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Green Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series – Hui Luo

15 Jan 2026

Green Chemistry is proud to present the Green Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series, showcasing work being conducted by Emerging Investigators. This collection aims to highlight the excellent research being carried out by researchers in the early stages of their independent career from across the breadth of green chemistry. For more information about this series, click here

Among the contributions to this series is a Tutorial Review entitled Fundamental, technical and environmental overviews of plastic chemical recycling (DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03127J).

Read our interview with the corresponding author Dr Hui Luo below.

Could you briefly explain the focus of your article to the non-specialist?

Our article provides a clear and critical overview of how different chemical recycling technologies can be used to tackle plastic waste that cannot be effectively recycled mechanically. We compare how various plastics respond to different chemical processes and assess not only their technical feasibility, but also their environmental and economic impacts. The goal is to clarify where chemical recycling truly adds value in a circular plastics economy.

How would you set this article in a wider context?

Plastic pollution, resource depletion and climate change are tightly connected challenges. While mechanical recycling remains essential, it cannot deal with all plastic waste streams or maintain material quality indefinitely. Chemical recycling is increasingly seen as a complementary solution, and our article helps position these technologies realistically within broader waste management systems, industrial infrastructure and net-zero ambitions.

What is the motivation behind this work?

As a material scientist and chemical engineer, I got into the research of plastic chemical recycling about 3-4 years ago when developing my own independent research. There was a lot to learn and I noticed different technologies often discussed in isolation or without sufficient sustainability assessment. Through talking with the other co-authors working on different aspects of plastic recycling, we were motivated to bring together fundamental chemistry, process engineering and life-cycle perspectives to provide a balanced, evidence-based guide. Ultimately, the aim was to help researchers, policymakers and industry identify which technologies make sense for which plastics, and under what conditions.

What aspects of this work are you most excited about at the moment, and what do you find most challenging about it?

I’m particularly excited by emerging technologies or processes that can handle mixed or contaminated waste streams more effectively. The biggest challenge chemical recycling faces in regards to mechanical recycling, is how to reduce energy consumption, especially at scale, to allow the process to be profitable and attractive. I think a lot of efforts are putting into addressing this challenge in both academia and industry as we speak.

What is the next step? What work is planned?

The next step is to take all the learnings on board to develop recycling processes that are lower-energy, more contaminant-tolerable, and validating them at larger scales. In my group, we develop a mechanocatalytic process, which utilises mechanical forces and catalysts to depolymerise different plastics into monomers or other value-added chemicals. We aim to develop it into a technology that operates with low temperature at ambient temperature, to minimise energy consumption and maximise the product yields.

Please describe your journey to becoming an independent researcher

I obtained my PhD in 2019 from Queen Mary University of London, working on waste-derived carbon materials for solar hydrogen conversion in Prof. Magda Titirici’s group. I then followed an academic path to work as a postdoctoral research associate at Imperial College London, where I initiated and led the sub-group on electrochemical biomass conversion. In 2022, I decided to see how research can make real-life impact by taking the senior test engineer role in Ceres Power and learned from this short industrial experience about technology translation and scaling-up. Inspired by how innovative technology can reshape industrial sectors, In 2023, I returned academia and started at University of Surrey as a Future Fellow to work on my original and independent research of combining mechanocatalysis and electrocatalysis for plastic recycling, and later been awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow in 2024.

Can you share one piece of career-related advice or wisdom with other early-career scientists?

Try to build both depth and perspective: develop strong technical expertise, but also understand how your work fits into bigger societal and industrial contexts. Also, personal development is equally important to research development, make sure to build your own research vision and the necessary technical/soft skill sets to transit into independence.

Why did you choose to publish in Green Chemistry?

Green Chemistry is always a place to look for sustainable and novel chemical processes ever since I was doing my PhD. Over the years I have also published and peer-reviewed for Green Chemistry, so I am certain the journal’s emphasis on environmental performance, systems thinking and responsible innovation aligns perfectly with the goals of this review and with the broader direction of our research

Meet the author

Dr Hui Luo received her Ph.D. in Materials Science from the Queen Mary University of London in 2019, before moving to Imperial College London as a Research Associate. She then worked in the green hydrogen industry for a year before taking an independent Surrey Future Fellowship at the University of Surrey in 2023. Her research focuses on developing and up-scaling efficient chemical recycling and electrolysis technologies to convert biomass and plastic wastes into green hydrogen and high-value commodity chemicals, with low energy consumption and minimal carbon footprints.

