Zivani Varanaraja
Current Course: Chemistry (P-F1P0)
Duration: 2020 - 2024
MSc Course: Chemistry with Scientific Writing
Duration: 2019 - 2020
Email: z.varanaraja@warwick.ac.uk
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Academic Background
BSc (Hons) Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry (2016-2019), The University of Warwick
MSc Chemistry with Scientific Writing (2019-2020), The University of Warwick
Modules: Polymer Laboratories, Focused Scientific Writing, Extended Scientific Writing, Science Communication, Polymers in the Real World, Team Research Project: Real World Analysis, Thinking Water (IL905) and Research Project.
PhD Polymer Chemistry (2020-2024), Becer Research Group, The University of Warwick
Master's Project
Supervisor: Professor Remzi Becer
1. Literature review titled "Poly(2-oxazine)s: A comprehensive overview of the polymer structures, physical properties and applications"
A review on poly(2-oxazine)s (POz) was written and published: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014305721000331. The aim of the review was to deliver an overview on the chemistry of 2-oxazines and its polymerisation, as well as a comprehensive summary of all POz homo- and copolymers to date.
2. Project
MSc project was centred on the copolymerisation and homopolymerisation of 2-oxazolines and 2-oxazines. Specifically, it focused on investigating how the R group on the oxazine affected the rate of homopolymerisation and copolymerisation with 2-oxazoline. Soy-based 2-oxazoline monomer (FaOx), soy-based 2-oxazine monomer (FaOz) and 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline (EtOx) were studied.
PhD Project
Supervisor: Professor Remzi Becer
PhD project is funded by Infineum and is focusing on synthesizing 2-oxazoline/2-oxazine polymers with specific functionality.