Charlotte K. Williams OBE FRS - Curriculum Vitae#

Research and Innovations

• H-index = 51 (WOS, 01/2021); ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0734-1575
  
• Peer reviewed journal publications = 147 (see publication list)
  
• Granted International Patents = 20; Patent Applications = 17.
  
• > 60 Keynote and Plenary lectures; >60 lectures to university departments or industry

Leadership and Service

• Chair of the Chemical Sciences in Society: ‘Science to Enable Sustainable Plastics’ (2019 - 2020)
  
• RSC Policy Briefing: ‘Sustainable Plastics’ (Parliamentary Enquiry in Plastic Packaging) (2019)
  
• Royal Society Policy Briefing: “Future of Fuels” (2019)
  
• Policy Connect-UKRI Parliamentary Presentation: Zero Plastic Waste (2018)
  
• Royal Society Policy Briefing: “The Potential and Limitations of Using CO2” (2017)
  
• Royal Society Sackler Report: “Dealing with CO2 at Scale” (2017)
  
• Royal Society UK Industrial Strategy Roundtable (Deep Technology) (2017)

Networks, Advisory Boards and Committees

• Charity Trustee and Committee Member: High Polymer Research Group (2014 - 2020)
  
• EPSRC Strategic Advisory Team: Manufacturing the Future (2020 - 2023)
  
• The UK Catalysis Hub Management Group (Impact and Translation) (MG: 2013 - 2018; SG: 2018 - 2023)
  
• Management Group EPSRC CDT (Inorganic Chemistry for Future Manufacturing) (2019 - 2025)
  
• International Advisory Board Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (2020-2024)
  
• Scientific Advisory Board Research Complex at Harwell (2020 - 2023)
  
• External Advisory Board: Cardiff Catalysis Institute (2014 - 2021)
  
• Prizes and Awards Committee, RSC Materials Division (2019 - 2022)
  
• Editorial Advisory Boards: Chemical Science (2019 - 2022), Organometallics (2017 - 2020); Inorganic Chemistry (2018 - 2021)

Commercialization of Research

• Founder, Director and CSO of econic technologies (http://www.econic-technologies.com)
  
• Fund-raising: >£20 M investment (OGCI, Jetstream, IP Group, WIM)
  
• Employer: >30 staff at sites in Macclesfield (Alderley Edge) and Runcorn (The Heath)

Current Research Grants

• EPSRC Leadership Fellowship Switchable Plastic Manufacturing (PI) £1.6 M 2019 - 2024
  
• Oxford Martin School Future of Plastics (PI), £1 M, 2019-2023
  
• Shell Long-Term Technologies Division (Dense Energy Carriers (co-I), £2.2 M, 2018 - 2021
  
• Faraday Institute: SOLBAT, £8.2 M, 2018 - 2023
  
• SCG, Polymerization Catalysis, £1.5 M, 2016 - 2022
  
• The UK Catalysis Hub (£12.9 M, 2013-2018; ~£10 M, 2018-2023)
  
• EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre in Inorganic Chemistry for Future Manufacturing (£10 M, 2019 - 2027)
  

Media and Outreach

Oxford Museum of Natural History (2020); New Scientist (2018); Chemistry World (2020, 2019, 2017); The Times (2017); BBC Radio 4 Costing the Earth (2016); Imperial College Festival (2015 and 2016 – >10,000 attendees); CPD Reach-OUT “Carbon Dioxide to Polymers” (http://www.reachoutcpd.com). Distributed to >2000 UK primary school teachers (2014); London Design Museum (2013); BBC Radio 4 In our Time (2012)