RSC Sustainability Blog

We are delighted to welcome Dr Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo, Deakin University, Australia, as an Associate Editor for RSC Sustainability, a new open access journal publishing solution-focused research to solve sustainability challenges.

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Dr. Pozo-Gonzalo works as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Deakin University in Melbourne (Australia). She attained her Bachelor of Science and honours at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). After graduating, she received her PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of Manchester (United Kingdom) on the electrochemical synthesis of Conducting Polymers. In 2004, she joined the Centre for Electrochemical Technologies in San Sebastian (Spain) as the Head of Electrooptical unit where she stayed for 7 years, managing a total of 23 projects. After moving to Australia, she has been working with Prof. Alan Bond at Monash University and in 2012 she joined Deakin University where she has been working in reversible metal-air battery with advanced electrolytes, ionic liquids funded by ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES).

Currently, she leads research activities in sustainable energy storage technologies covering the circular economy (CE) model from materials redesign up to critical metals recovery using solvometallurgy and electrochemistry with important benefits for the environment. She has led IFM’s development of an energy research node on circular economy (CE) for energy storage and generation and designed the Institute’s CE road map. She is a board member for the journal Sustainable Chemistry, Review editor of Frontiers in Chemistry in the electrochemistry division and Associate Editor for RSC Sustainability. During her research career, she has published 97 publications, including 4 patents and 3 book chapters and managed 33 projects as chief investigator.

Read some of her recent contributions below:

Tunable multi-doped carbon nanofiber air cathodes based on a poly(ionic liquid) for sodium oxygen batteries with diglyme/ionic liquid-based hybrid electrolytes

Han Li, The An Ha, Nagore Ortiz-Vitoriano, Xungai Wang, Jian Fang, Patrick C. Howlett and Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022, 10, 11742-11754

Fluorine-free ionic liquid electrolytes for sustainable neodymium recovery using an electrochemical approach

Kalani Periyapperuma, Jennifer M. Pringle, Laura Sanchez-Cupido, Maria Forsyth and Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo

Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 3410-3419

RSC Sustainability is now open for submissions. Find out more on the journal webpage, sign up to e-Alerts or submit your manuscript now.

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We are delighted to welcome Professor Haichao Liu, Peking University, China, as an Associate Editor for RSC Sustainability, a new open access journal publishing solution-focused research to solve sustainability challenges.

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Haichao Liu is the Changjiang Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Peking University, China. He received his B.S. degree in 1990 and M.S. degree from Sichuan University in 1993, and his Ph.D degree from Beijing Research Institute of Petroleum Processing in 1996. From 1997 to 2003, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Tokyo and the University of California at Berkeley. He then joined the faculty of Peking University. His research group works in the area of molecular catalysis and sustainable energy chemistry, focusing on the fundamental studies of the catalyst structures and reaction mechanisms, towards the design of heterogeneous catalysts and control of reaction pathways for selective conversion of biomass and its derivatives to bulk and fine chemicals, as well as other reactions important in renewable energy conversion and utilization.

Read some of his recent contributions below:

Efficient conversion of bio-renewable citric acid to high-value carboxylic acids on stable solid catalysts

Zhaowei Li, Xin Wen and Haichao Liu

Green Chemistry, 2022, 24, 1650-1658

Sustainable synthesis of vinyl methyl ether from biomass-derived ethylene glycol dimethyl ether over solid base catalysts

Xin He, Xin Wen, Ke Wu and Haichao Liu

Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 6625-6631

RSC Sustainability is now open for submissions. Find out more on the journal webpage, sign up to e-Alerts or submit your manuscript now.

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We are delighted to welcome Professor Vincent Nyamori, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, as an Associate Editor for RSC Sustainability, a new open access journal publishing solution-focused research to solve sustainability challenges.

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Vincent Nyamori is a Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa. He is the Coordinator of the UKZN Nanotechnology Platform, an Executive and Council member of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI), and a former SACI President. He is a Fellow of SACI and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is South Africa’s representative to the Federation of the Commonwealth Chemical Sciences Societies.

Prof. Nyamori received his PhD from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand. His research interests include Green and Sustainable Chemistry, particularly ionic liquids and renewable materials. He has extended his interest to Nanotechnology and Materials Science to develop advanced nanomaterials for water remediation, catalysis and solar energy devices.

Prof. Nyamori has presented his work at numerous conferences and published at least 150 journal articles, three book chapters, and one patent. In 2020, he was the SACI Merck Medal awardee for a paper published in the South African Journal of Chemistry, adjudged then to have made the most significant contribution to the discipline. He has received the UKZN Top 30 Published Researchers’ Award and the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award, recognising his exceptional research activities.

Read some of his recent contributions below:

Synthesis and characterisation of heteroatom-doped reduced graphene oxide/bismuth oxide nanocomposites and their application as photoanodes in DSSCs

Nonjabulo P.D. Ngidi, Edigar Muchuweni and Vincent O. Nyamori

RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 2462-2472

Tuning the properties of boron-doped reduced graphene oxide by altering the boron content

Nonjabulo P.D. Ngidi, Moses A. Ollengo and Vincent O. Nyamori

New Journal of Chemistry, 2020, 44, 16864-16876

RSC Sustainability is now open for submissions. Find out more on the journal webpage, sign up to e-Alerts or submit your manuscript now.

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We are coordinating the nomination of five Early Career Chemists (ECCs) from the UK to attend the 2nd Commonwealth Chemistry Congress on behalf of Commonwealth Chemistry. Successful candidates will receive funding to attend the Congress in Trinidad and Tobago next May and present a poster on their research, related to one of the three scientific themes.

A fundamental principle of the Congress is the equal representation for all Commonwealth countries – therefore each Commonwealth country may select up to five Early Career Chemists to attend and present a poster on their research, related to one of the three scientific themes.

A key aspect that differentiates the Commonwealth Chemistry Congress from other scientific meetings is the underlying principle of equal representation for all Commonwealth countries and a unique focus on creating an enabling environment for early career chemists. As such, each Commonwealth country may select up to three Early Career Chemists to attend the Congress and present a poster on their research, related to one of the three scientific themes.

Complete and submit your application by 23 October