CAROLINE ELIZABETH HELEN DESSENT

Prof

Professor, Chemistry

Former affiliations

Senior Lecturer, Chemistry
Royal Society Fellow, Chemistry
Royal Society Research Fellow, Chemistry
Royal Society Senior Research Fellow, Chemistry
Reader, Chemistry
Professor, Chemistry
Head Of Department - Chemistry, Chemistry

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4944-0413

Phone(01904) 324092
Emailcaroline.dessentyork.acuk

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Mass Spectrometry
laser Spectroscopy
Instrument Development
Sunscreens
Emerging Contaminants
Aquatic Sampling
Computational Chemistry

Keywords

QD Chemistry
Laser Spectroscopy
Biological Molecules
Computational Chemistry
Instrument Development
Mass Spectrometry

107 Article
4 Comment/debate
2 Chapter
2 Literature review
More

Mapping Molecular Excited States via Relative Ion Yield Photodissociation Spectroscopy
WILSON, S. & DESSENT, C. E. H., 27 Apr 2026, In: ChemPhysChem. 27, 8, 8 p., e202500649.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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UVA and UVB Photolysis of Natural and Synthetic Cannabinoids Studied by Online Mass Spectrometry
SHAIKH, A., Uleanya, K., Selwe, K. P. & DESSENT, C. E. H., 28 Feb 2026, In: MOLECULES. 31, 5, 22 p., 813.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Disrupting the Photochemical Landscape of a β-Diketone via Electrostatic Perturbation of Ground-State Tautomers
Anstöter, C. S., WILSON, S., Wong, N. G. K., Berden, G., Oomens, J., Rijs, A. M. & Dessent, C. E. H., 17 Dec 2025, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147, 50, p. 45999-46007 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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3 Active
9 Finished

Transfer In Award - Catalytic Chemical Sorting of Intractably Mixed Plastics (Antoine Buchard)
Buchard, A. P. (Principal investigator) & DESSENT, C. E. H. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC
1/10/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
Sugar-based Polymers as Polysaccharide and Glycan Mimics
Buchard, A. P. (Principal investigator) & DESSENT, C. E. H. (Co-investigator)
THE ROYAL SOCIETY
15/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
Harnessing the Combined Power of IR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry: Development of a New Instrument for Process Analytical Technology
DESSENT, C. E. H. (Principal investigator) & FAIRLAMB, I. J. S. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC
1/07/23 → 31/03/27
Project: Research project (funded) › Research

Chemistry course corrections tackle bias (Nature)
Smith, D. K. (Interviewee), Dessent, C. E. H. (Interviewee), Matharu, A. S. (Interviewee) & Uleanya, K. (Interviewee)
Mar 2023
Activity: Other › Media (Press)
A Journey Towards Decolonisation
Smith, D. K. (Interviewee) & Dessent, C. E. H. (Interviewee)
May 2022 → …
Activity: Other › Media (Press)
IBBI 2020
Dessent, C. E. H. (Chair)
19 Apr 2020 → 26 Apr 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

Spectroscopic Characterization of the Photolysis of Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) via Time-Resolved Mass Spectrometry and IRMPD Spectroscopy
Wilson, S. (Creator), Dessent, C. E. H. (Owner), Alsalem, A. (Data Collector), Berden, G. (Data Collector) & Oomens, J. (Data Collector), University of York, 30 Apr 2025
DOI: 10.15124/59397c8a-8720-484a-8ebc-d216e02e7112
Dataset
IRMPD data Sulfobenzoic Acid para- meta- and ortho- iosmers
WILSON, S. (Owner), DESSENT, C. E. H. (Owner), PONGWORASUWANNA, T. (Creator), Berden, G. (Contributor) & Oomens, J. (Contributor), University of York, 30 Jun 2026
DOI: 10.15124/ad6e0c4f-57e2-4d86-ac35-fedd2c3eccd8
Dataset
Database: Emerging contaminant exposure to aquatic systems in the Southern African Development Community
Sallach, B. (Creator), Dessent, C. E. H. (Supervisor), Selwe, K. (Creator) & Thorn, J. P. R. (Contributor), University of York, 20 Jan 2022
DOI: 10.15124/a8a5a19f-ac6e-4756-b2de-32ac38b27b81
Dataset

Horizon Prize for Education
DESSENT, C. E. H. (Recipient), DAWOOD, R. (Recipient), FURFARI, S. (Recipient), JONES, L. (Recipient), MATHARU, A. S. (Recipient), Milner, A. B. (Recipient), Selwe, K. P. (Recipient), Smith, D. K. (Recipient) & Uleanya, K. (Recipient), Nov 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)