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Prof Peter Scott

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Prof Peter Scott

Professor of Chemistry 



Pete researches in two areas: the discovery of self-assembling molecules as antimicrobials and cancer medicines, and interfacially-active polyolefin materials for recycling and other applications. He is also founder and director of the Warwick spin-out Interface Polymers Ltd. He is Academic Director – Innovation at Warwick with a focus on health innovation, and sits on the scientific board of Midlands Mindforge. He has held several positions including Director of the Institute of Advanced Study, Royal Society Industry Fellowship, chair of Warwick's Business Partnerships Grand Challenge, and Chair of Warwick's Art Collection committee. Educated at Salford and Oxford Universities he was a Royal Society European Research Fellow at Universität Konstanz and Ramsay Memorial Fellow at Sussex University.

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