Speakers
We are pleased to announce the following speakers. More to follow.
Plenary Speakers
- Dr Malcolm Faers | Bayer | The Art of Applying Colloid Science to the Design of Formulations
- Prof Jayne Lawrence | University of Manchester | Developing Improved Nucleic Acid Delivery Vehicles
- Prof Norman Wagner | University of Delaware | The Micromechanics of Shear Thickening Fluids and their Application as Protective Materials for Medical Professionals, First Responders, Athletes and Astronauts
SCI/RSC Graham Thomas Award Lecture 2023
- Prof Nguyen T. K. Thanh | University College London | Plasmonic and Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Application
Keynote Speakers - grouped in sessions
Rheology, Soft Solids & Complex Fluids
- Prof Erin Koos | KU Leuven, Belgium | Yielding dynamics in capillary suspensions: the importance of local and semi-local structures
- Prof Jan Vermant | ETH Zürich, Switzerland | Colloidal gels using rough building blocks: brittleness avoided!
- Prof Jan Dhont | Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany | Motility-Induced Inter-Particle Correlations and Mass Transport
Biomimetics
- Prof Karen Edler | University of Bath, UK
- Prof Chiara Neto |University of Sydney, Australia | The mystery behind slippery covalently attached liquid surfaces
Colloids & Surfaces in the Health & Life Sciences
- Prof Aline Miller | University of Manchester, UK | Designing multi-functional hydrogels: from lab to commercialisation
Formulation Science & Engineering
- Prof Ray Dagastine | University of Melbourne, Australia | Structure to function of polymer-surfactant complexes at soft interfaces
- Prof Tommy Nylander | Lund University, Sweden
Nanoparticles & Nanostructured Materials
- Prof Yurii Gun'ko | Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | Chiroptically active colloidal nanostructures
- Prof Eugenia Kumacheva | University of Toronto, Canada | Nanocolloidal liquid crystals under confinement
- Prof Serena Cussen | University of Sheffield, UK
Foams, Emulsions and Bubbles
- Prof Jim Finch | McGill University, Canada | Bubbles:
from fundamentals to profit
- SlavkaTcholakova | Sofia University, Bulgaria | Formation and rheology of emulsions and nanoemulsions
- Prof Grant Campbell | University of Huddersfield | A history of the science of bubbles in food
Colloidal Suspensions
- Dr Elodie Bourgeat-Lami | LCCP Lyon, France | Synthesis of cerium oxide-armored polymer latexes by thermal and visible light-induced surfactant-free emulsion polymerization: towards waterborne coatings with enhanced properties
- Prof Alfons van Blaaderen | University Utrecht, Netherlands | Self-Assembly in Spherical Confinement: Hierarchical Structuring at Multiple Length Scales
Self-Assembly
- Prof Francesco Sciortino | Sapienza Università di Roma | Guiding self-assembly processes
- Dr Erika Eiser | University of Cambridge | Towards Programmable DNA-Hydrogels
Colloids in Motion
- Dr Patrick B. Warren | Unilever R&D Port Sunlight & STFC Hartree Centre, UK | Diffusiophoresis in surfactant gradients: particulate soil removal from porous materials and the significance of rinsing in laundry detergency
Polymer Colloid Engineering
- Prof Rod Priestley | Princeton University, Princeton, USA | Structured and Hybrid Polymer Colloids by Flash NanoPrecipitation
Encapsulation and Release
- Prof Katharina Landfester | Max Plank Institute, Germany
- Prof Zhibing Zhang | University of Birmingham, UK | Desirable properties of microcapsules and their characterisation
Wetting & Adhesion
- Prof Glen McHale | University of Edinburgh, UK | Super Slippery Surfaces: Wetting on liquid and liquid-like surfaces
- Prof Erica Wanless | University of Newcastle, Australia | Specific ion modulated thermoresponsive PNIPAM brushes
Tribology
- Prof Peter Dowding | Infineum, UK | Using neutrons to unlock the properties of commercial oil additives
- Prof Hongbo Zeng | University of Alberta, Canada | Probing Reversible Molecular Interactions toward Developing Multifunctional Soft Materials and Bioadhesives
- Dr Jennifer Marsh | P&G, USA | Understanding UV damage in hair using model reactivity in gels and colloidal solutions