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Contact

• workRoom A33 School of Pharmacy Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 9515038
• fax0115 8466249
• Cristina.De_matteis@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am the University Digital Learning Coordinator, and Professor of Chemistry and Digital Learning. I am both a National Teaching Fellow (2021) and Senior Fellow (2021) of Advance HE, and a Chartered Chemist and Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. I have received three ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Lord Dearing Awards for excellence in teaching and learning (two team awards and one individual award).

I am a computational chemist and an educator, where I use my scientific discipline to guide and develop my teaching and learning practice. For example, from the start of my teaching career, I have incorporated digital learning and computer generated images into my practice and gathered quantitative data from students about their experiences. I have used the power of the visual image to enhance my students understanding of chemistry, an approach that I have taken to schoolchildren and the public, by creating exhibitions and short films. I use evidence as a key tool in my professional practice, to understand both my students' experiences of my teaching and their experiences of their learning.

I am a Chemist by training and obtained both my BSc and PhD from the University of London. My postgraduate research was in the area of electroorganic synthesis, after which I moved into structural organic chemistry, utilizing primarily computational approaches, supported as required by experimental data. I have a wide range of experience in structural chemistry, involving systems varying from small organic molecules, including studies of nitrogen geometry in anilines, to micelle structure in drug delivery systems, stationary phases in separation science and protein/ligand interactions.

I have worked as a consultant in visual science communication, with a variety of organizations including the BBC, Nesta, EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and the RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry). I have been involved in exhibition design and development (prior to fit-out) at the interactive science centre Explore in Bristol, I chaired the Royal Society of Chemistry Committee for Promoting Chemistry to the Public and I was awarded the Science Communicator Award from the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council).

Major pieces of work that I have completed, include:

Small Matters, a series of short films highlighting the role of molecules in enjoyment and pleasure, which have been broadcast on BBC television, and exhibited in venues across the UK;

Lighting-up the Invisible, a collection of interior lighting products exploring molecular shape and architectures, which has been exhibited at the Royal College of Art, London and at 100% Design Earls Court, London;

Sense-ational, an exhibition of photographs showing the role of molecules in everyday life, which has been exhibited at venues across the UK, including the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London.

Research Summary

My current educational research interests are in the following areas:

Transnational education - the digital experience of students and staff, university lead on the Jisc research project . This is a study in collaboration with Dr Sandra Leigh (School of Education, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´), and colleagues in the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ School of Pharmacy (in the UK and Malaysia), School of Education (UK) and School of Education and English (Ningbo China).

Using general purpose AI productivity tools to foster an evidence-informed approach to develop assessment pedagogy, collaboration with Prof Cecilia Goria, Director of the Language Centre, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´; and Dr Rob Shipman, Faculty of Engineering, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´.

Developing a new blended learning framework, collaboration with Dr Stephanie McDonald (project lead), Faculty of Science Digital Learning Director, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´; Prof Cecilia Goria, Director of the Language Centre, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´; Dr Denise Sweeney, Course Lead PGCert Higher Education Global; and Prof Richard Windle, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Deputy Associate Pro Vice Chancellor (ESE). This forms part of the University "Beyond Blended" pilot with Jisc.

Exploring the teaching practice of ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ teaching staff in classroom settings, including the use of audience response tools and interactive activities

Students' experience of research and the HEFCE-funded "Come on in to our research labs", collaboration with Prof Snow Stolnik, Director of EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Transformative Pharmaceutical Technologies, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, Dr Beppe Mantovani, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´

Recent Publications

• CHETTY, S., ARMSTRONG, T, DREWE, W.C., DREWE, W.C., DE MATTEIS, C.I., EVANGELOPOULOS, D., BHAKTA, S. and THOMAS, N.R., 2021. Pharmaceuticals. 14(4), 361
• S MCDONALD, C DE MATTEIS, E NEWALL, F MCCULLOUGH, L MOTT, B VILLA MARCOS, V SOLANKI, N REA, R WRIGHT, S BAGLEY, S BAMFORD, Q WANG and A LAU, 2021. Exploring and supporting undergraduate students’ digital learning transition from school to university In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference, Open University.
• CI DE MATTEIS, MD RANDALL, EJ HARVEY, AP MORRIS, GS WINKLER and HF BOARDMAN, 2019. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 83, 108-118
• C DE MATTEIS, N MOUNT, N HUGHES, C GORIA, R WINDLE, S SPEIGHT and G LAWSON, 2019. Bridging the cultural divides in digitally enhanced teaching and learning; the Digital Learning Director initiative at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ In: Advance HE Annual Conference, Newcastle.

