Profiles – Page 13
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Business
Chemical activity on demand
Aqdot controls the release of encapsulated cargoes using supramolecular chemistry
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Careers
The cellulose specialist
Lina Zhang reflects on five decades as part of China’s green chemistry vanguard
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Careers
The fire scientist
Combustion expert Claire Benson shares how her team is solving the latest problems in health and safety
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Business
Joined-up thinking
The rift between contract medicinal chemistry and chemical development needs to be bridged
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Careers
The anti-doping expert
Francisco Radler, the man in charge of the Rio 2016 Olympics anti-doping operation, reveals how his team has prepared
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Careers
The stunt show
Clouds of liquid nitrogen and flamethrowers are a usual sight at the offices of Russian science and art show Artnauka, Kit Chapman finds
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Business
All part of the service
Simon Hirst, founder of contract research organisation Sygnature, is the 2016 Chemistry World entrepreneur of the year
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Careers
The offshore chemist
Catriona Gebbie talks to Nina Notman about life as the only analytical chemist on board a North Sea oil production platform
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Business
Pumping up industrial wasted heat
Company profile: Qpinch reclaims wasted energy by mimicking nature
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Careers
The main group researcher
Chris Chapman finds out how international travel and awards have put main group chemist Rebecca Melen on the fast track to academic success
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Careers
The Lego creator
Lego’s Thomas Tarp tells Rachel Brazil how the world’s largest toy company is at the forefront of chemical safety and sustainable materials
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Careers
The entrepreneur
Science party entrepreneur Marc Wileman tells Emma Davies how his passion for education won his company investment on the BBC’s Dragons’ den
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Research
An energetic chemist
University of Waterloo’s Linda Nazar has spent the last two decades moving beyond lithium-ion batteries to cheaper, higher energy density storage
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Careers
The Greenpeace scientist
Rachel Brazil discovers how a chance phonecall took Paul Johnston from being a concerned researcher to Greenpeace’s principal scientist
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Research
Breakthroughs amidst risk
We chat to Nobel prize winner Alan Heeger as he approaches his 80th birthday
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Careers
The online teacher
Neil Garg plans to transform how students around the world think about organic chemistry – with Bacon. Nina Notman explains
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Careers
The classical singer
May Turner tells Phillip Broadwith how she balances topping the music charts with developing the latest generation of engine oils
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Research
Ingenuity, relevance and execution
Anubhav Saxena from the Indian branch of Momentive Performance Materials gives his perspective on innovation
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Business
Building better bottles
Catalytic Technologies wants to replace antimony catalysts in polyester production with safer, more active titanium