Speaker：Prof. Paul Topham, Aston University (UK)
Time：
Lecture 1: March 4, 2019（Monday）14:30,Room 313
Lecture 2: March 5, 2019（Tuesday）14:30, Room 313
Lecture 3: March 6, 2019（Wednesday）14:30, Room 313
Lecture 4: March 7, 2019（Thursday）14:30, Room 313
Lecture 5: March 8, 2019（Friday）19:00 ,Room 324
Venue: AISMST (Building #2, KeJiYuan, North Campus)
South China Advanced Institute for
Soft Matter Science and Technology
March 1, 2019
Professor Topham of Aston University in the United Kingdom is currently the Director of the Aston Institute of Materials Research. His research focuses on the synthesis, development and application of ordered polymer materials, including “smart polymers”, highly biocompatible and degradable materials, and polymer brushes. He uses a controlled polymerization technology (a combination of various organic chemical synthesis techniques) to make new polymer materials. These new materials can exhibit different characteristics depending on the material itself and the environment. His current research interests include organic solar cells, rubber, electrospinning, microphase separation, click chemistry, tissue engineering, cell therapy, drug delivery, polymer fiber and water purification technologies. Since joining the University of Aston in 2008 (Graduate Employment Rate ranked 5th in the UK), he has received more than £2.4 million in research funding and served as a deputy head of a large EU joint project (4 million euros). His research has been published in leading journals in a variety of materials and polymers, such as Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Macromolecules, Langmuir, Soft Matter; and has been invited to write two book chapters (published by Wiley Press). Professor Topham is also a member of the British Polymer Council and has served as the head of his youth association for 5 years; in 2014 he was awarded the Macro Group UK Young Researchers Medal. Professor Topham has extensive teaching experience and was awarded the 2012-13 school year teaching award by the University of Aston students (the teaching score was awarded the first in the School of Engineering and Applied Science).