We are delighted to welcome Professor Francesca Kerton, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, as an Associate Editor for RSC Sustainability, a new open access journal publishing solution-focused research to solve sustainability challenges.
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Francesca Kerton is a professor of Chemistry at Memorial University of Newfoundland and has a global reputation for her innovative research on sustainable chemistry related to the oceans. She is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry and is a member of many scientific panels and committees worldwide. She currently chairs IUPAC’s standing committee on Chemical Research Applied to World Needs, and is chair of the 27th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference. She is an Advisory Board member for Reaction Chemistry & Engineering.
She obtained her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Sussex and was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of British Columbia. In addition to authoring over 70 journal articles, she has contributed several books and book chapters on aspects of green chemistry including “Alternative Solvents for Green Chemistry”. Her current research group is focused on developing environmentally friendly ways to process bio-sourced molecules and materials, catalysis, and sustainable polymers. She also performs research in the area of carbon dioxide utilization and is part of an NSERC-funded training network “Centre for Innovation and Research on Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Industrial Technologies”. She received the Canadian Green Chemistry and Engineering Award in 2019.
Read some of her recent contributions below:
Borane catalyzed polymerization and depolymerization reactions controlled by Lewis acidic strength
Kori A. Andrea, Mikhailey D. Wheeler and Francesca M. Kerton
Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 7320-7322
Enzymatic processing of mussel shells to produce biorenewable calcium carbonate in seawater
Jennifer N. Murphy, Kelly Hawboldt and Francesca M. Kerton
Green Chemistry, 2018, 20, 2913-2920
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Please join us in welcoming Prof. Kerton to RSC Sustainability.