ProfessorCharlotte Williams

Overview
Research Interests
Polymerisation catalysis
Organometallic chemistry
Zn(II), Y(III) and Al(III) chemistry
Polymer synthesis
Biodegradable and biocompatible polymers
Electroactive polymers
Polymeric nanomaterials
Sustainable chemistry
Williams Group WebpageConferences
• International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, ICCC40 (Valencia), September 2012• GRC Green Chemistry Conference (Italy), July 2012 • Warwick International Polymers Conference (Warwick), July 2012• American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, March 2011 (special symposium: Marvel Award to Prof. Hillmyer)• Bio-environmental Polymer Society Award Address, Vienna, September 2011• CO2 Network: Carbon Dioxide to Chemicals, Newcastle, September 2011• 240 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, August 2010 (special symposium: polymerisation catalysis)• Royal Society of Chemistry-Chemical Society Japan Special Symposium: Catalysis for a Sustainable World, London, July 2010• IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Glasgow, July 2010• RSC Coordination Chemistry Discussion Group, Bath, July 2010• Pacific Polymer Chemistry 11, Cairns, Australia, December 2009• High Polymer Meeting, Macclesfield, May 2008• Materials Chemistry 8, London, July 2007• 232 American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, August 2006• RSC Converting Carbon dioxide to Chemicals, London, July 2006• Macro Group International Conference on Polymer Synthesis, Warwick, July 2006

Departmental Seminars and National Meetings
• RSC Main Group Meeting, London, July 2011 • Catalysis Centre, RWTH Aachen, Germany, April 2011 • Bath, Department of Chemical Engineering, March 2011 • York, January 2011 • Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratories, November 2010 • UEA, May 2010 • Reading University, May 2010 • York University, March 2010 • Bath University, March 2010 • Leeds University, February 2010 • University of Melbourne, December 2009 • St. Andrews University, September 2008 • Sussex University, February 2007 • RWTH Aachen, German, January 2007 • Cambridge, 2006 • Surrey, 2006 • Kings College London, 2005 • University College London, 2004

Outreach and lectures in schools
• 2011 Millenium Lecture Series, Bath (200, Yr. 11 and 12 students) • Schools lecture (St. Pauls Girls, Ealing College) • Evening Event on Sustainability, Dana Centre (Science Museum), London (2006) • Green Chemistry and the Consumer, SCI, London, 2004

Other significant activities
Media

Daily Telegraph, 19 February 2010

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7258503/Scientists-develop-new-plastic-made-from-sugar-that-can-be-composted.html