Chartered Scientist (CSci) award

Happy to share that I've been awarded the designation of Chartered Scientist (CSci) by the Science Council, UK.

“Chartered Scientist (CSci) is the hallmark of those practising science across disciplines. They demonstrate effective leadership and use their specialist knowledge and broader scientific understanding to develop and improve the application of science and technology by scoping, planning and managing multifaceted projects.”
- Royal Society of Chemistry

Chartered Chemist (CChem) award from the RSC

Delighted to have been awarded the status of Chartered Chemist (CChem) by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK! Chartered status from the RSC recognizes professional excellence, expertise, ongoing development in chemistry, and a strong commitment to a professional code of conduct and ethics.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

Humbled and delighted to be inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)! A big thanks to my referees for their unwavering support!

Polystyrene Upcycling: Turning styrofoam boxes into organic batteries

Pleased to see our latest Research Article on commodity polystyrene upcycling out in ChemSusChem! In this joint effort between my team and my long-time collaborators in Spain (the groups of Prof. David Mecerreyes and Prof. Haritz Sardon), we show that styrofoam food containers can be chemically upcycled into redox polymer electrode materials for metal-free organic batteries.

Article link: https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202500092

Polymer electrets for organic nonvolatile memory devices

Our joint review article with Prof. Cheng-Liang Liu (National Taiwan University) on polymer electrets is now out in Materials Today Chemistry. Polymer electrets are organic materials that are capable of trapping electronic charge; this property is key to their application in information storage. Find out how they work and learn about their chemistry! 

Share link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1k5BA8nHhtOvC1

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2024.102380

Turning waste polystyrene into antimicrobial materials

Our research work on transforming used Styrofoam food boxes into antimicrobial polymers is now out in ACS Applied Polymer Materials:

 

 
A big shout-out to the project team: Algin and Michelle for their synthetic skills and perseverance, Wenguang's prowess with instruments and characterization, Li Ning's biomedical expertise and figure-making artistry, and He-Kuan's practical creativity.

Read our article here.

Our article on Antifouling Polymers is out in Nanoscale!

Antifouling polymers are hydrophilic materials that are indispensable for both drug delivery and surface modification applications. In nanomedicine, they help prolong drug circulation lifetime by conferring stealth against the immune system, while in surface science, they help prevent molecules and biological matter from sticking to surfaces. How are antifouling polymers able to do this? We discuss this and more in our Review article, now published in Nanoscale!

 

 Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR03164K