Dr Peace Nwafor

Peace is an analytical chemist and lecturer with over fifteen years of experience across regulated industrial laboratories, environmental testing services, forensic-relevant analysis, and higher education teaching. She completed her PhD at the University of Nottingham, where her research focused on applying machine learning approaches to advance sustainable chemistry and improve laboratory decision-making. She is a Chartered Chemist (CChem) and a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Prior to joining Anglia Ruskin University as a Lecturer, Peace held academic and teaching roles in further and higher education, alongside extensive experience in pharmaceutical, environmental, and manufacturing sectors. Her educational career demonstrates a progression from experimental analytical chemistry to data-driven and sustainability-focused laboratory practice, integrating industry expertise with contemporary research and teaching in analytical and forensic chemistry.

English and Igbo

• GC–MS analysis of ignitable liquid residues and fire debris
• FTIR and spectroscopic analysis of polymers and explosive residues
• Persistence and degradation of trace evidence under environmental stress
• Chemometric and machine learning approaches to substance classification
• Pattern recognition and spectral data analysis
• Sustainable and green analytical chemistry in forensic science
• Solvent-free and low-impact extraction methods
• Replacing hazardous reagents in classical forensic assays
• Environmental impact of routine forensic laboratory testing
• Reproducibility, uncertainty, and standardisation in forensic laboratories

• Forensic chemistry
• Analytical chemistry
• Environmental chemical analysis
• Fire debris and ignitable liquid analysis
• Sustainable forensic laboratory practices
• Chemometrics and machine learning in chemistry

Module Leader for Physical and Quantitative Chemistry

Forensic Chemistry

Fire Chemistry

• PGCert – University of Hull
• PhD – Machine Learning for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK
• MSc – Analytical Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
• BSc – Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

• Chartered Chemist (CChem), Royal Society of Chemistry
• Member, Royal Society of Chemistry
• Member, Society for Education and Training

• Contributor to digital laboratory and sustainable chemistry initiatives in higher education
• Industry-informed consultancy experience in regulated analytical laboratories
• Knowledge exchange activities linking sustainable chemistry, forensic science, and education

Nwafor, P. C.; Gurung, S.; van Krimpen, P.; Schnaubert, L.; Jolley, K.; Pearman-Kanza, S.; Willoughby, C.; Hirst, J. D. AI4Green4Students: Promoting Sustainable Chemistry in Undergraduate Laboratories with an Electronic Lab Notebook. J. Chem. Educ. 2025, 102,7, 2720 - 2731. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01393.

• AI4Green4Students: Promoting Sustainable Chemistry through Digital Laboratory Notebooks – VICEPHEC Conference, 2025
• Sust-AI-nable Chemist-TREE: Machine Learning and Sustainable Chemistry Education – AI UK Conference & Nottingham Science Festival, 2025
• AI-Powered Sustainable Laboratory Notebooks – Women in STEM Conference, 2025