Oscar Ces
Head Of Chemistry Department at Imperial College London
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorOscar Ces is a distinguished chemistry leader with over a decade of academic experience, currently serving as Head of the Chemistry Department and Hofmann Chair of Chemistry at Imperial College London. He combines deep expertise in chemical biology with strategic leadership, having directed multi‑million‑pound training centres and coordinated large interdisciplinary research networks spanning more than 80 groups. His roles have blended hands‑on research, curriculum development and complex programme management—running high‑value grants and industry partnerships while mentoring early‑career scientists. Based in London, he is known for translating ambitious institutional vision into operational structures, an ability reflected in chairing multiple cross‑departmental committees and steering major collaborative initiatives. Less obvious is his consistent focus on building training ecosystems—he has shaped doctoral training and governance models that amplify research impact across academia and industry.
10 years of coding experience
Spanish, English
Github Skills (6)
reaction8
chemistry7
python6
atomic6
dynamics6
cython6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
imperialchem/python-prog-intro
Sep 2015 - May 2022
Imperial Chemistry department's introduction to programming using Python
Contributions:3 releases, 60 commits, 57 pushes in 6 years 9 months
pythonchemistrydepartmentcythonimperial
imperialchem/Ising-model
Dec 2018 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes in 6 years 3 months
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