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Read our latest themed collection: Make polymers sustainable, why and how?

12 Jan 2026

Green Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and RSC Sustainability are delighted to announce that our latest cross journal themed collection, Make polymers sustainable, why and how?, is now online and free to access until the end of April 2026.

Guest Edited by Maiyong Zhu (Jiangsu University), Gerard Lligadas (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Fiona L. Hatton (Loughborough University), Garret Miyake (Colorado State University), and Antoine Buchard (University of York).

About this Themed Collection

This collection brings together a selection of outstanding reviews, perspectives, papers and communications, which collectively provide a panoramic view of the field’s current vitality. The works range from recycling of polymer wastes, substitution of polymer carbon with oxygen (or sulfur), utilization of biomass to replace petroleum-based polluting polymers, copolymerization of CO2 with other monomers, and converting polymers (either natural or synthetic ones) into platform chemicals.

Read the Editorial: Introduction to “Make polymers sustainable, why and how?”

The collection includes:

	Lignin valorization through microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates: recent trends, challenges and opportunities *Green Chem.*, 2025,27, 5920-5946 DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00370A
	*Synthesis of cyclic peptide-based [2]rotaxanes via* copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition Polym. Chem., 2025,16, 409-414 DOI:** 10.1039/D4PY01169D
	High-strength, self-healable, transparent castor-oil-based waterborne polyurethane barrier coatings enabled by a dynamic acylhydrazone co-monomer *Green Chem.*, 2025,27, 2220-2229 DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06103A
	Unravelling the effect of side chain on RAFT depolymerization; identifying the rate determining step *Polym. Chem.*, 2025,16, 1822-1828 DOI: 10.1039/D5PY00212E

Read the Collection: https://rsc.li/SusPol24

We hope you enjoy reading the articles in this collection.

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Green Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series – Insoo Ro

03 Nov 2025

Among the contributions to this series is a Paper entitled Complementary acid site mechanisms in hydrogen-free polyethylene upcycling: elucidating the distinct roles of Brønsted and Lewis sites in Ce-modified zeolites (DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01799H).

Read our interview with the corresponding author Prof. Insoo Ro below.

Could you briefly explain the focus of your article to the non-specialist?

We show a way to upcycle waste polyethylene into useful liquid fuels (naphtha-range hydrocarbons) without adding external hydrogen. The key is a cerium-modified zeolite catalyst in which Brønsted acid sites cut polymer chains, while strong Lewis acid sites draw hydrogen from the plastic itself to complete the reactions. In tests, we achieved full conversion with high selectivity to valuable liquids and processed common post-consumer plastics.

How would you set this article in a wider context?

Most advanced plastic-to-fuel methods still depend on fossil-derived hydrogen. By clarifying how Brønsted and strong Lewis acid sites can work together to use the plastic’s own hydrogen, our study outlines a hydrogen-free route that could lower cost and carbon intensity and offers a design framework extendable to other difficult plastics.

What is the motivation behind this work?

We aimed to remove the hidden hydrogen and noble-metal costs from polyolefin upcycling and answer a mechanistic question: can Lewis acid sites actively drive hydrogen transfer under hydrogen-free conditions? Our results indicate they can—and quantify their impact.

What aspects of this work are you most excited about at the moment and what do you find most challenging about it?

I’m excited that we can tune the acid-site balance to push selectivity to valuable liquids while suppressing coke. Key challenges now are scale-up in continuous flow, handling mixed/contaminated waste streams, and maintaining site proximity and strength over long times on stream.

What is the next step? What work is planned?

We will (i) Translate the chemistry into continuous reactors and regeneration protocols; (ii) optimize site proximity and mesostructure to stabilize strong Lewis sites; (iii) extend hydrogen-free concepts to mixed polyolefins and difficult feeds; and (iv) complete techno-economic and life-cycle assessments with partners.

Please describe your journey to becoming an independent researcher

I received my B.S. from Rice University and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, followed by postdoctoral research at UC Santa Barbara. I started my independent group in 2020 and am now an Associate Professor at Korea University.

