EPSRC-GSK Chair in Sustainable Chemistry

我们寻求EPSRC战略基金的支持，以确保任命一位来自海外的知名学者在诺丁汉大学建立一个新的手性分子材料可持续加工研究小组。该小组将成为该大学战略的重要组成部分，并计划与英国制药公司GSK合作建立可持续化学卓越中心。该中心将利用大学在绿色化学方面的现有优势，化学与工程之间的多学科联系，以及与工业界的紧密联系，在可持续化学的新兴学科中产生世界领先的研究能力。新的研究小组将被安置在一个独特的碳中和实验室（CNL），并将帮助解决社会和工业领域的关键全球挑战，包括降低碳足迹，优化能源使用，减少浪费和保护水和金属等宝贵资源。这项工作将有助于EPSRC的几个挑战主题。该小组将由大卫·阿马巴利诺教授领导（目前在CSIC-巴塞罗那），并将探索新的可持续加工路线，以手性分子材料用于能源和医药应用，在诺丁汉的科学，工程和医学与健康科学学院的多学科和跨学科合作，并与领先的学术合作者进行合作。要求提供新任命人员50%的工资成本以及关键资源，以建立和推动研究计划。这包括两个5年博士后奖学金连同消耗品，设备和相关费用。

We seek support from EPSRC strategic funds to secure the appointment of a high profile academic from overseas to establish a new Sustainable Processing of Chiral Molecular Materials research group at the University of Nottingham. The group will be a key part of the University's strategy and plans to establish a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Chemistry in collaboration with the UK based pharmaceutical company GSK. The centre will build upon the University's existing strengths in Green Chemistry, multi-disciplinary links between Chemistry and Engineering, and strong links with industry to generate a critical mass of world-leading research capacity in the emerging discipline of Sustainable Chemistry. The new research group will be housed in a unique Carbon Neutral Laboratory (CNL) and will help address key global challenges within Society and Industry including lowering carbon footprint, optimising energy usage, reducing waste and conserving precious resources such as water and metals. This work will contribute towards several of EPSRC's challenge themes. The group will be led by Professor David Amabalino (currently at CSIC-Barcelona) and will explore novel sustainable processing routes to chiral molecular materials for use in energy and medicinal applications in a multi- and inter-disciplinary collaboration across Schools in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine and Health Sciences at Nottingham, and with leading academic collaborators.Funding is requested for 50% of the salary costs of the new appointee alongside key resources to establish and pump prime the research programme. This includes two 5 year postdoctoral fellowships together with consumables, equipment and associated costs.