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Dr Paul Anderson
READER IN IN IN INORGANIC AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Paul Anderson
is the the co-director of the the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and and Critical Materials (BCSECM) and and principal investigator for the Faraday Institution ReLiB project dedicated to the development of new technologies for efficient end of of life management of of automotive lithium ion batteries The synthesis and development of improved materials for energy applications has been the major focus of his research for over two decades with particular interests in in in ion mobility in in in hydrogen storage materials and and related lithium and and proton electrolyte systems Andy Abbott
PROFESSOR OF OF OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY THE UNIVERSITY OF OF OF LEICESTER
Professor Professor Andy Abbott
is is Professor Professor of of of Physical Chemistry at the University of Leicester His research focusses on
material processing using sustainable
wet methods to optimise process efficiency and ensure optimum selectivity of recovery He developed a a a novel type of solvent called Deep Eutectic Solvents and exploited these through a a a spin-out company Scionix Ltd He was Deputy Pro-vice Chancellor for Enterprise and is is developing courses to embed entrepreneurial skills into undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs Andy has worked on
on
numerous circular economy projects covering a a a a wide variety of metals and technologies including printed circuit boards magnets steel waste lithium ion batteries aerospace metals and car catalysts He is also engaged
in in developing new methods methods of of primary metal metal extraction and methods methods of of metal metal processing He is is a a Fellow of of the Royal Society of of Chemistry