Martyn Poliakoff CBE FRS
Professor Martyn Poliakoff CBE has been nominated as the next Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society. Professor Poliakoff is the Chair of the Green Chemistry Editorial Board.
Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society is one of its most prestigious positions and the holder is responsible for building relationships around the world, particularly with other scientific academies, and ensuring that British Science and the Royal Society is recognised and promoted internationally. The post dates back to 1723 – predating the post of Foreign Secretary in the UK government by sixty years.
The appointment will not be official until the 7th of July when a ballot will be held and Fellows of the Royal Society asked to indicate their support, however, in keeping with tradition Professor Poliakoff is the only nominee.
As well as his duties for Green Chemistry, Professor Poliakoff is Research Professor of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham and one of the developers and regular presenters of the YouTube channel The Periodic Table of Videos where you can view a video in which Professor Poliakoff explains more about this appointment. You can also read a recent interview with Professor Poliakoff on the Green Chemistry blog.
Professor Poliakoff’s current research interests involve chemical applications of supercritical fluids, with particular emphasis on green chemistry, and a selection of his most recent Green Chemistry articles have been made free until the 7th of July when his post will be made official.
The 13 Principles of Green Chemistry and Engineering for a Greener Africa
Nigist Asfaw, Yonas Chebude, Andinet Ejigu, Bitu B. Hurisso, Peter Licence, Richard L. Smith, Samantha L. Y. Tang and Martyn Poliakoff
Green Chem., 2011, 13, 1059-1060, DOI: 10.1039/C0GC00936A, Editorial
Continuous heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols in scCO2
Adrian O. Chapman, Geoffrey R. Akien, Nicholas J. Arrowsmith, Peter Licence and Martyn Poliakoff
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 310-315, DOI: 10.1039/B913434D, Paper
Solubilisation of α-chymotrypsin by hydrophobic ion pairing in fluorous systems and supercritical carbon dioxide and demonstration of efficient enzyme recycling
Karima Benaissi, Martyn Poliakoff and Neil R. Thomas
Green Chem., 2010, 12, 54-59, DOI: 10.1039/B904761A, Paper
Strategies for cleaner oxidations using photochemically generated singlet oxygen in supercritical carbon dioxide
Xue Han, Richard A. Bourne, Martyn Poliakoff and Michael W. George
Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1787-1792, DOI: 10.1039/B914074C, Paper
A critical look at reactions in class I and II gas-expanded liquids using CO2 and other gases
Geoffrey R. Akien and Martyn Poliakoff
Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1083-1100, DOI: 10.1039/B904097H, Critical Review
