Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies
Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable
Chemical Technologies
2014 Update
www.bath.ac.uk/csct
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Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies
The Centre for Sustainable Chemical
Technologies places fundamental concepts of
sustainability at the core of research, training
and outreach in applied chemical sciences
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Cross-Faculty University Research Centre (2008)
£7.5m core EPSRC funding for Doctoral Training Centre (2009)
£4.6m core EPSRC funding for Centre for Doctoral Training (2013)
> £20m overall funding
Funding for five 5-year research fellows
Over 70 current PhD students
Over 50 academic staff involved
Over 20 external partners
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (2014-2023)
Successful ‘renewal’ of DTC (now CDT)
Bath now also partners in 3 other relevant
EPSRC CDTs (Catalysis, Water, Nanotech)
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5 further cohorts of 10-15 students
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Expanded international partnerships
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Funded 3 month internships for all
students
New Research Platforms
Added emphasis on biotechnology,
manufacturing, creativity and
entrepreneurship
New range of industrial chemistryusing and biotechnology partners
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CDT Training Programme:
4 year integrated PhD
• 4-Year ‘integrated’ PhD programme
• Multidisciplinary
• Cohort-based model with physical hub
• Well-resourced centre and studentships
• Graduation with MRes in Sustainable Chemical Technologies and PhD
• PhD Projects all co-supervised by multidisciplinary teams (e.g.,
Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry)
• PhD Projects all involve industrial or international partners
• 3-month internship in sustainability-related environment
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CDT Training Programme:
4 year integrated PhD
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The First (2009) DTC Cohort Graduates (July 2014)
where are the now?
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Student Destinations
12 out of 14 2009 cohort in gainful employment
5 of 2010 cohort already have positions
Name
Rebecca BAMFORD
1st (2nd) Destination
Deferred completion
Simon BISHOPP
Shell, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Process Engineer
Jennifer CRABTREE
Teach First
Teacher
Ben FIRTH
Flexible Process Consultants, Broughton Gifford
Process Engineer
Tom FORDER
Julia GRIFFEN
Department of Chemistry, UoB
Cobalt Light Systems Limited, Oxford
Postdoctoral Researcher
Application Scientist
Ben JEFFERY
Superior Seals
Polymer Scientist
James LYNCH
SPC UK, Westbury
Technical Support
Serena MARSHALL
Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Postdoctoral Researcher
David McCLYMONT
Crane Pharma and Energy, UK
IDV Applications Specialist
Daniel MINETT
The world
Travelling
Will REYNOLDS
University of Leeds, Process R&D
Postdoctoral Researcher
Tom WILDSMITH
AWE
Research Scientist
Sarah ABOU SHEHADA (2010)
York Green Chemistry CoE, University of York
Chem 21 Project Co-ordinator
Lee BURTON (2010)
University of Kyoto, Japan
JSPS Research Fellow
Alf HILL (2010)
Atkins Ltd, UK
Process Engineer (Nuclear Generation)
Lisa SARGEANT (2010)
EPSRC
Portfolio Manager
Jess SHARP (2010)
Newton Consulting
Engineering Consultant
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Job Title
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Recruitment
16 students recruited to first CDT cohort (2014)
(5 Female, 4 Chem Eng, 3 Overseas, 10 External)
