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Dr Holly Hedgeland
Professional biography
My substantive role is as a Senior Lecturer, Staff Tutor in Physical Sciences, but I am currently on secondment as the AL Contract Faculty Implementation Lead for STEM. Prior to moving to the Open University, I held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London. As an undergraduate, I read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, staying on for a PhD in the Surface Physics group at the Cavendish Laboratory. After finishing my PhD, I held a postdoc and teaching fellowship at Robinson College and also spent two years as a secondary teacher of maths and physics before moving to UCL.
Research interests
My background is in surface science with a particular interest in dynamical phenomena at surfaces. I have applied experimental techniques ranging from helium atom scattering and scanning tunnelling microscopy to synchrotron x-ray and neutron scattering to evaluate surface energy landscapes and friction. I am particularly interested in providing the novel data needed for benchmarking the latest developments in theoretical approaches such as density functional theory and molecular dynamics.
I also have an interest in Physics Education Research, stemming from MEd / MA (ODE) and practitioner studies while teaching in the secondary sector, and I am currently involved in several PER projects based at the OU.
Teaching interests
Currently on secondment, I was formerly Module Team Chair of SMT359 - Electromagnetism. I have contributed to the presentation of SS001, SXPA288, S217 and SMT359, as well as working on a wide variety of science modules as staff tutor and tutoring on SXP390.
Publications
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 27290-27299, (2016)
K. M. O'Donnell, H. Hedgeland, G. Moore, A. Suleman, M. Siegl, L. Thomsen, O. Warschkow and S.R. Schofield
How Atomic Steps Modify Diffusion and Inter-adsorbate Forces: Empirical Evidence from Hopping Dynamics in Na/Cu(115)
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6 (20), 4165-4170, (2015)
O. Godsi, G. Corem, T. Kravchuk, C. Bertram, K. Morgenstern, H. Hedgeland, A.P. Jardine, W. Allison, J. Ellis and G. Alexandrowicz
Vibrational lifetimes and friction in adsorbate motion determined from quasi-elastic scattering
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17 (34), 21819-21823, (2015)
B.A.J. Lechner, H. Hedgeland, A.P. Jardine, W. Allison, B.J. Hinch and J. Ellis
Special relativity in the school laboratory: A simple apparatus for cosmic-ray muon detection
Physics Education, 50 (3), 317-323, (2015)
P. Singh and H. Hedgeland
Ultra-high precision determination of site energy differences using a Bayesian method
Phys. Rev. B 89, 121405(R) (2014)
B. A. J. Lechner, P. R. Kole, H. Hedgeland, A. P. Jardine, W. Allison, B. J. Hinch, and J. Ellis
The structure of deuterated benzene films adsorbed on the graphite (0001) basal plane: what happens below and above the monolayer coverage?
Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys. 16 , 22116, (2014)
E. Bahn, H. Hedgeland, A. Jardine, P Henry, T. Hansen and P, Fouquet
Quantum Influences in the Diffusive Motion of Pyrrole on Cu(111)
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 5085 (2013)
B. A. J. Lechner, H. Hedgeland, J. Ellis, W. Allison, M. Sacchi, S. J. Jenkins, B. J. Hinch
Atomic scale friction of molecular adsorbates during diffusion
J. Chem. Phys. 138, 194710 (2013)
B. A. J. Lechner, A. S. de Wijn, H. Hedgeland, A. P. Jardine, B. J. Hinch, W. Allison and J. Ellis
Jumping, Rotating, and Flapping: The Atomic-Scale Motion of Thiophene on Cu(111)
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 1953 (2013)
B. A. J. Lechner, M. Sacchi, A. P. Jardine, H. Hedgeland, W. Allison, J. Ellis, S. J. Jenkins, P. C. Dastoor and B. J. Hinch
A new design for a low-temperature high-intensity helium beam source
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84, 026105 (2013)
B. A. J. Lechner, H. Hedgeland, W. Allison, J. Ellis, A. P. Jardine
Probing the non-pairwise interactions between CO molecules moving on a Cu(111) surface
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24 104016 (2012)
P. R. Kole, H. Hedgeland, A. P. Jardine, W. Allison, J. Ellis and G. Alexandrowicz
Highly proton-ordered water structures on oxygen precovered Ru{0001}
J. Phys. Chem. A 115, 7205 (2011)
N. Avidor, H. Hedgeland, G. Held, A. P. Jardine, W. Allison, J. Ellis, T. Kravchuk and G. Alexandrowicz
