Profiles – Page 13
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CareersThe 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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ResearchBreakthroughs amidst risk
We chat to Nobel prize winner Alan Heeger as he approaches his 80th birthday
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CareersThe 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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CareersThe 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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ResearchIngenuity, relevance and execution
Anubhav Saxena from the Indian branch of Momentive Performance Materials gives his perspective on innovation
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BusinessBuilding better bottles
Catalytic Technologies wants to replace antimony catalysts in polyester production with safer, more active titanium
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CareersThe textiles designer
Combining chemistry with a passion for textiles has taken Fern Kelly on an unusual career journey spanning the globe. Rachel Brazil investigates
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BusinessRaising industry’s voice
Canadian companies need to engage more with government to safeguard competitiveness while improving sustainability
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ResearchArranging molecules and people
Juan de Pablo talks to Chemistry World about the evolution and potential of molecular engineering
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ResearchWaste not, want not?
Exclusive interview with Karen Wilson, research director at the European Bioenergy Research Institute
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BusinessNo one should be denied medication
Exclusive interview with Yusuf Hamied, chairman of Indian generic drugmaker Cipla
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BusinessAn unsustainable hypocrisy
Social responsibility should extend through the whole supply chain, not just be a tool to put pressure on feedstock suppliers
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CareersThe space junky
Sending her experimental polymers into space was a career high for Lenore Rasmussen. But space is just one part of the story, Nina Notman finds
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ResearchCollaboration, not competition
Organic chemist E J Corey talks to Phillip Broadwith about awards, ambition and academic freedom
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CareersThe kitchen chemist
Nina Notman finds nothing half-baked about the chemistry demonstrations that Stephen Ashworth whips up
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CareersThe nano advocate
Steffi Friedrichs tells Emma Davies how an open-minded attitude led to her becoming director general of the Nanotechnology Industries Association
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ResearchAnton Toutov: The power of potassium
Anton Toutov discusses how using potassium to make silicon-containing organic chemicals has shaken up chemistry
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CareersFrom lab tech to mass spec
Carol Robinson left school at 16 with no science qualifications but found her way to the top
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BusinessEnvironmental research goes private
Exclusive interview with Fera chief Hilary Aldridge as the UK’s Food and Environment Research Agency becomes majority-owned by Capita
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – March 2015
How cephalopods teach chemists about camouflage, and new ways to convert carbon dioxide into useful materials