Profiles – Page 16
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ResearchWendy Brown: Space dust chemistry
The University of Sussex’s Wendy Brown explains how astrochemical research is done in the lab
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CareersIce cold chemist
Eric Wolff constructs the chemistry of ancient climate from Antarctic ice cores. Nina Notman reports
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ResearchStefano Farris: Food packaging chemistry
Stefano Farris discusses how his research could help reduce the amount of plastic used to wrap ham, cheese and pasta
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FeatureThe worldwide chemist
Bea Perks profiles Martyn Poliakoff, the internet’s favourite ‘mad professor’
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CareersTo detect and defend
Rebecca Hopkins tells Philip Robinson about her life and work as a scientist in the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
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ResearchAaron Wheeler: Algae-on-a-chip
Aaron Wheeler talks to Harriet Brewerton about bringing the energy and microfluidics communities together
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CareersArt imitating life
Briony Marshall’s sculptures find form in her biochemical background, she tells Manisha Lalloo
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OpinionA mind-blowing legacy
Alexander Shulgin’s research on psychoactive drugs shows how molecules can take on a life of their own once they leave the lab, says Mark Peplow
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FeatureTriple-stranded success story
Tom Brown is our Entrepreneur of the Year. He tells Sarah Houlton the secrets of his success
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ResearchStan Golunski: Sustaining catalytic collaborations
The Cardiff Catalysis Institute’s deputy director chats to us about supercritical anti-solvent precipitation and working alongside industry through the KCMC
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CareersThinking small
Developing tiny catalysts for miniature devices in a compact company, Daniele Leonarduzzi tells Manisha Lalloo why small is beautiful
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CareersChanging phases
John Goodby has discovered new forms of matter and invented new materials. Helen Carmichael speaks to him about his career
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FeatureThe sultan of synthesis
Phil Baran is spurring organic chemists to rethink how they make complex compounds, as Mark Peplow discovers
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CareersChasing the sun
It took some time, and a lot of jobs, but Matt Carnie eventually found a role he loves in materials research. Manisha Lalloo asks for his career analysis
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BusinessRefined gels for cultured cells
Company profile: Biogelx makes self-assembled peptide hydrogels with tuneable properties
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CareersThe asymmetry problem
Reiko Kuroda has been tackling asymmetry her whole life, from molecular chirality to gender inequality, she tells James Mitchell Crow
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BusinessPlug and play redox enzymes
Technology profile: HydRegen is making cofactor-dependent catalysis cleaner
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CareersA career in careers
Finding a job took an unexpected turn when Victoria Walker discovered a talent for getting jobs for others. Helen Carmichael reports
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CareersThe pain killer
Life is pretty painless working in Reckitt Benckiser’s Nurofen team, Sarah Houlton learns
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CareersThe plastics surgeon
Sarah Houlton takes a ‘Peek’ at the career of polymer chemist Alice Matthews