CAMD

CURRENT POSITION

• 2009 DSc: Polymer Chemistry, University of Sussex
• 1993-1997 DPhil: Polymer Chemistry, University of Sussex
• 1990-1993 BSc (Hons): Chemistry, University of Sussex

• 2008-2009 Associate Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering with tenure, School of Polymers and high Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, USA.
• 2007-2008 Associate Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Polymers and high Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi, USA.
• 2006-2007 Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, USA.
• 2002-2006 Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, USA.

• 2010 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Chartered Chemist (FRSC CChem)
• 2009 Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (MRACI)
• 2004 Chartered Scientist (CSci)

• Synthesis and characterization of novel functional monomers and (co)polymers.
• Controlled (co)polymer synthesis via classical living techniques and controlled living free radical polymerization, with an emphasis on Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) radical Polymerization.
• Synthetic applications of the thiol-ene, thiol-yne and other thiol-based “click” reactions.
• Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP).
• Controlled alkyne metathesis polymerization.
• Transition metal-mediated polymerizations.
• Controlled synthesis of polyesters.
• Chemical modification of synthetic (co)polymers.
• Water-soluble/amphiphilic (co)polymers.
• Biomimetic (co)polymers for antiadherent/antimicrobial applications.
• Biologically active (co)polymers, and controlled drug release.
• ‘Smart’, stimuli-responsive polymers.
• Organic-inorganic multimodal hybrid materials
• Polymer-metal chelates and applications in nanomedicine.
• Sol-gel chemistry and organic-inorganic hybrids