Sophie Rose PhD
Head of Business Development, Europe
Sophie completed her undergraduate chemistry degree at Newcastle University in 2008, which included an Erasmus placement in France at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) where she synthesised aromatic sulfoximines for appendage onto photo-active species for use in two-photon absorption applications.
Following this, Sophie returned to Newcastle University to commence Masters in Chemistry and subsequently, her doctoral research and in 2012 was awarded a PhD in Chemistry from the Molecular Photonics Laboratory. Her PhD thesis was on the Synthesis and characterisation of rationally designed donor-acceptor dyads incorporating the Boron Dipyrromethene fluorophore.
In 2012, Sophie became UK Account Manager for Cambridge Research Biochemicals and was promoted in 2014 to a dual role as Sales and Marketing Manager. Sophie joined Metrion as Sales and Marketing Manager in March 2018 and has a varied role with key responsibilities including new business generation, plus sales and strategic (including digital) marketing.