Can you share one piece of career-related advice or wisdom with other early career scientists?

Write your “mechanism of impact” as early as you write your experimental plan—what changes if you’re right, and who cares. It keeps projects focused, eases collaboration, and helps you avoid distracting side paths.

Why did you choose to publish in Green Chemistry?

The journal’s mission aligns with our goal of lowering the carbon and resource footprints of plastics upcycling. Green Chemistry also reaches a community where mechanistic catalysis and sustainability meet, and the Emerging Investigators Series offers timely visibility with rigorous peer review.

Meet the author

Insoo Ro is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Korea University. He received his B.S. from Rice University and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, followed by postdoctoral research at UC Santa Barbara. His group studies heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable plastics upcycling and CO2-to-fuels chemistry, with an emphasis on site-specific catalyst design and operando characterization.

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The Green and Sustainable Batteries themed collection is now online and free to access

14 Oct 2025

Green Chemistry, Journal of Material Chemistry A, Sustainable Energy & Fuels and RSC Sustainability are delighted to announce that our latest cross journal themed collection on Green and Sustainable Batteries is now online and free to access until the end of January, 2026.

Guest Edited by Magda Titirici (Imperial College London), Rebeca Marcilla (IMDEA Energy Institute), Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo (Institute of Carboquimica ICB-CSIC) and Theresa Schoetz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

About this Themed Collection

This themed collection showcases cutting-edge research, advancements, and remaining challenges in realising the holy grail of batteries: sustainable batteries that balance performance, cost and environmental sustainability. The collection uncovers new research opportunities in this field by featuring multidisciplinary research on alternative battery chemistries, sustainable electrolytes, sustainability assessment (including assessing materials criticality and its environmental impact), battery recycling, electrodes manufacturing for improved performance, understanding and preventing degradation and improving life time, design for disassembly and technoeconomic assessment among other topics closely fitting to the sustainable battery topic.

Read the Editorial: Introduction to green and sustainable batteries

The collection includes:

	Recent advances in bifunctional carbon-based single-atom electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries *Green Chem., 2025, 27, 293-324 DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04687K*
	A holistic review on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electrolytes to electrodes *Mater. Chem. A, 2024,12, 31685-31716 DOI: 10.1039/D4TA04976D*
	Non-woven pitch-based carbon fiber electrodes for low-cost redox flow battery *Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2025, 9, 198-207 DOI: 10.1039/D4SE01124D*
	From waste to power: utilizing barley husk as a sustainable anode active material alternative to graphite in lithium-ion batteries *RSC Sustainability, 2025, 3, 2915-2926 DOI: 10.1039/D5SU00254K*

Read the Collection: rsc.li/Batteries24

We hope you enjoy reading the articles in this collection.

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Green Chemistry 25th Anniversary Collection: Liquid-phase hydrogenation of carbon monoxide to methanol using a recyclable manganese-based catalytic system

27 Aug 2025

Over the past 25 years, Green Chemistry has provided a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative sustainable technologies, efficient utilisation of resources and the concomitant minimisation of waste. We are delighted to bring together a very special issue containing articles by members of the green chemistry community as well as past and present Green Chemistry Board members, to mark and celebrate our first 25 years.

Among the contributions to this themed collection is a Paper where a simple and recyclable homogeneous catalytic system for the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide to methanol was established (DOI: 10.1039/D4GC01050G).

Read our interview with Andreas J. Vorholt, one of the corresponding authors.

Could you briefly explain the focus of your article to the non-specialist?

The homogeneously catalyzed synthesis of methanol overs several advantages over its heterogeneous counterpart such as milder conditions, higher selectivity and one-through conversion. However, catalyst recycling remains an inherited challenge for the industrial application of such processes. This work gives the first demonstration of the recycling of a homogeneous catalyst system based on the earth’s abundant metals manganese with high productivity and excellent selectivity.

How would you set this article in a wider context?

Methanol is considered a central pivot between energy and chemical industry for sustainable transformation. While the established heterogeneous methanol production process benefits from economies of scale, homogeneous catalytic processes are better suited for small to mid-size decentralized production coupled with fluctuating renewable energy supply. This article marks a key step towards such processes by demonstrating the successful, yet inherently challenging, recycling of the employed Mn-based catalyst.

What is the motivation behind this work?

