Biobased radically polymerizable monomers for sustainable polymers About Dr. Sylvain Caillol Sylvain Caillol is Research Director at CNRS. He was born in 1974 in Sète, France. He received his M. Sc. Degree in Chemistry from the Engineering School of Chemistry of Montpellier. Then he received his PhD degree in 2001 from the University ofRead more
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CLEAN SYNTHESIS OF RENEWABLE POLYMERS About Prof. dr. Steve Howdle Steve’s research focuses on sustainable chemistry and in particular on the utilisation of supercritical carbon dioxide for polymer synthesis, polymer processing and preparation of novel polymeric materials. He has published over 330 peer reviewed papers in this field. Steve is Professor and Head ofRead more
RENEWABILITY IS NOT ENOUGH: SUSTAINABLE SYNTHESIS OF BIOMASS-DERIVED MONOMER AND POLYMERS About Prof. dr. Michael Meier Michael Meier received his diploma degree (M.Sc.) in Chemistry in 2002 from the University of Regensburg (Germany) and his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Ulrich S. Schubert from the Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) in 2006.Read more
Chemical Recycling: From plastic waste to virgin-grade products About Dr. Christoph Gahn, Vice President, BASF Christoph Gahn leads the Senior Project Circularity & Sustainable Raw Materials at BASF. He worked in R&D, Production, Strategy and Business Management in Europe and the US. In his most recent previous roles, he was responsible for the PolyurethaneRead more
Do we need to reinvent plastics? About Prof. Rolf Mülhaupt Prof. Rolf Mülhaupt, born 1954 in Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany, studied chemistry at the University of Freiburg, Germany (1973-1978), and got his PhD degree at ETH Zürich in Switzerland (1978-1981). Following his industrial research assignments at DuPont Central Research in Wilmington, Delaware/USA (1981-1985), and Plastics &Read more
RESPONSIVE NANOCAPSULES AND MULTICOMPARTMENTS AS CELLULAR MIMICS About Prof. Dr. Brigitte Voit Prof. Dr. Brigitte Voit is a German chemist and professor of chemistry. She is is the head of the IPF Institute Macromolecular Chemistry and Managing Director/Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of the ”Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung e.V.” Dresden. Brigitte Voit is also member of theRead more
Towards Adaptive Chemistry – Dynamic Adaptive Materials About Prof. Dr. Jean-Marie Lehn Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry 1987 ISIS, Université de Strasbourg, France Supramolecular chemistry is intrinsically a dynamic chemistry in view of the lability of the non-covalent interactions connecting the molecular components of a supramolecular entity and its resulting ability to exchange components.Read more