Soon to have a few new additions to the group and a couple of summer student projects will start in the next few weeks.
After the last year it’s nice to see research getting off the ground again… watch this space!
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Perpetual Plastic for Food to Go (PPFTG)
Loughborough University has recently secured funding to tackle plastic waste in the UK. The PPFTG project will develop, prototype, and evaluate a novel circular business model that combines smart-technology enabled products and services to reduce the environmental, societal, and economic impact of food to go packaging.
The project is led by Dr Garrath Wilson, based in the Design School, with co-investigators Dr Rhoda Trimingham (Design School), Dr Elliot Woolley (Manufacturing Engineering) and Dr Fiona Hatton (Materials).
Women in Chemistry Conference 2020
In March 2020, Sarah attended the Woman in Chemistry conference organised by Nottingham University as a part of international women’s day. This event brought together both woman and men from a variety of chemistry-based disciplines at various points in their careers. It was a wonderful celebration of equality and an excellent opportunity to discuss important challenges within gender diversity and inclusion.
Invited talk at YRM 2020
Fiona gave an invited talk at the Macro group UK Young Researchers Meeting 2020 which was held online 29-30th June. There were lots of great talks and posters from young researchers across the UK!
Paper published in Emerging Investigators 2020 Issue of Polymer Chemistry
Recent advances in RAFT polymerization of monomers derived from renewable resources
Abstract: The design and preparation of sustainable materials has received considerable interest in recent years due to growing environmental concerns and diminishing crude oil reserves. In this Minireview, the polymerization of renewable monomers by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is discussed. Specifically, small molecules extracted from biomass and their conversion to polymerizable vinyl monomers is examined. Applications of these renewable RAFT polymers are also highlighted and the future outlook for this area of research is considered.
Indo-UK Workshop
In December 2019, Fiona attended the Indo-UK workshop on Green Chemistry for Societal Needs: Healthcare, Pollution and Circular Economies in New Delhi, India. The workshop, jointly organised by the University of York and the University of Delhi, aimed to bring together early career researchers from the UK and India in the field of green and sustainable chemistry.
The workshop was an excellent opportunity to network, understand challenges related to Green Chemistry in different research areas, with break out groups discussing and working on key challenges.
Welcome!
Welcome to the Groups’ first PhD student Sarah Woods who started in October 2019, co-supervised by Dr Simon Martin.
ECCo Meeting 2019
Fiona co-organised the 2nd Annual Early Career Colloid (ECCo) Meeting 2019, held at Loughborough University on 16th – 17th September, with the Early Career Colloid committee.
Looking forward to next years meeting!
ECCo Meeting 2018
Fiona was an organiser for the inaugural Early Career Colloid (ECCo) Meeting 2018, held at the University of Sheffield on 17-18 September, with the Early Career Colloid committee.
This 2-day meeting was held with the aim to join newly appointed academics and industrialists, research fellows and postdocs.
Hatton Polymer Group 