Summary
Biography
| Date | Role |
|---|---|
| 2009- | Professor of Polymer Materials, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| 2006-2009 | Reader in Advanced Materials, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| 2002-2006 | Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| 2001-2002 | R&D Engineer/Project Leader, Sulzer Innotec, Dept. Mechanical Systems, Section Composite Engineering, later Sulzer Composites, Winterthur, Switzerland (since 01.05.2002 Gurit Suprem) |
| 1999- 2001 | Post-doctoral Research Fellow with Prof. Bob Aveyard and Dr. John H. Clint, Surfactant & Colloid Group, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hull |
| 1995- 1999 | Dr. rer.-nat. (PhD) in Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Technische Chemie, Fachgruppe Makromolekulare Chemie. Thesis title: "Chemische Modifizierung von Carbonfasern: Elektrokinetische und oberflächenenergetische Charakterisierung, Einfluss auf die Adhäsion zu thermoplastischen Polymeren" |
| 1991-1995 | Dipl.-Chem., Technische Universität Berlin (Germany) |
Research interests
My research group, the Polymer & Composite Engineering (PaCE) Group, is a multi-disciplinary team with research interests in the manufacture and characterisation of fibre reinforced high performance (nano) composites, porous materials and hydrogels. We focus on the the development of renewable materials, biomaterials for applications in tissue engineering, composite super-capacitors and emulsion templating for the synthesis of porous polymers (so called polymerisable High Internal Phase Emulsions (polyHIPEs)). Furthermore, the group is interested in the social dimensions of materials research.
For more information about our research activities, facilities and the group please visit our webpage: www.ic.ac.uk/pace
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Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Lee K-Y, Ho KKC, Schlufter K, et al., 2012, Hierarchical composites reinforced with robust short sisal fibre preforms utilising bacterial cellulose as binder, Composites Science and Technology, Vol:72, ISSN:0266-3538, Pages:1479-1486
Ikem VO, Menner A, Horozov TS, et al., 2010, Highly Permeable Macroporous Polymers Synthesized from Pickering Medium and High Internal Phase Emulsion Templates, Advanced Materials, Vol:22, ISSN:0935-9648, Pages:3588-+
Pommet M, Juntaro J, Heng JYY, et al., 2008, Surface modification of natural fibers using bacteria: Depositing bacterial cellulose onto natural fibers to create hierarchical fiber reinforced nanocomposites, Biomacromolecules, Vol:9, ISSN:1525-7797, Pages:1643-1651
Ikem VO, Menner A, Bismarck A, 2008, High Internal Phase Emulsions Stabilized Solely by Functionalized Silica Particles, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, Vol:47, ISSN:1433-7851, Pages:8277-8279