Zivani Varanaraja
PhD Course: Chemistry (P-F1P0)
Duration: 2020 - 2024
Zivani completed her BSc in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Warwick in 2019. She stayed on to achieve her MSc in Chemistry with Scientific Writing, during which she published a review titled “Poly(2-oxazine)s: A comprehensive overview of the polymer structures, physical properties and applications”. In October 2020, Zivani started her PhD in the Becer Group, sponsored by Infineum. Her project is focusing on synthesising 2-oxaoline/2-oxazine based polymers with specific functionality. Her list of publications can be found at the bottom of the page.
Email: z.varanaraja@warwick.ac.uk
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Academic Background
PhD Polymer Chemistry (2020-2024), Becer Research Group, The University of Warwick
Supervisor: Professor Remzi Becer
PhD project is funded by Infineum and is focusing on synthesizing 2-oxazoline/2-oxazine polymers with specific functionality.
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.
Master's Research Project (supervised by 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. 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.
