Louisa Esdaile

Louisa Esdaile is a Research Fellow at the Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology within the College of Science and Engineering at Flinders University. Her work focuses on sustainable materials science and environmental remediation.

• Research Themes: Inverse vulcanization, mercury sorbents, porphyrin-based molecular wires, and waste valorization.
• SDG Contributions: Targeting UN Sustainable Development Goals related to responsible consumption, climate action, and clean water.

Recent Research Trends include:

• Design of sulfur-based polymers for heavy metal capture
• Innovations in inverse vulcanization for composite materials
• Studies on electron transport in porphyrin oligomers
• Development of sustainable adsorbents for PFAS and mercury removal

Collaborations span Australia, the UK, and the US, with frequent contributions to high-impact journals like ChemSusChem and ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.