Dr Alex Baker wins RSC Education Prize
Dr Alex Baker, Warwick Polymer Group, has been named winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Early Career Prize for Excellence in Higher Education in recognition of brilliance in chemistry education.
Research
Research Ethos
The scientific research objectives from the Warwick Polymer Group are set out following a holistic approach and involve five key research grand challenges:
- Consumer trends and needs (eco-use, challenging habitual and behavioural choices)
- Product and design (eco-design, properties, life cycle analysis, net-zero)
- Sustainable feedstocks (renewable, waste, recycled, and decarbonised feedstocks)
- Sustainable high-value manufacturing (non-hazardous, cost-effective, green chemistry and processing, energy efficient, zero-waste)
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End-of-life (chemical, biodegradable and mechanical recycling)
Community
We are a diverse and vibrant interdisciplinary community . Expertise spans polymer synthesis, characterisation, modelling, and processing; sustainable, green, and bio(mimetic) science; digital technologies; net-zero manufacturing; colloids and soft matter; elastomers; (nano)composites; enzymatic and biodegradation; plastic waste and recycling; microplastics; agricultural and environmental impacts; sustainable business models; social justice, political, and socio-economic impacts.