Dr Neha Arora is an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry at UCL. Prior to this, she was a Research Associate with Prof. Sir Richard Friend in the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge (2018–2021). Her research focused on investigating the structural, compositional and optoelectronic properties of next-generation solid-state materials for their application in solar cells and light-emitting devices. She was nominated by Siemens AG to attend the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting during her PhD. After gaining her PhD in Inorganic Nanomaterials from IISc, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at EPFL Switzerland (2014–2015), funded by a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship. She continued at EPFL as a Postdoctoral Scientist with Prof. Michael Grätzel (2016-2018). The work involved fabrication and understanding of perovskite solar cells yielding high efficiencies and remarkable photovoltages. She also has experience in teaching solid-state chemistry and emerging photovoltaic technologies.