Name (M/F)
1st Degree
University
COURTNEY (M)
MChem, Chemistry for Drug Discovery, 2.1
Bath
DAVIES (M)
MChem Chemistry with Ind. Training, 1st
Bath
DOAN (M)
MSc, Petrochemical Engineering, 8.31 (pass) Hanoi University, Vietnam (OS)
ELSTONE (F)
MChem Chemistry with Ind. Training, 2.1
Bath
FERDANI (M)
MChem, Chemistry, 1st
Warwick
HALL (M)
MSci, Chemistry, 1st
Imperial
HAMMOND (M)
MSci, Chemistry, 2.1
Bristol
HERON (M)
MSci, Chemistry w European Studies,2.1
Glasgow
HICKS (M)
BSc, Biological Sciences, 2.1
Exeter
JEFFREY (F)
MChem Chemistry with Ind. Training, 1st
Bath
JOYES (M)
MChem Chemistry with Ind. Training, 2.1
Bath
MALTBY (M)
MEng, Chemical Engineering, 1st
Bath
RAIKOVA (F)
MChem Chemistry with Ind. Training, 1st
Bristol
ROOD (M)
BSc, Chemical Engineering, 3.83 (pass)
Kettering University, MI, USA (OS)
SMUG (F)
Chemical and Process Engineering (pass)
Politechnika Wroclawska, Poland (OS)
WALLACE (F)
MPhys, Theoretical Physics
York
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2013 DTC Cohort: MRes results and PhD Projects
2013 cohort MRes classification to be confirmed November 2014
PhD projects assigned and now underway, 5 departments, 11 external
partners
Name
Short Title
Supervisors*
Partners
Tamsin BELL
Stabilization of Cobalt Nanoparticles
Torrente/Parker
Sasol
Matthew CAMILLERI
Flavin Photoflow organocatalysts
Carbery/Torrente
GSK
Jon CHOULER
Water Quality Monitoring in the Developing World Di Lorenzo/Cameron
Wessex Water
James COOMBS O’BRIAN
Processing, Forming and Modifying Cellulose
Scott/Ansell (Mech Eng)
USP Brazil
Bill CUNNINGHAM
Catalytic Conversion of Terpene Feedstocks
Bull/Plucinski
Sasol and others
Emma LAMPARD
Benzoxaboroles for Membrane Separation
James/Patterson
Stellenbosch
Leighton HOLYFIELD
Safe Hybrid Hydrogen Tanks
Mays/Burrows
EPL Composites
Helena QUILTER
Terpene-derived Monomers for New Polymers
Jones/Mattia
GSK
Jemma ROWLANDSON
Porous Carbons from Renewable Feedstocks
Ting/Edler
Mast
Emma SACKVILLE
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Hintermair/Marken
Johnson Matthey
Tristan SMITH
Bioproduction of 2-phenylethanol
Henk (B&B)/Chuck
Stellenbosch
James STEPHENSON
Graphene-based Electronics
Nogaret (Phys)/Johnson
Yonsei
Oliver WEBER
Energy Harvesting in Metal Halide Photovoltaics
Weller/Bowen (Mech Eng) SPECIFIC
* Chemistry (Red)/Chemical Engineering (Blue)/Other (Black)
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Internships
“An internship of up to 3 months will be either a research-related
period spent developing new skills with an industrial or international
partner, or an opportunity to experience ‘real life’ sustainability in a more
diverse range of settings.”
Name
Internship
Year
Sara ABOU-SHEHADA (2010)
Monash University, Australia
2013
Jessica BRISTOW (2012)
Curtin University, Australia
2015
Lee BURTON (2010)
Harvard University, USA
2013
Anyela RAMIREZ CANON (2010)
World Health Organization, Bonn, Germany
2014
Rhodri JENKINS (2010)
NREL, Colorado, USA
2014
Helen LOMAX (2011)
University of British Columbia, Canada
2014
Harriet MANNING (2011)
NTU, Singapore
2013
David MCCLYMONT (2009)
University of Krakow, Poland and Ohio State, USA
2013
Lisa SARGENT (2010)
Airbus (Paris), France and Almac, Northern Ireland
2014
Tom WILDSMITH (2009)
Tyndall Institute, Cork, Ireland
2013
Stephen WOOD (2011)
Sharp Labs (Europe), UK
2014
Jess SHARP (2010)
Airbus (Paris), France and University of Queensland, Australia
2013/2014
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Internships
“An internship of up to 3 months will be either a research-related
period spent developing new skills with an industrial or international
partner, or an opportunity to experience ‘real life’ sustainability in a more
diverse range of settings.”