Rotation and Translational Motion Prior to Self-Assembly: Dynamics of Ethanethiolate on Cu(111)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 256101 (2011)
S. Paterson, W. Allison, H. Hedgeland, J. Ellis, and A. P. Jardine
Weak intermolecular interactions in an ionically bound molecular adsorbate: Cyclopentadienyl/Cu(111)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 186101 (2011)
H. Hedgeland, B. A. J. Lechner, F. E. Tuddenham, A. P. Jardine, W. Allison, J. Ellis, M. Sacchi, S. J. Jenkins, and B. J. Hinch
Electronic Structure and Bonding of an Ionic Molecular Adsorbate: c-C5H5 on Cu{111}
J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 16134 (2011)
M. Sacchi, S. J. Jenkins, H. Hedgeland, A. P. Jardine and B. J. Hinch
Surface Diffusion Studies Using Neutron and Helium Spin-echo Spectroscopy
Z. Phys. Chem. 224, 61 (2010)
P. Fouquet, H. Hedgeland and A. P. Jardine
Determination of the Quantum Contribution to the Activated Motion of Hydrogen on a Metal Surface: H/Pt(111)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 136101 (2010)
A. P. Jardine, E. Y. M. Lee, D. J. Ward, G. Alexandrowicz, H. Hedgeland, W. Allison, J. Ellis, and E. Pollak
Measuring surface phonons with 3He Spin Echo - a two dimensional approach
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22, 304018 (2010)
P. R. Kole, H. Hedgeland, A. P. Jardine and G. Alexandrowicz
Lineshapes in quasi-elastic scattering from species hopping between non-equivalent surface sites
Surf. Sci. 604, 1459-1475 (2010)
F. E. Tuddenham, H. Hedgeland, A. P. Jardine, B. A. J. Lechner, B.J. Hinch and W. Allison
An improved high intensity recycling helium-3 beam source
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 076110 (2009)
H. Hedgeland, P. R. Kole, W. Allison, J. Ellis, and A. P. Jardine
Helium-3 spin-echo: Principles and application to dynamics at surfaces
Prog. Surf. Sci. 84, 323 (2009)
A. P. Jardine, H. Hedgeland, G. Alexandrowicz, W. Allison and J. Ellis
Studying the microscopic nature of diffusion with helium-3 spin-echo
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11, 3355 (2009)
A. P. Jardine, G. Alexandrowicz, H. Hedgeland, W. Allison and J. Ellis
Linewidths in bound state resonances for helium scattering from Si(111)-(1x1)H
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21, 264004 (2009)
F E Tuddenham, H Hedgeland, J Knowling, A P Jardine, D A MacLaren, G Alexandrowicz, J Ellis and W Allison
Surface dynamics and friction of K/Cu(001) characterized by helium-3 spin-echo and density functional theory
Phys. Rev. B 80, 125426 (2009)
H. Hedgeland, P. R. Kole, H. R. Davies, A. P. Jardine, G. Alexandrowicz, W. Allison, J. Ellis, G. Fratesi and G. P. Brivio
Measurement of single-molecule frictional dissipation in a prototypical nanoscale system
Nature Physics 5, 561 - 564 (2009)
H. Hedgeland, P. Fouquet, A. P. Jardine, G. Alexandrowicz, W. Allison and J. Ellis
Molecular dynamics simulations of the diffusion of benzene sub-monolayer films on graphite basal plane surfaces
Carbon 47, 2627 (2009)
P. Fouquet, M. R. Johnson, H. Hedgeland, A. P. Jardine, J. Ellis and W. Allison
Probing molecule-surface interactions through ultra-fast adsorbate dynamics: Propane/Pt(111)
New J. Phys. 10, 125026 (2008)
A.P. Jardine, H. Hedgeland, D. Ward, Y. Xioaqing, W. Allison, J. Ellis and G. Alexandrowicz
Simulation and analysis of solenoidal ion sources
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 123301 (2008)
A.R. Alderwick, A.P. Jardine, H. Hedgeland, D.A. MacLaren, W. Allison and J .Ellis
Observation of uncorrelated microscopic motion in a strongly interacting adsorbate system
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 (21) 6789-6794 (2008)
G. Alexandrowicz, P. Kole, E. Lee, H. Hedgeland, R. Ferrando, A.P. Jardine, W. Allison and J. Ellis
Analysis and refinement of the Cu(001)c(2x2)CO-He potential using 3He selective adsorption resonances
J. Chem. Phys. 128 154712 (2008).
D.J. Riley, A.P. Jardine, G. Alexandrowicz, H. Hedgeland, J. Ellis and W. Allison
Vibration and diffusion of Cs atoms on Cu(001)
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19 305010 (2007).
A P Jardine, G Alexandrowicz, H Hedgeland, R D Diehl, W Allison and J Ellis
Measurements of molecule diffusion on surfaces using neutron and helium spin echo
Physica B 385-386 (2006) 269-271
P Fouquet, H Hedgeland, AP Jardine, G Alexandrowicz, W Allison and J Ellis
Onset of 3D Collective Surface Diffusion in the Prescence of Lateral Interactions: Na/Cu(100)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 156103 (2006).