In the past couple of years many systems were developed in the field of homogeneous methanol synthesis either from CO or CO2. However, all those examples were far from industrial applicability as they did not address the challenge of catalyst recycling and simple product separation, which is essential to make such a process economically viable. Therefore, based on our earlier work in this field, we aimed to establish a simplified system that can address these challenges by simple unit operations.

What aspects of this work are you most excited about at the moment and what do you find most challenging about it?

For a transformation that was seen as highly challenging in the past, the simplicity of the developed system, comprising only of the catalyst, the cheap base NaOMe and a long-chain alcohol, is fascinating.

What is the next step? What work is planned?

As we have shown that the catalyst can be recycled batchwise, we are now taking it one step further and employing this system in a continuous operation incl. constant product separation and catalyst recycling. This will get us significantly closer to industrial usability.

Please describe your journey to becoming part of the Green Chemistry community

I started my way in the GC community already in my PhD, when I worked on the conversion of oleochemicals to monomers. Later I wrote a master thesis in my economics studies on the future of renewables under the GC conditions. I was finally caught by the idea after the Gordon Green Chemistry Conference in Hongkong.

Why did you choose to publish in Green Chemistry?

Green Chemistry is at the forefront of the sustainable development of the Chemistry community as a whole. Every article published in this journal aims contribute a small piece to overcoming the great challenges the chemical industry and our entire society are facing today. We are convinced that our manuscript very well aligned with the goals of the journal and it gives us the perfect platform to present to and discuss with an audience that holds the same values and goals to drive the sustainable transformation of chemistry.

What do you think the Green Chemistry journal has done well in the past 25 years, and what do you think are the main challenges our community will face in the next 25 years?

For the past 25 years, Green Chemistry has advanced sustainability in the chemical research from a nice side-bonus to the number one goal of modern-day chemists and engineers. Starting from the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry this journal as a platform has fostered the awareness, importance and acceptance of sustainable chemistry. For the next 25 years ahead one major challenge will be to bring the tons of brilliant ideas that are published in great journals like Green Chemistry out of the lab into practice. Only if we will achieve this fast enough, we will be able to solve the enormous challenges ahead of us.

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Green Chemistry 25th Anniversary Collection: Interactions of multiple metrics and environmental indicators to assess processes, detect environmental hotspots, and guide future development

15 Aug 2025

Among the contributions to this themed collection is paper that offers insights into an assessment approach for evaluating the environmental sustainability of either single chemical transformations or entire processes (DOI: 10.1039/D4GC00302K). It adopts a multi-dimensional framework, presented in a practical and systematic manner. This approach relies on a clear starting point for all assessments, making use of available data, simulating missing data, to allow for fair comparisons. This comes to improve on the too often used mono-dimensional analyses that have by now proven a potential source for incorrect conclusions and decisions.

Read our interview with the authors, Michael U. Luescher and Fabrice Gallou:

How would you set this article in a wider context?

While we do understand that our methodology is far from being 100% accurate, it has proven its reliability against more complex LCA-methodologies in identifying environmental hotspots. This more pragmatic approach enables us to look at, and impact, entire portfolios of industrial companies and guide research interest enabling real returns in the longer term. Besides, we believe that this article should be seen as steppingstone and a first step towards the next generation of metrics, moving away from the one-dimensional approaches, that have served us well in the past and brought us up to this point, and gearing towards LCA-type of analysis.

What is the motivation behind this work?

Moving away from opinions and one-dimensional assessments, we looked to establish a method to take data driven, educated, sound decisions on a large scale. The timing of such assessments becomes more critical as many transformations can now be done using multiple technologies, which can require extensive investment, and whose overall footprint is not necessarily well understood. Hence the need to establish more tools to support our decision-making process.

What aspects of this work are you most excited about at the moment and what do you find most challenging about it?

We are very excited at how our methodology has been performing within our organization, the impact it had on our decision taking, and hope that we can share these learnings with the wider community, as we do not consider this a competitive advantage. It is all the more exciting as it has proven to bring real value in terms of multiple aspects of sustainability and can lead to good decisions with tremendous impact on the planet!

What is the next step? What work is planned?

We plan to further streamline the methodology, implementing it company wide, and to illustrate in the future how this approach has helped us select the better options which led to significant impact on the footprint of the syntheses and processes at stake.

