Last updated: 28 May 2025
Current Sector: Industry
Current Company: UniLever
PhD Project Title: Self healing elastomers for life-extension of rubber
Supervisor: Matthew Davidson (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Dr Antoine Buchard, Professor Chris Bowen and Dr Chris Norris (ARTIS)
External Partner: ARTIS
MRes Project 1: Sustainable additives for rubber manufacturing
Supervisor(s): Matthew Davidson (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Dr Matthew Jones
MRes Project 2: CO2 activated self-healing of elastomers
Supervisor(s): Matthew Davidson (Chemistry)
Supervisor(s): Dr Antoine Buchard
Jamie graduated from Durham in 2017 with a Masters degree in Chemistry. His fourth year project was on upgrading biorenewable feedstocks to fuel additives over zeolites. Jamie has always been keen on sustainability and protecting the environment and the CSCT gives him the chance to continue saving the world while getting paid. In his spare time Jamie is attempting to become a triathlete, a good cook and an entrepreneur.
