Dr. Charlotte Williams

Biography

Charlotte K. Williams is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and an EPSRC Established Career Research Fellow. She leads a research group focused on polymerization catalysis and polymer chemistry, with a primary emphasis on enhancing polymer sustainability. Her work involves extensive collaboration with scientists and engineers in both academic and industrial laboratories. In 2011, Charlotte founded Econic Technologies, a company that sells catalysts and processes that facilitate the utilization of carbon dioxide. She has held academic positions at Imperial College London from 2003 to 2016, serving as Head of Inorganic Chemistry teaching and Head of Materials Chemistry. Her career includes postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge in 2002-2003 and time at the University of Minnesota in 2001-2002. Charlotte received her BSc and PhD from Imperial College London, under the supervision of Vernon Gibson and Nick Long, focusing on ethene polymerization catalysis. Throughout her career, she has been recognized with numerous awards, including the OBE (2020), Macro Group UK Medal (2019), and the Royal Society of Chemistry Corday Morgan Medal (2016).

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