Lecture: 'Functional materials: Exploiting dynamic self-assembly at interfaces'
Prof. Oren A. Scherman (Department of Chemistry - Cambridge University)
CiQUS Seminar Room
12:15
Oren A. Scherman research focuses on dynamic supramolecular self-assembly at interfaces though the application of macrocyclic host-guest chemistry using cucurbit[n]urils in the development of novel supramolecular systems. The Scherman group exploits control over these molecular level interactions to design and fabricate soft materials with integrated function. Current research topics include microcapsules, drug-delivery systems, conservation and restoration of important historical artefacts and sensing and catalysis using self-assembled nanophotonic systems.
About
Oren A. Scherman graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, with a BA in Chemistry in 1999. He completed a PhD in 2004 in olefin metathesis and controlled polymerization, under the supervision of Professor Robert H. Grubbs at Caltech. After finishing his PhD, Prof. Scherman moved to the Netherlands to work on supramolecular polymers with Professors E.W. Meijer and Rint P. Sijbesma at the Eindhoven University of Technology. In 2006, he moved to the University of Cambridge as a University Lecturer and Next Generation Fellow in the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis in the Department of Chemistry. In 2012, he was promoted to Reader in Supramolecular and Polymer Chemistry and in March 2013, he was appointed as the Director of the Melville Laboratory and was promoted to Full Professor in 2015.