Regular biography
Charlotte Williams is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry. Her research focuses on sustainable technologies for polymer production and carbon dioxide utilization, including the development of catalysts that transform renewable resources and waste into polymers. Her work involves creating highly active catalysts for carbon dioxide copolymerizations and switchable catalysis using monomer mixtures to produce new polyesters, -carbonates, and -ethers. She also investigates iso-selective lactide ring-opening polymerizations and colloidal nanocatalysts for carbon dioxide hydrogenation. Her research aims to deliver materials with improved properties over petrochemicals and designed for end-life recycling and (bio)degradation.
Scholar-generated biography
Charlotte Williams is a researcher in Polymer Chemistry, Catalysis, and Green Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Her work focuses on sustainable materials and processes, including the development of biodegradable polymers, CO2 utilization, and catalytic systems for renewable resource-based chemistry. She has published extensively on topics such as CO2/epoxide copolymerization, sustainable polymers from renewable resources, and the design of circular carbon economies. Her research explores the synthesis of functionalized biodegradable polyesters, biocompatible initiators, and efficient catalysts for the copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides. Williams' contributions highlight the intersection of polymer science, catalysis, and environmental sustainability.