Simon Fawcett

Simon Fawcett is a Postdoctoral Scholar/Research Fellow at the University of Chicago's Department of Chemistry. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from Newcastle University and a PhD from the University of Sheffield, where he worked under Professor Andrew Slark.

• Education
  • Master’s in Chemistry, Newcastle University, UK
  • PhD in Chemistry, University of Sheffield, UK (supervised by Professor Andrew Slark)

His research focuses on thermally reversible polyurethanes for adhesion applications and stimuli-responsive polymer glasses targeting waste recycling, energy dissipation, and reversible adhesion technologies. This work bridges synthetic polymer chemistry with sustainable materials engineering.