Jess Sharpe, Airbus, Paris
Modelling the potential of adsorbed
hydrogen for use in aviation, Sharpe, J.,
Bimbo, N., Ting, V. P., Rechain, B., Joubert,
E., Mays, T. J. , Microporous and
Mesoporous Materials, 2014, in press
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Anyela Ramirez Canon, WHO, Bonn
“It was indeed a great pleasure to have Anyela
with us as an intern. The experience was very
positive for all team members. She contributed
to our work significantly”
Oliver Schmoll, Program Manager, Water and
Sanitation, WHO
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CDT Industrial Partners
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CDT Other Partners
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Whorrod Fellowships
Four Fellows appointed to date. All play a very active role in
CDT and all are developing internationally leading research
programmes. One further Fellow to appoint (early 2015).
Prof. Aron Walsh (2010)
Computational design of
functional materials
Dr. Antoine Buchard (2012)
Polymers and small
molecule activation
Dr. Chris Chuck (2010)
Sustainable biorefinaries and
biotechnolgy
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Dr. Uli Hintermair (2012)
Applied catalysis for
energy conversion
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Research Outputs 2013-14
45 publications in peer reviewed journals
(2013-4)
Separated Tandem Catalysis: It’s About Time
S. Abou-Shehada and J. M. J. Williams
Nature Chemistry, 2014, 6, 12.
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Preparation of Stereoregular Isotactic Poly(mandelic acid)
B. J. Jeffrey, M. G. Davidson et al
Angew. Chem., 2014, asap
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Research Inputs 2013-14
Wide range of grants associated with centre
awarded in 2014 from RCUK, ERC, Innovate UK, etc
EPSRC Early Career Fellowship
Laura Torrente (Chem Eng)
EPSRC CDT Equipment Grant
GPC, DMA, TGA/MS, Surface Area/
Porosity, Microcalorimeter
EPSRC Programme Grant in Energy
Materials
Saiful Islam (Chem)
British Council/NSF Global Innovation Initiative
Enzymes for Biopolymer Recycling
Bath, Ohio State, USA and USP, Brazil
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CSCT-led Consortia and Networks
EPSRC UK Catalysis Hub
With Cardiff, QUB and UCL
Matthew Davidson (Chem) £4M
BBSRC NIBB Plants 2 Products
With Aberystwyth
David Leak (Biochem) £1.6M
British Council/NSF Global
Innovation Initiative
Enzymes for Biopolymer Recycling
With Ohio State, USA and USP, Brazil
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EPSRC Sustainable Chemical
Feedstocks
With Bristol and Cambridge
Matthew Davidson (Chem) £2.6M
EPSRC CLEVER Resource Efficiency
Oxford, Newcastle, Loughborough,
Surrey
Janet Scott PI £1.6M
EPSRC Programme Grant in Energy
Materials
With UCL and Daresbury
Saiful Islam (Chem) £4M
SUPERGENs in PV, Energy Storage
and Hydrogen
Various
Tim Mays, Saiful Islam and Laurie Peter
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Public Engagement/Entrepreneurship
Cheltenham Science Festival, Royal Society
Summer Science Exhibition, British Science
Festival, Energy YES national winners
‘Build a Battery’ exhibit
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
July, 2014
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Energy Young Entrepreneurship Scheme National Winners
Emily Hayward, Stephen Wood, Will Mahy and Jon Wagner
Nottingham, May 2014
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Summer Showcase July 2014
Over 120 Participants including 63 DTC students
and 18 external speakers. Three days of talks,
workshops, posters and discussion.
Summer Showcase Poster Session
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Student Presentation
Lisa Sargent: inaugural UoBVice Chancellor’s
Public Engagement prize winner
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CDT Platform Areas: Renewable Resources
and Industrial Biotechnology
Sustainable Biofuels
Plastics from Plants
Integration of Chemo- and
Biocatalysis
Sustainable Platform Chemicals
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CDT Platform Areas: Energy and Water
Photovoltaics and
Solar Energy Conversion
Water Processes
and Analysis
Sustainable
Hydrogen
Energy Storage Materials
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CDT Platform Areas: Processes and
Manufacturing
Benign Catalyst Development
Flow Chemistry, Reactor Design,
Chemical Manufacturing
Green Chemistry and
Engineering
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Systems and Integrated
Manufacturing
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CDT Platform Areas: Healthcare Technologies
Biomedical Sensing
and Diagnostics
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Biomedical Materials
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Product A
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Synthetic Transformations
for Drug Discovery
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