Lucas graduated in 2019 from the Humboldt University Berlin (Germany) with a Master in Chemistry.

During his bachelor's degree he looked at the synthesis and functionalisation of periodic copolymers under the supervision of Dr. Niels ten Brummelhuis and Prof. Hans Börner.

During his masters he undertook an internship at the University of Warwick within the group of Prof. Sébastien Perrier. He therefore studied the self-assembly of cyclic peptide polymer conjugates.

Eventually, he completed his master's project at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam (Germany) under the supervision of Prof. Alexander Böker and Prof. Hans Börner. His research was involved in studying the surface behaviour of the transmembrane protein FhuA.

In October 2019 Lucas joined the Haddleton Group as a PhD student funded by the AS CDT program and Syngenta. His current project includes the synthesis of biodegradable polymers via Tin(II)-catalysed Ring-Opening Polymerisation and the investigationof their microstructure mainly via MALDI-ToF-MS.

Publications

1. Synthesis and Functionalization of Periodic Copolymers

F. Kubatzki, L. Al-Shok, N. ten Brummelhuis, Polymers, 2017, 9, 166. DOI: 10.3390/polym9050166Link opens in a new window

2. Self-healing and mechanical performance of dynamic glycol chitosan hydrogel nanocomposites

S. Efstathiou, A. M. Wemyss, G. Patias, L. Al-Shok, M. Grypioti, D. Coursari, C. Ma, C. J. Atkins, A. Shegiwal, C. Wan, D. M. Haddleton, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021, 9, 809. DOI: 10.1039/D0TB02390F

3. Well-defined polyacrylamides with AIE properties via rapid Cu-mediated living radical polymerization in aqueous solution: thermoresponsive nanoparticles for bioimaging

C. Ma, T. Han, N. Niu, L. Al-Shok, S. Efstathiou, D. Lester, S. Huband, D. M. Haddleton, Polymer Chemistry, 2022, 13, 58. DOI: 10.1039/D1PY01432C

4. Progress in Catalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Biobased Lactones

L. Al-Shok, D. M. Haddleton, F. Adams, In: Advances in Polymer Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 2022, 1-71. DOI: 10.1007/12_2021_111

5. Functional pH-responsive polymers containing dynamic enaminone linkages for the release of active organic amines

S. Efstathiou, C. Ma, D. Coursari, G. Patias, L. Al-Shok, A. M. Eissa, D. M. Haddleton, Polymer Chemistry, 2022. DOI: 10.1039/d2py00167e

6. Heterotelechelic homopolymers mimicking high χ – ultralow N block copolymers with sub-2 nm domain size

E. Hancox, M. J. Derry, M. J. Greenall, S. Huband, L. Al-Shok, J. S. Town, P. D. Topham, D. M. Haddleton, Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 4019. DOI: 10.1039/D2SC00720GLink opens in a new window 

7. Polymerization of Myrcene in Both Conventional and Renewable Solvents: Postpolymerization Modification via Regioselective Photoinduced Thiol–Ene Chemistry for Use as Carbon Renewable Dispersants

J. Zhang, C. Aydogan, G. Patias, T. Smith, L. Al-Shok, H. Liu, A. M. Eissa, D. M. Haddleton, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2022, 10, 9654. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03755Link opens in a new window

8. Post-polymerisation modification of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) using thiol-ene and phosphine addition

L. Al-Shok, J. S. Town, D. Coursari, P. Wilson, D. M. Haddleton, Polymer Chemistry, 2023, 14, 2734. DOI: 10.1039/D3PY00272ALink opens in a new window

Email: lucas.al-shok@warwick.ac.uk

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