Profiles – Page 10
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Business
Sensing the sweet spot
Ziylo’s selective glucose-binding molecule could open doors to smart insulin for diabetes
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Research
Surface chemistry for biological questions
Rasmita Raval discusses her career exploring the complex behaviour of molecule–surface systems and what it has to do with antibiotic resistance and the origin of life
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Business
Transforming PET imaging with silicon
Fuzionaire Diagnostics can add Si–18F radiolabels to a variety of molecules quickly, easily and cheaply
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Careers
Speaking truth to power
The scientist in charge of providing objective advice to US politics
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Research
The luck of the materials scientist
Studying the structure of disordered materials is complicated, but Simon Billinge explains how it opens the door to designer materials with desired properties
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Opinion
'I feel like a chemical Peter Pan'
Martyn Poliakoff on green chemistry, Rosalind Franklin and the importance of technicians
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Careers
The analytical referee
Julian Braybrook on taking up his role as the UK’s government chemist
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Research
Lights – camera – catalysis!
Like thousands of chemists worldwide, Bert Weckhuysen is a keen photographer. More unusually, however, he has found a way to bring his hobby and his research together
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Careers
How I created an $80 million zeolite company
Javier García-Martínez shares how to mix science, entrepreneurship and art
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Careers
The father of lithium-ion batteries
Akira Yoshino’s journey to winning Japan’s highest scientific honour
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Opinion
In situ with Tomas Lindahl
The DNA repair doyen on red wine, protests and what killed the Neanderthals
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Opinion
Kurt Wüthrich: Nobel prize-winning footballer
Kurt Wüthrich on sport, performance enhancement and Alpine retreats
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Careers
The science of stand-up comedy
Science Comedian Brian Malow on cracking wise about chemistry
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Business
Rural power champion
Clementine Chambon is the 2018 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year for her work using bioenergy to solve environmental, social and gender challenges in rural India
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Careers
‘My video has six million views’
Biochemist Martina Hestericová on science communication and Instagram stardom
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Careers
Diary of a PhD student
Why Lucy Kissick decided to launch a video blog chronicling her research
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Careers
How materials science kept the Paralympics on track
Maddy Nichols shares her video diary working behind the scenes at the Pyeongchang games
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Careers
'My co-author is based in North Korea'
The challenges of working with scientists in the world’s most secretive state
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Careers
Stemming food waste in Greece
Charis Galanakis is using green chemistry to reuse byproducts in the food industry