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Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Charlotte Williams
OBE
FRS is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the
University of Oxford . Her research focuses on the synthesis of novel
catalysts with an expertise in
organometallic chemistry and
polymer materials chemistry.
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Early life and education
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.
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Research and career
Williams joined the
University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral research associate working with
Andrew Bruce Holmes and
Richard Friend .
[4] Here she focused on the synthesis of
electroactive polymers .
[4] She then moved to the
University of Minnesota , working in the group of
Marc Hillymer and William Tollman on zinc catalysis.
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In 2003 Williams was appointed to
Imperial College London as a lecturer.
[6] She was appointed a Senior Lecturer in 2007, a Reader in 2009 and a Professor in 2012.
[4] Here she developed sugar-based biodegradable polymers that were produced from
lignocellulosic biomass .
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[8] During her time at Imperial she was an inventor of several granted patents.
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She joined
Trinity College, Oxford , in 2016.
[9] Her research focuses on metal complexes for use in homogeneous polymerisation catalysis.
[9] She identified catalysts that could use of
carbon dioxide as a raw material for polymers, which prompted Williams to start Econic Technologies.
[9] Econic Technologies has received more than £13 million in funding.
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[13] She also identified transition metal complex catalysts, biorenewable polymers and liquid fuel production.
[14] She has developed switchable catalysts that allow the combination of monomers into
block copolymers .
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[9] Working with
Milo Shaffer at
Imperial College London , Williams uses nanoparticles in polymer composites.
[17] She is a member of the
London Centre for Nanotechnology .
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She appears regularly in the media, including on
BBC Radio 4 's
In Our Time
[19] and at museums and festivals.
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[21] In 2015 she won the
WISE Campaign research award for her eco-plastics start-up.
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Honours and awards
Williams was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the
2020 Birthday Honours for services to chemistry.
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References
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"Professor Charlotte Williams" . Department of Chemistry . Retrieved 7 March 2020 .
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"RSC Corday-Morgan Prize 2016 Winner" . www.rsc.org . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Academic Family Tree" (PDF) . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"The Williams Research Group, Imperial College London" . www.ch.ic.ac.uk . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
^ 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 .
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"Home - PROFESSOR CHARLOTTE K. WILLIAMS" . www.imperial.ac.uk . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Environment" . The Telegraph . 30 March 2016.
ISSN
0307-1235 . Archived from
the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Compostable Plastics Have a Sweet Ending | Imperial News | Imperial College London" . Imperial News . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Trinity College – Charlotte Williams" . www.trinity.ox.ac.uk . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"About us – Econic" . Econic . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Prof. Charlotte Williams – Econic" . Econic . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Econic Technologies - breathing new life into polymer production" . www.imperialinnovations.co.uk . Archived from
the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Econic Technologies pioneering technology to help fight climate change" (PDF) . Oil and Gas Climate Initiative . 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Charlotte Williams - Research Guides" . research.chem.ox.ac.uk . Archived from
the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
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"Charlotte Williams | London Centre for Nanotechnology" . www.london-nano.com . Archived from
the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Macromolecules, In Our Time - BBC Radio 4" . BBC . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"New chemistry could make it easier to design materials to order | Imperial News | Imperial College London" . Imperial News . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Children explore vanishing glass and power of brainwaves at Festival Schools Day | Imperial News | Imperial College London" . Imperial News . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Imperial chemist receives WISE award for eco-plastics start-up | Imperial News | Imperial College London" . Imperial News . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Oxford Researchers elected to Royal Society | University of Oxford" . www.ox.ac.uk . Retrieved 8 May 2021 .
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"DECHEMA | Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V." (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Trinity College – Outstanding Achievement Award" . www.trinity.ox.ac.uk . Archived from
the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Dr Charlotte Williams wins outstanding young scientist award | Imperial News | Imperial College London" . Imperial News . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"ESED Early Career Award Previous Winner" . www.rsc.org . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"RSC Awards Archive - Meldola Medal and Prize" . www.rsc.org . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"Honours and Memberships - PROFESSOR CHARLOTTE K. WILLIAMS" . www.imperial.ac.uk . Retrieved 18 May 2018 .
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"No. 63135" .
The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B15.