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Matthew Davidson is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath. He graduated in Chemistry from the University of Wales, Swansea in 1990 and received a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1993. He was elected to a Research Fellowship at St John’s College Cambridge in 1992 and held Lectureships in the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge (1995) and at Durham University (1995-1999) before being appointed to a Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Bath in 1999.He established the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at Bath in 2008 and is currently Director of its EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC). Professor Davidson is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and is a previous recipient of the Harrison Memorial Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Royal Society Industry Fellowship.
His major current research interests include:
- Fundamental Structure and Bonding
- Reagents and Catalysts for Organic Transformations
- Applications in Sustainable Chemistry
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Making and Unmaking Multiblock Sustainable Polymers: An AI-Guided Automated Approach to Catalyst Discovery and Sequence Control
Chatterjee, S. (PI) & Davidson, M. (PI)
1/10/24 → 1/10/28
Project: Research-related funding
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Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing Hub
Davidson, M. (PI), Allen, S. (CoI), Buchard, A. (CoI), Chatterjee, S. (CoI), Cooper, S. (CoI), Cresswell, A. (CoI), Freakley, S. (CoI), Hintermair, U. (CoI), Leese, H. (CoI), Lupton, R. (CoI), Mattia, D. (CoI) & O'Malley, A. (CoI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/09/24 → 31/08/31
Project: Research council
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Researcher in Residence fellowship - Alejandro Sanchez - Sustainable technologies for biomedical and bioprocess waste recycling to provide resilient, net zero and circular solutions
Davidson, M. (PI) & Sanchez Monsalve, A. (Researcher)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/07/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Research council
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Made Smarter Innovation - People-Led Digitalisation
Newnes, L. (PI), Barzotto, M. (CoI), Battarra, M. (CoI), Brace, C. (CoI), Branicki, L. (CoI), Burke, R. (CoI), Davidson, M. (CoI), Dhokia, V. (CoI), Ehrhardt, B. (CoI), Fai, F. (CoI), Flynn, J. (CoI), Giannikas, V. (CoI), Hintermair, U. (CoI), Kyprianou, A. (CoI), Larkin, C. (CoI), Lattanzio, S. (CoI), Loukaides, E. (CoI), McManus, M. (CoI), Pearce, N. (CoI), Shepherd, P. (CoI), Shokrani Chaharsooghi, A. (CoI), Tomlinson, P. (CoI), Zhang, N. (CoI), Atashi Khoei, A. (Researcher), Atashi Khoei, A. (Researcher), Carey, E. (Researcher), Ehrhardt, B. (Researcher), Garcia Lazaro, A. (Researcher), Kilic Ararat, B. (Researcher) & Lattanzio, S. (Researcher)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/09/21 → 28/02/25
Project: Research council
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Biodegradable Bioplastics – assessing environmental risk
Buchard, A. (PI), Davidson, M. (CoI) & Jones, M. (CoI)
Natural Environment Research Council
17/11/20 → 31/03/25
Project: Research council
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Zinc {ONO} Complexes for the Chemical Recycling of PET and PLA
Stewart, J. A., Pearce, J. I., Cullen, M. J., Kociok-Kohn, G., Ward, B. D., Davidson, M. G. & Jones, M. D., 1 Feb 2025, In: Catalysis Today. 445, 115037.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Facile Synthesis of a Novel Furanic Monomer and Its ADMET Polymerization toward Fully Renewable Functional Polymers
Kamran, M., Kay, A. & Davidson, M. G., 16 Sept 2024, In: ACS Sustainable Chemisty and Engineering . 12, 37, p. 13798-13809Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unexpected Periodicity in Cationic Group 5 Initiators for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones
Buchard, A., Davidson, M., Gobius Du Sart, G., Jones, M., Kociok-Kohn, G., McCormick, S. & McKeown, P., 8 Jan 2024, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 63, 1, p. 27-38 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Valorization of polyoxymethylene (POM) waste as a C1 synthon for industrially relevant dialkoxymethanes and cyclic aminals
Cullen, M., Davidson, M., Jones, M. D. & Stewart, J., 2 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: RSC Sustainability.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Highly Active and Selective Zirconium-Based Catalyst System for the Industrial Production of Poly(lactic acid)
Buchard, A., Chuck, C. J., Davidson, M. G., Gobius du Sart, G., Jones, M. D., McCormick, S. N. & Russell, A. D., 17 Feb 2023, In: ACS Catalysis. 13, 4, p. 2681-2695 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access12 Citations (SciVal)
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Supplementary Dataset for Thesis: Bridging the Gap in Sustainable Continuous Chemicals Manufacture: Integrating Upstream Synthesis and Downstream Crystallisation - Chapter "Thermochromics"
Scott, D. (Creator), Wilson, C. (Creator) & Davidson, M. (Creator), University of Bath, 4 Nov 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00731
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Dataset for "Comparison of Cyclic and Linear Poly(lactide)s Using Small Angle Neutron Scattering"
Yang, P. (Creator), Edler, K. (Creator), Davidson, M. (Creator), Brown, S. (Creator), McCormick, S. (Creator), Bathke, E. (Creator), Leaman, N. (Creator) & Matsarskaia, O. (Creator), University of Bath, 13 Dec 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01203
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Aluminium Salalens vs. Salans: “Initiator Design” for the Isoselective Polymerisation of rac-Lactide
Jones, M. (Creator), Davidson, M. (Creator), McKeown, P. (Creator) & Kociok-Kohn, G. (Creator), University of Bath, 7 Jul 2016
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00220
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ROP of R-manOCA: DFT study
Buchard, A. (Creator), Davidson, M. (Project Leader) & Carbery, D. (Project Leader), Figshare, 3 Sept 2013
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.786543, http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.786543
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