On the 19th of April, the four PhD students of the project NATURE participated in the first edition of PhD Day organised by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Claire Morand, Flore Kilens, and Bige Bati had the opportunity to present a poster on their respective projects. At the same time, Gabriela Garbonova gave […]
For this International Women’s Day 2024 the UN is celebrating under the theme “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress”! The topic could not be more appropriate for NATURE! The project aims to develop solutions for addressing the various challenges our world is facing and with a team of four female students, we demonstrate every day that […]
Last week our PhD students, Claire Morand and Flore Kilens participated in the Chemical Science Symposium about Chemistry of Polymers organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry in London. They both had the opportunity to present their research through a poster and a flash oral presentation for Claire. This fascinating event was also a key […]
This week, a summer school focused on the current challenges of plastic recycling was organised in San Sebastian, Spain. On the 4th of October, our ESRs as well as students from POLYMAT and the University of the Basque Country had the opportunity to listen to presentations about the journey from the laboratory to the industry […]
Want to know more about plastic recycling, from lab to industry? Then the next summer school organised by the consortium of NATURE-EID is made for you! The event will take place in San Sebastian, Spain, on October 4 to 5. On the 4th of October, the Plastic Recycling Meeting will gather industrial and academic experts […]
⭐ Back to work with good news! ⭐ This week our ESRs, Gabriela Garbonova and Bige Bati participated in the Circular Chemical Economy Summer School organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Newcastle and won the first and second prizes for the best poster! Congratulations!
Last week, our ESRs, Claire and Flore participated in the Postgraduate Symposium of the University of Birmingham. In a poster, they presented their work on the development of innovative bio-sourced polymers initiated at Polykey and currently carried out in the group of Andrew Dove at the University of Birmingham. The students were happy to share […]
The ESRs of the NATURE project together with students from POLYMAT attended a very nice workshop on communication skills delivered by Juan José Sáenz de la Torre Lasierra from Agata Communications. They learned tips on communicating through social networks, how to write articles adapted to their audience, outreach formats, or how to improve the design […]
With the new year starting, Gabriela Garbonova and Bige Bati (ESRs 3 and 4) also start their secondment at POLYKEY! After more than a year of hard work at the University of Birmingham where they have developed new bio-sourced monomers, they will stay for 18 months at POLYKEY to develop innovative polymerisation processes with an […]
Congratulations to our student, Flore Kilens (ESR 1), for being awarded the second prize “UBE Plastics Sustainability Awards” for her master’s thesis, from the Universitat JAUME I. 🏆 In this work entitled “Optimisation of the polycondensation of diols into polyether polyols organocatalyzed by acid-base mixtures”, Flore already investigated more sustainable catalysts for greener polymerisation reactions! […]