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• CHETTY, S., ARMSTRONG, T, DREWE, W.C., DREWE, W.C., DE MATTEIS, C.I., EVANGELOPOULOS, D., BHAKTA, S. and THOMAS, N.R., 2021. Pharmaceuticals. 14(4), 361
• S MCDONALD, C DE MATTEIS, E NEWALL, F MCCULLOUGH, L MOTT, B VILLA MARCOS, V SOLANKI, N REA, R WRIGHT, S BAGLEY, S BAMFORD, Q WANG and A LAU, 2021. Exploring and supporting undergraduate students’ digital learning transition from school to university In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference, Open University.
• CI DE MATTEIS, MD RANDALL, EJ HARVEY, AP MORRIS, GS WINKLER and HF BOARDMAN, 2019. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 83, 108-118
• C DE MATTEIS, N MOUNT, N HUGHES, C GORIA, R WINDLE, S SPEIGHT and G LAWSON, 2019. Bridging the cultural divides in digitally enhanced teaching and learning; the Digital Learning Director initiative at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ In: Advance HE Annual Conference, Newcastle.
• C DE MATTEIS, S STOLNIK, G MANTOVANI, C TUFARELLI, X YANG and S NORTH, 2019. Come on in to our research labs; promoting interactions of early-year undergraduates with researchers to gain insights into the research community of practice In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference, Kingston.
• A AHMED, C DE MATTEIS, N R THOMAS, G MANTOVANI and D BARRETT, 2015. Inhibiting InhA: new weapons in the fight against tuberculosis In: Gordon Research Conference - Challenges, Advances and Future Prospects in the Fight Against Tuberculosis, Spain.
• C I DE MATTEIS and H F BOARDMAN, 2014. The new dyspepsia MPharm module at Nottingham; integrating science and clinical practice, and context-based teaching of science In: Higher Education Academy (HEA) STEM Annual Conference, Edinburgh.
• DE MATTEIS C.I., SIMPSON D.A., EUERBY M.R., SHAW P.N. and BARRETT D.A., 2012. Journal of Chromatography. A. 1229, 95-106
• DUFOUR, M., YAN, C., SIEGEL, D., COLUCCI, M.A., JENNER, M., OLDHAM, N.J., GOMEZ, J., REIGAN, P., LI, Y., DE MATTEIS, C.I., ROSS, D. and MOODY, C.J., 2011. ChemBioChem. 12(8), 1203-1208
• DE MATTEIS, C.I., SIMPSON, D.A., DOUGHTY, S.W., EUERBY, M.R., SHAW, P.N. and BARRETT, D.A., 2010. Journal of Chromatography. A. 1217(44), 6987-6993
• ABUKHADER, MAJED M, HEAP, JOHN, DE MATTEIS, CRISTINA I, DOUGHTY, STEPHEN W, MINTON, NIGEL and PAOLI, MAX, 2007. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of the Bacillus amyloliquefaciens YwrO enzyme. Acta Crystallographica. Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications Online. 63(Pt 9), 746-50
• REID, SD, WILSON, C, DE MATTEIS, CI and LOVE, JB, 2007. Using chiral ligand substituents to promote the formation of dinuclear, double-stranded iron, manganese, and zinc mesocates European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 33, 5286-5293
• ABUKHADER, M., HEAP, J., DE MATTEIS, C., KELLAM, B., DOUGHTY, S.W., MINTON, N. and PAOLI, M., 2005. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48(24), 7714-7719
• HEALD, C.R., STOLNIK, S., DE MATTEIS, C., GARNETT, M.C., ILLUM, L., DAVIS, S.S. and LEERMAKERS, F.A.M., 2003. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 212(1), 57-64
• HEALD,C.R., STOLNIK-TRENKIC,S., KUJAWINSKI,K.S., DEMATTEIS,C., GARNETT,M.C., ILLUM,L., DAVIS,S.S., PURKISS,S.C., BARLOW,R.J. and GELLERT,P.R., 2002. Langmuir. 18(9), 3669-3675
• DE MATTEIS, C.I., 2002. Small Matters - a series of short films
• HEALD, C.R., STOLNIK, S., DE MATTEIS, C., GARNETT, M.C., ILLUM, L., DAVIS, S.S. and LEERMAKERS, F.A.M., 2001. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 179(1), 79-91
• DEMATTEIS,C.I. and BLOXAM,L., 2001. WO0152222 07/01/2001 00:00:00