ScotCHEM Polymer & Soft Materials Conference II

Date: 4 May 2023
Time: 09:30 - 18:00
Location: University of Edinburgh

The annual ScotCHEM Polymer and Soft Materials Conference, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry.

Industry Keynote Speaker:

Dr Paul Hunt ‘Practicality of Making Sustainable Polymers’ – Croda International

Research keynote speakers:

  • Dr Amit Kumar ‘Homogeneous (De)hydrogenative Catalysis for A Circular Economy’ – University of St Andrews
  • Dr Ruaraidh McIntosh ‘Balancing Sustainability with Activity in Polymerisation Catalysis’ – Heriot Watt University
  • Dr Emily Draper ‘Using Supramolecular Assembly for Flexible Organic Materials’ – University of Glasgow
  • Prof Mike Ingleson ‘Electrophilic borylation as a route to generate deep LUMO / near IR-emitting small molecules and polymers’ – University of Edinburgh
  • Dr Ketan Pancholi ‘Magnetic Polymer Nanocomposites Incorporating Metal-Organic Frameworks: Tailored Synthesis for Targeted Applications’ – Robert Gordon University
  • Dr Ross Minty ‘The role of residual stress at the fibre-matrix interface in composite materials’ – University of Strathclyde

Poster Presentations