Elena Besley (née Bichoutskaia)FRSC is a British scientist who is Professor of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry at theUniversity of Nottingham. She holds a Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship and is Associate Editor of Nano Letters.
At theUniversity of Nottingham, Besley was appointed to Lecturer in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry in 2011, followed by promotion to Associate Professor in 2014, and to Professor of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry in 2015.[4][5][6] Besley is featured in an expert database for Outstanding Female Scientists and Scholars "AcademiaNet: Profiles of Leading Women Scientists".[2]
Her research includes the development of theoretical and computational methods for the prediction of materials properties; computational modelling of the behaviour, properties and manipulation of nanomaterials; investigations into the electrostatic interactions and self-assembly of materials; gas storage and interactions in porous solids.[7][8][9][10][11] She has investigated how the electron beams oftransmission electron microscopes interact with materials.[11][12]
Bichoutskaia, Elena (2010). "Electrostatic analysis of the interactions between charged particles of dielectric materials".The Journal of Chemical Physics.133 (2): 024105.Bibcode:2010JChPh.133b4105B.doi:10.1063/1.3457157.PMID20632746.
