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Charlotte Williams

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Charlotte Williams
OBE FRS
Alma materImperial College London
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford

University of Cambridge
University of Minnesota

Imperial College London
Doctoral advisorVernon C. Gibson

Charlotte Williams is a British scientist who holds the Professorship of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford.[1] Her research focuses on the synthesis of novel catalysts with an expertise in organometallic chemistry and polymer materials chemistry.[2]

Early life and education

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Williams studied chemistry at Imperial College London, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in chemistry. She completed a PhD with Vernon C. Gibson and Nick Long.[3][4]

Research and career

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Williams joined the University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral research associate working with Andrew Bruce Holmes and Richard Friend.[5] Here she focused on the synthesis of electroactive polymers.[5] She then moved to the University of Minnesota, working in the group of Marc Hillymer and William Tollman on zinc catalysis.[6]

In 2003 Williams was appointed to Imperial College London as a lecturer.[7] She was appointed a Senior Lecturer in 2007, a Reader in 2009 and a Professor in 2012.[5] Here she developed sugar-based biodegradable polymers that were produced from lignocellulosic biomass.[8][9] During her time at Imperial she was an inventor of several granted patents.[3]

She joined Trinity College, Oxford, in 2016.[10] Her research focuses on metal complexes for use in homogeneous polymerisation catalysis.[10] She identified catalysts that could use carbon dioxide as a raw material for polymers, which prompted Williams to start Econic Technologies.[10] Econic Technologies has received more than £13 million in funding.[11][12][13][14] She also identified transition metal complex catalysts, biorenewable polymers and liquid fuel production.[15] She has developed switchable catalysts that allow the combination of monomers into block copolymers.[16][17][10] Working with Milo Shaffer at Imperial College London, Williams uses nanoparticles in polymer composites.[18] She is a member of the London Centre for Nanotechnology.[19]

She appears regularly in the media, including on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time[20] and at museums and festivals.[21][22] In 2015 she won the WISE Campaign research award for her eco-plastics start-up.[23]

In June 2024, Williams was appointed to the Professorship of Inorganic Chemistry, one of the five Statutory Professorships in Chemistry at the University of Oxford and took up a fellowship of St Catherine's College.

Honours and awards

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Williams was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to chemistry.[31]

References

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  1. ^ "Charlotte Williams appointed to the Professorship of Inorganic Chemistry". www.chem.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Professor Charlotte Williams". Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "RSC Corday-Morgan Prize 2016 Winner". www.rsc.org. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Academic Family Tree" (PDF). Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "The Williams Research Group, Imperial College London". www.ch.ic.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. ^ Williams, Charlotte K.; Breyfogle, Laurie E.; Choi, Sun Kyung; Nam, Wonwoo; Young, Victor G.; Hillmyer, Marc A.; Tolman, William B. (September 2003). "A Highly Active Zinc Catalyst for the Controlled Polymerization of Lactide". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125 (37): 11350–11359. doi:10.1021/ja0359512. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 16220958.
  7. ^ "Home - PROFESSOR CHARLOTTE K. WILLIAMS". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Environment". The Telegraph. 30 March 2016. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Compostable Plastics Have a Sweet Ending | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  10. ^ a b c d Oneltd. "Trinity College – Charlotte Williams". www.trinity.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  11. ^ "About us – Econic". Econic. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Prof. Charlotte Williams – Econic". Econic. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Econic Technologies - breathing new life into polymer production". www.imperialinnovations.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Econic Technologies pioneering technology to help fight climate change" (PDF). Oil and Gas Climate Initiative. 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Charlotte Williams - Research Guides". research.chem.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  16. ^ Stößer, T.; Chen, T. T. D.; Zhu, Y.; Williams, C. K. (13 January 2018). "'Switch' catalysis: from monomer mixtures to sequence-controlled block copolymers". Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 376 (2110): 20170066. doi:10.1098/rsta.2017.0066. PMC 5719223. PMID 29175903.
  17. ^ Zhu, Yunqing; Radlauer, Madalyn R.; Schneiderman, Deborah K.; Shaffer, Milo S. P.; Hillmyer, Marc A.; Williams, Charlotte K. (19 March 2018). "Multiblock Polyesters Demonstrating High Elasticity and Shape Memory Effects". Macromolecules. 51 (7): 2466–2475. Bibcode:2018MaMol..51.2466Z. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02690. ISSN 0024-9297. S2CID 104242028.
  18. ^ García-Trenco, A.; White, E. R.; Shaffer, M. S. P.; Williams, C. K. (2016). "A one-step Cu/ZnO quasi-homogeneous catalyst for DME production from syn-gas" (PDF). Catalysis Science & Technology. 6 (12): 4389–4397. doi:10.1039/c5cy01994j. hdl:10044/1/29091. ISSN 2044-4753.
  19. ^ "Charlotte Williams | London Centre for Nanotechnology". www.london-nano.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  20. ^ "Macromolecules, In Our Time - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  21. ^ "New chemistry could make it easier to design materials to order | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  22. ^ "Children explore vanishing glass and power of brainwaves at Festival Schools Day | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  23. ^ a b "Imperial chemist receives WISE award for eco-plastics start-up | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  24. ^ "Oxford Researchers elected to Royal Society | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  25. ^ "DECHEMA | Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V." (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  26. ^ Oneltd. "Trinity College – Outstanding Achievement Award". www.trinity.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  27. ^ "Dr Charlotte Williams wins outstanding young scientist award | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  28. ^ "ESED Early Career Award Previous Winner". www.rsc.org. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  29. ^ "RSC Awards Archive - Meldola Medal and Prize". www.rsc.org. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  30. ^ "Honours and Memberships - PROFESSOR CHARLOTTE K. WILLIAMS". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  31. ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B15.
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