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Professor Steven P. Armes, FRS
Firth Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Polymer and Colloid ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry
Water-soluble polymers, block copolymers, polymerisation-induced self-assembly, RAFT polymerisation, polymer brushes, colloidal nanocomposites, microgels, latexes, gels, foams & branched polymers.
s.p.armes@sheffield.ac.uk+44 114 222 9342
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Dr Barbara Ciani
Lecturer in Biophysical Chemistry and Departmental BSODepartment of Chemistry
Protein design, protein self-assembly and aggregation, protein interactions with phospholipid membranes, membrane remodelling and mechanisms of cellular membrane repair.
b.ciani@sheffield.ac.uk+44 114 222 9438
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Dr Natalia Martsinovich
Lecturer in Theoretical Chemistry and Departmental Director of ED&IDepartment of Chemistry
Theoretical & Computational chemistry, surfaces and interfaces, adsorption and self-assembly, electron transfer, materials for photocatalysis and solar cells, soil minerals.
n.martsinovich@sheffield.ac.uk+44 114 222 9562

Professor Anthony J. H. M. Meijer
Professor of Theoretical Chemistry and Departmental Director of R&IDepartment of Chemistry
Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Astrochemistry, Quantum Dynamics; Reactive Scattering; Chemical Reaction Dynamics; High-Performance Computing.
a.meijer@sheffield.ac.uk+44 114 222 9482
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Professor Andrew Slark
Professorial Fellow in Polymer ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry
Design of polymers for performance and sustainability, reversible covalent and supramolecular networks. Polyurethanes, acrylics, polyesters, adhesives, coatings, elastomers, composites.
a.slark@sheffield.ac.uk+44 114 222 9540

Dr Sebastian Spain
Lecturer in Polymer Chemistry and Director of EducationDepartment of Chemistry
Controlled radical polymerisation, stimuli-responsive materials (light, temperature, oxidation etc), polymer self-assembly, debondable/reformable adhesives, composites, drug delivery and diagnostics.
s.g.spain@sheffield.ac.uk+44 114 222 9362
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Professor Julia A. Weinstein
Professor of Physical ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry
Photochemistry, photophysics, time-resolved spectroscopy, luminescence, light-induced electron transfer in chemical and biological systems, solar energy conversion, ultrafast excited state dynamics.
julia.weinstein@sheffield.ac.uk+44 114 222 9408

Professor Nicholas H. Williams
Professor in Physical Organic ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry
Physical organic chemistry. Mechanism, reactivity and catalysis with relevance to biology. Functional supramolecular systems based around metal organic cages and membrane embedded species.
n.h.williams@sheffield.ac.uk+44 114 222 9469