Last updated: 28 May 2025
Current Sector: Industry
Current Company: Worn Again Technologies
PhD Project Title: Sequence Control in Synthetic Polymers via Post-Polymerization Stereochemical Resolution
Supervisor: Ulrich Hintermair (Chemistry)
Supervisor: Matthew Davidson (Chemistry)
External Partner: Corbion and Bruker
MRes Project 1: Epimerization Catalysts for a New Route to Stereocomplexed Polyesters as High-Performance Bioplastics
Supervisor(s): Ulrich Hintermair (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Professor Matthew Davidson
MRes Project 2: High-value added products from microalgae
Supervisor(s): Dr Pawel Plucinski, Professor Rod Scott and Dr Chris Chuck
Izzy graduated from the University of Oxford in 2016 with an MChem in Chemistry. During her degree she did a summer research project making thin films of zinc oxide for use as transparent conductors, and a final year project synthesising lanthanide porphyrin complexes in order to investigate their magnetic properties. Having had sustainability drummed into her from a young age, she hopes to combine this with her scientific background to do some interesting and useful research at the CSCT. When she escapes the lab she enjoys doing karate, painting and drawing, and being outdoors.
