ICS final year PhD talks

11:00 Welcome
11:05: Introduction, Prof. Scott Dalgarno
11:10: Session 1 Chair: Dr Justyna McKinlay
11:10: Luca Craciunescu “Utilising Computational Chemistry to Explore Photochemical Processes”
11:40 Kacper Krakowiak “Finding Sustainable Replacements for Peat in Scotch Whisky”
12:10 Fred Powell “In Search of Enzyme Activation: A Computational Approach to Allosteric Drug Discovery”

13:45 Presenters’ Photo, PGR Foyer
14:00 Session 2 Chair: Dr Liam Donnelly
14:00: Zara Standring “Thermomechanical recycling of PET based textiles”
14:30: Leonardo Amicosante “Green-Light Photocatalysis: Borylated Benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (BTZ) Enables Continuous Flow Phosphorylation of Quinoline Derivatives”
15:00: Domantas Laurinavicias “Applications of Cold Plasma for Polymer Gasification and Recycling”
15:30 Close and Prizes