Sustainable chemical technologies: A systems approach (CSCT)
Professor Matthew Davidson FRSC University of Bath
Biography Matthew Davidson is Whorrod professor of sustainable chemical technologies, executive director of the University of Bath Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change and executive director of the Innovation Centre for Applied Sustainable Technologies. His research focuses on the application of molecular chemistry and catalysis to sustainable chemical processes such as manufacture of renewable fuels, chemicals and plastics. He graduated in chemistry from the University of Wales, Swansea and received a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Following a research fellowship at St John’s College, Cambridge, he held lectureships in chemistry at the University of Cambridge and Durham University before being appointed to a chair of chemistry at Bath in 1999. Much of his work involves close collaboration with industry and he has held a Royal Society Industry Fellowship. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a previous recipient of its Harrison Memorial Prize.
Talk summary The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) lies at the core of the University of Bath’s research, training and innovation activities. It provides a research base and talent pipeline for UK industry and academia that integrates systems thinking, public engagement and entrepreneurship with fundamental and applied research in sustainable materials. This talk will highlight how CSCT integrates chemical technologies, such as sustainable polymers, with system thinking as well as with regional, national and international research and innovation ecosystems. In particular, in a new model for place-based research and innovation, CSCT partners with the Innovation Centre for Applied Sustainable Technologies (iCAST), a Bath-led translational initiative for cleantech innovation in partnership over 120 companies, the University of Oxford and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (NCC and CPI).
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