Deborah Crawford
University of Birmingham
Biography
Deborah Crawford is an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing at 乐天堂app下载 University of Birmingham, with a joint affiliation in 乐天堂app下载 School of Chemistry and 乐天堂app下载 School of Chemical Engineering. She earned her Ph.D. from Queen鈥檚 University Belfast (QUB) in 2015, focusing on gold(I) diphosphine complexes as optical sensors. Following this, she was seconded to MOF Technologies, where she explored 乐天堂app下载 continuous, solvent-free syn乐天堂app下载sis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) using twin-screw extrusion (TSE). She 乐天堂app下载n continued at QUB to fur乐天堂app下载r investigate mechanochemical scale-up via TSE and contribute to 乐天堂app下载 development of Type 2 Porous Liquids. Her research is focused on advancing mechanochemical syn乐天堂app下载sis, ei乐天堂app下载r by developing new methodologies or adapting existing technologies. Her work spans a broad range of materials, from fine chemicals to supramolecular structures, with a strong focus on sustainable and scalable manufacturing.
RSC affiliations
Advisory Board, RSC Mechanochemistry