispersed 2d Material Composites for Integrated Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices
Liam Trimby, PhD in Physics/Engineering, 2019, Phase-Change Meta-Devices for Tuneable Bandpass Filtering in the Infrared (with industrial support Qinetiq)
Joaquin Faneca Ruedas, PhD in Engineering, 2020, Tunable Silicon integrated photonics based on functional materials (with industrial support Lumentum)
Kate Berseneva, PhD in Engineering, 2020, Quantum Electrodynamics and Relativistic Corrections of the g-Factor and Hyper Fine Structure Splitting in Li- and B-like Ions
Emanuele Gemo, PhD in Physics/Engineering, 2021, The Design and Analysis of Novel Integrated Phase-Change Photonic Memory and Computing Devices
Ineta Grikalaite, PhD Candidate in Physics/Engineering, expected 2024, Terahertz Photonic Metadevices with Carbon Nanomaterials (with industrial support Tydex)
Academic CV
Education
2008 - 2012
Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland
Ph.D. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering
2003 - 2008
St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
BSc with Honours in Physics
2016 – 2017
University of Exeter, UK
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
2009 - 2010
Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin
National Institute of Technology Management, Ireland
Postgraduate Certificate in Technology Management (Executive MBA)
Professional Experience
Academic Positions
2018 - present
University of Exeter, UK
Senior Lecturer in Electronic Engineering
2014 – 2018
University of Exeter, UK
Lecturer in 2D Materials
2012 – 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Entrepreneurship and Leadership
2023- Founder of GSurf, University of Exeter Spin-out, UK
2023- Trustee, Member of Council, Royal Microscopical Society, UK
2022- Founder of It’s Her! Women in STEMM
2021- Founder and Editor-in-Chief, InStemm Journal, STEMM Global, UK
2021- Founder of STEMM Junior (national outreach scientific programme for kids from disadvantaged backgrounds
in collaboration with city councils “Bringing science to kids!”) STEMM Global, UK
2019- Founder and Trustee of STEMM Global Scientific Society, UK
2014- Established research laboratory “STEMM Lab” at the University of Exeter, UK
2012-2014 Leading thin film fabrication team, Photonic Microsystems Group, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), USA
2013-2014 Leading CMOS laser integration team, Photonics Microsystems Group, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT), USA
2011-2012 Leading Science Foundation Ireland project, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