Why did you choose to publish in Green Chemistry?

Green Chemistry has had a long history of gathering the community and disclosing high quality content. It has in our mind further increase its leadership position and authoritative position in this field in the recent years and was thus the obvious choice for us.

What do you think the Green Chemistry journal has done well in the past 25 years, and what do you think are the main challenges our community will face in the next 25 years?

In a first phase, the journal has had tremendous impact raising awareness and educating. More recently, it has in our mind further stepped up being not just a source of inspiration and education, but also really pushing the boundaries of science with impact on sustainability.

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Call for Papers: Green Liquids and Solvents

11 Aug 2025

Green Chemistry is delighted to announce a call for papers for its latest themed collection on Green Liquids and Solvents, Guest Edited by Zhenzhen Yang (Oak Ridge National Lab, USA), Kecheng Jie (Nanjing University, China) and Jessica Rimsza (Sandia National Laboratories, USA).

About this Themed Collection:

Sustainable liquid media plays a crucial role in separation, catalysis, energy storage, and beyond, particularly compositions that are biodegradable, non-toxic, renewable, and non-volatile. Ionic liquids (ILs), deep eutectic solvents (DESs), water, supercritical fluids, and bio-based solvents remain at the forefront of green chemistry, demonstrating transformative properties across diverse applications. Beyond their conventional use as single-phase liquid media, recent research has explored innovative strategies to integrate these solvents with other material categories, unlocking new functionalities. A cutting-edge development in this field is the successful engineering of permanent porosities into dense liquid phases forming so-called “porous liquids”, based on ILs, water, and bio-based solvents, enhancing their efficiency in separation and catalysis. In gas storage, the structural design of controllable liquid molecular assemblies has enabled cascade gas trapping in liquid sorbents, significantly outperforming single-component liquid media. This Themed Collection welcomes contributions to recent advances in sustainable liquid technologies, with a particular emphasis on green synthesis strategies, facile fabrication techniques, advanced characterization methods, computational modeling, theoretical frameworks, fundamental structure-function investigations, and cutting-edge applications in separation, catalysis, energy storage, and beyond.

Open for Submissions until 31^st March 2026

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

Communications
Full papers
Reviews

How to Submit

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, articles can be submitted via our website: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gc. We would be grateful if upon submission you would mention that your manuscript is intended for this themed collection as an open call.

Please note that for publication, manuscripts must meet the usual rigorous and high standards for acceptance in the journal, and all submissions will be subject to initial assessment for suitability for a full peer review before a final decision is made. Accepted articles will be published online in a citeable form, included in the web collection and published in an issue as soon as they are ready. We aim to promote the completed collection in 2026.

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Call for Papers: Advanced Eco-Manufacturing and Sustainable Bioproducts with Lignocellulosic Biomass

29 Jul 2025

Green Chemistry is delighted to announce a call for papers for its latest themed collection on Advanced Eco-Manufacturing and Sustainable Bioproducts with Lignocellulosic Biomass, Guest Edited by Arthur Ragauskas (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Jhuma Sadhukhan (University of Surrey), Jeong Jae Wie (Hanyang University) and Chang Geun Yoo (State University of New York).

About this Themed Collection:

The research featured in this Themed Collection will highlight various innovative chemical pathways for converting lignocellulosic biomass into sustainable, value-added products that promote environmentally responsible industrial practices. The collection will focus on the innovative use of lignocellulosic biomass in eco-manufacturing, particularly the role of forestry, agriculture, and plant residues as renewable raw materials. Bringing together cutting-edge research from diverse fields, including green chemistry, materials science, bioengineering, and industrial manufacturing, this Themed Collection will address both the challenges and opportunities associated with lignocellulosic biomass. By focusing on real-world applications and emerging technologies, it will provide actionable insights to help advance environmentally conscious manufacturing systems and promote sustainable resource use.

The global shift towards sustainable practices in the academic, government, and industrial sectors has sparked growing interest in sustainable and renewable resources. Lignocellulosic materials, derived from forestry, agriculture, and plant residues, have emerged as a central focus for driving eco-manufacturing, securing regional production, rural development, and sustainable innovation. These materials, often viewed as waste or by-products, hold significant potential to be transformed into value-added carbon products that can play a crucial role in achieving sustainability goals.