G Alexandrowicz, AP Jardine, H Hedgeland, W Allison and J Ellis
Anomalous attenuation at low temperatures in a high intensity helium beam source
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76 (2005), 123111
H Hedgeland, AP Jardine, W Allison and J Ellis
Externally funded projects
Investigating the use of technology enhanced assessment to reduce demographic gaps in attainment in physics
| Role | Start date | End date | Funding source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | 01 Oct 2018 | 30 Sep 2023 | The Ogden Trust |
This project seeks to address demographic gaps in attainment in physics; these mean that not only are certain groups of students, e.g. those of particular gender, socio-economic group or ethnicity or with a disability, considerably less likely to study the subject at higher education level, but also that those who do study have lower levels of retention in completing and passing their studies. This contributes to the “leaky pipeline” whereby the percentage of students and workers in particular demographic groups declines further and further. Various factors have been hypothesised as contributing to these discrepancies in attainment, in particular evidence is emerging that different students respond differently to different assessment tasks and to different features within the tasks. | |||
Publications
Journal articles
Investigating Male Bias in Multiple Choice Questions: Contrasting Formative and Summative Settings (2018-09-05)
Hedgeland, Holly; Dawkins, Hillary and Jordan, Sally
European Journal of Physics, 39, Article 55704(5)
Using Concept Inventories to Measure Understanding (2018-02-07)
Sands, David; Parker, Mark; Hedgeland, Holly; Jordan, Sally and Galloway, Ross
Higher Education Pedagogies, 3(1) (pp. 173-182)
The Dynamics of Benzene on Cu(111): a Combined Helium Spin Echo and Dispersion-Corrected DFT Study into the Diffusion of Physisorbed Aromatics on Metal Surfaces (2017-10-01)
Sacchi, Marco; Singh, Pratap; Chisnall, David M.; Ward, David J.; Jardine, Andrew Peter; Allison, Bill; Ellis, John and Hedgeland, Holly
Faraday Discussions, 204 (pp. 471-485)
Impact of scaffolding and question structure on the gender gap (2017)
Dawkins, Hillary; Hedgeland, Holly and Jordan, Sally
Physical Review Physics Education Research, 13, Article 20117(2)
Orientation and stability of a bi-functional aromatic organic molecular adsorbate on silicon (2016-10-21)
O'Donnell, Kane; Hedgeland, Holly; Moore, Gareth; Suleman, Asif; Siegl, Manuel; Thomsen, Lars; Warschkow, Oliver and Schofield, Steven
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(39) (pp. 27290-27299)
Mass Transport in Surface Diffusion of van der Waals Bonded Systems: Boosted by Rotations? (2016)
Hedgeland, Holly; Sacchi, Marco; Singh, Pratap; McIntosh, Andrew J.; Jardine, Andrew P.; Alexandrowicz, Gil; Ward, David J.; Jenkins, Stephen J.; Allison, William and Ellis, John
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7(23) (pp. 4819-4824)
How Atomic Steps Modify Diffusion and Inter-adsorbate Forces: Empirical Evidence From Hopping Dynamics in Na/Cu(115) (2015-10-15)
Godsi, O.; Corem, G.; Kravchuk, T.; Bertram, C.; Morgenstern, K.; Hedgeland, H.; Jardine, A. P.; Allison, W.; Ellis, J. and Alexandrowicz, G.
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6(20) (pp. 4165-4170)
Vibrational lifetimes and friction in adsorbate motion determined from quasi-elastic scattering (2015-07-15)
Lechner, Barbara A. J.; Hedgeland, Holly; Jardine, Andrew P.; Allison, William; Hinch, B. J. and Ellis, John
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17 (pp. 21819-21823)
Special relativity in the school laboratory: a simple apparatus for cosmic-ray muon detection (2015-04-23)
Singh, P and Hedgeland, H
Physics Education, 50(3) (pp. 317-323)
The structure of deuterated benzene films adsorbed on the graphite (0001) basal plane: what happens below and above the monolayer coverage? (2014-09-04)
Bahn, Emanuel; Hedgeland, Holly; Jardine, Andrew P.; Henry, Paul F.; Hansen, Thomas C. and Fouquet, Peter
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(40) (pp. 22116-22121)
Ultra-high precision determination of site energy differences using a Bayesian method (2014-03-10)
Lechner, B. A. J.; Kole, P. R.; Hedgeland, H.; Jardine, A. P.; Allison, W.; Hinch, B. J. and Ellis, J.
Physical Review B, 89(12)
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