Charlotte Williams

Professor Charlotte Williams, a leading expert in Catalysis and Polymer Chemistry, is affiliated with the Department of Chemistry within Imperial College London's Faculty of Natural Sciences. Her research focuses on sustainable materials, including biodegradable polymers for medical applications and electroactive polymers for electronics.

• PhD in Catalysis from Imperial College London (supervised by Vernon Gibson and Nick Long)
• Postdoctoral work at University of Cambridge and University of Minnesota

Her multidisciplinary group includes 7 postdocs and 11 PhD students, advancing catalytic activation of renewable resources and controlled polymerizations. She has held roles at Imperial since 2003, progressing from Lecturer to Professor (2012).

• BEPS Outstanding Early Career Academic Award (2011)
• RSC Energy, Environment and Sustainability Award (2009)
• Meldola Medal (2005)
• Young Researcher Award (2001)

Her work intersects chemical sciences with environmental sustainability, highlighted by media coverage in Financial Times and BBC Radio 4's 'In Our Time' (2012).