With the increasing emphasis on environmental impacts across industries, such as packaging, forestry products, construction, transportation, and manufacturing, this special issue aims to explore the latest advancements in emerging bio-derived materials. By utilizing green chemistry principles and innovative manufacturing technologies, these materials can support the development of renewable products, materials, and energy sources. New chemical principles include (i) tailored biomass fractionation and functionalization, (ii) chemo-enzymatic derivatization for product performance, (iii) electrification of chemical pathways via microwave, ultrasonics, and redox chemistry, (iv) bio composite materials and 3D printing, and (v) sustainable chemicals and fuels.

Open for Submissions until 28th February 2026

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

Communications
Full papers
Reviews

How to Submit

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Congratulations to the winners of the RSC poster prizes ISGC-25

15 Jul 2025

The International Symposium on Green Chemistry – ISGC 2025 was held in La Rochelle, France from May 12-16, 2025. Green Chemistry and RSC Sustainability were delighted to provide poster prize awards at the event and we would like to congratulate our winners!

Learn more about the awardees below:

Angelo Scopano is currently a Ph.D. student working with Paolo P. Pescarmona at the University of Groningen (RUG), the Netherlands, and Arjan W. Kleij at the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research (ICIQ), Spain. His position is part of the European doctoral network D-Carbonize funded by the European Union. His passion is carbon dioxide utilisation to obtain valuable chemicals. His research focuses on the development of more sustainable chemical processes including one-pot systems and greener carbonation reactions. The work presented in the poster is about the synthesis of cyclic carbonate through the direct one-pot carbonation of alkenes using carbon dioxide. Angelo got his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees at University of Padova, Italy, under the guidance of Fabrizio Mancin and Luca Dell’Amico, respectively. During his studies he spent 6 months at KU Leuven, Belgium. Before starting his current position, he worked as a regulatory affairs intern for a multinational company and as educational project manager for Silvia Gross at the University of Padova.

Mattia Annatelli obtained both his Master’s degree in Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies (2019) and his PhD in Environmental Sciences (2024) from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. His research focuses on the synthesis of bio-based compounds from renewable raw materials, with particular attention to the development of sustainable chemical processes aimed at reducing the reliance on fossil resources. During his PhD, he worked on the design of innovative synthetic pathways for the production of bio-based platform chemicals. As part of his doctoral training, he spent a research period at Jaume I University (Spain), where he acquired foundational knowledge in continuous flow chemistry, further broadening his scientific expertise. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, where he is involved in the valorization of crotonic acid and the synthesis of cyclic organic carbonates.

Carlos Mur was born on October 20, 2000, in Zaragoza, Spain. Carlos studied Chemistry at the University of Zaragoza from 2018 to 2022. During the 2022–2023 academic year and completed a Master’s degree in Molecular Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis, also at the University of Zaragoza. Since 2024, Carlos have been pursuing a PhD in the CHESO research group at the same institution, focusing on the development of catalytic systems based on glycerol derivatives

Please join us in celebrating these winners and their excellent posters during the conference!

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Introducing our new Associate Editor: Deborah Crawford

24 Jun 2025

Deborah Crawford is an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing at the University of Birmingham, with a joint affiliation in the School of Chemistry and the School of Chemical Engineering. She earned her Ph.D. from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) in 2015, focusing on gold(I) diphosphine complexes as optical sensors. Following this, she was seconded to MOF Technologies, where she explored the continuous, solvent-free synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) using twin-screw extrusion (TSE). She then continued at QUB to further investigate mechanochemical scale-up via TSE and contribute to the development of Type 2 Porous Liquids. Her research is focused on advancing mechanochemical synthesis, either by developing new methodologies or adapting existing technologies. Her work spans a broad range of materials, from fine chemicals to supramolecular structures, with a strong focus on sustainable and scalable manufacturing.

“I am excited to join RSC Green Chemistry as an Associate Editor and contribute to a journal that stands at the forefront of advancing sustainable science. As environmental and energy challenges continue to grow, Green Chemistry plays a vital role in promoting innovative, environmentally responsible chemical research. It is a privilege to support a platform so deeply committed to a sustainable future and to help communicate scientific breakthroughs that are crucial to addressing global challenges” – Deborah Crawford

Read some of Deborah’s publications in Green Chemistry: