Katie J. Lamb

Katie J. Lamb
Science and Technology Facilities Council | STFC

Doctor of Chemistry
Currently working as a SHE technician for STFC Daresbury Laboratories, creating a safe working enviornment for all.

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Introduction
Katie J. Lamb completed her PhD at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) at the University of York in 2017, performing research in carbon dioxide catalysis, organic chemistry and electrochemistry. From 2018 to 2023, Katie undertook Royal Society UK-Brazil GCRF funded, and UKRI funded, PDRA roles. These focussed on Green CDU and policy development for a UK Chemical Circular Economy. Since late 2023, Katie has been working as a Health, Safety, and Environment Technician for STFC.
Additional affiliations
July 2021 - August 2021
The University of Sheffield
Position
  • PostDoc Position
Description
  • I shall be focussing on developing evidence-based policies for the implementation of a circular economy in the chemicals manufacturing industries. This will involve working alongside other Universities, industrial partners, stakeholders, Government and the newly founded UKRI-Interdisciplinary Centre for the Chemicals Circular Economy. Whilst this role is based at the University of Sheffield, I shall be conducting this role under a hybrid/working system and be primarily based in Liverpool
October 2020 - July 2021
University of Liverpool
Position
  • Technician
Description
  • Was responsible for the day-to-day running of the Teaching Laboratories at the Central Teaching Laboratories at the University of Liverpool. Was responsible for instrument maintenance and bookings, preparing laboratories for undergraduate science courses, and providing a safe working and teaching environment for researchers and students during the current COVID-19 pandemic
July 2017 - March 2018
University of York
Position
  • Technician
Description
  • Provided critical support to research teams (approximately 30 people) at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence. Built strong working relationships across multiple groups and played a key-role in the success of the Centre.
Education
October 2014 - August 2017
University of York
Field of study
  • Green Chemistry
October 2009 - August 2014
University of York
Field of study
  • Chemistry Degree, with my Masters Project in "Synthesis of Siderophore-Conjugate Drugs"

Publications

Publications (30)
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An electrochemical cell comprising a novel dual-component graphite and Earth-crust abundant metal anode, a hydrogen producing cathode and an aqueous sodium chloride electrolyte has been constructed and used for carbon dioxide mineralisation. Under an atmosphere of 5% carbon dioxide in nitrogen, the cell exhibited both capacitive and oxidative elect...
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The synthesis of novel tetrahydroquinoxalines by a metal induced one–electron reductive cyclisation of salophen ligands was found to occur when a salophen ligand was treated with chromium(II) chloride or decamethylcobaltocene
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TikTok is a social media video-based phone application which enables creative and engaging videos to be shared on social media platforms worldwide. TikTok has been applied to create fun, exciting, and engaging 15–60 s long chemistry outreach educational videos, to encourage public dissemination of science with a systems thinking approach. With the...
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More global action towards climate change in the UK is needed now. Carbon dioxide levels need to be decreased globally and more sustainable practices implemented throughout all sectors in the UK. Whilst many steps have been taken in the UK to reduce its overall carbon footprint, the UK chemical sector must become more sustainable. Whilst carbon dio...
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The combination of a chromium(III) salophen bromide complex and tetrabutylammonium bromide is shown to catalyze the reaction between terminal epoxides and carbon dioxide at ambient temperature and 1 bar carbon dioxide pressure and between internal epoxides and carbon dioxide at 80 °C and 10 bar carbon dioxide pressure to form cyclic carbonates. The...
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) occurs naturally, though its emissions have been increasing due to anthropogenic activities, and its increasing atmospheric concentration levels are causing a greenhouse effect. In efforts to develop new carbon dioxide utilization (CDU) methodologies, the catalyzed reaction of CO2 with epoxidized vegetable oil, obtained from Br...
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The photopolymerization process has been widely studied due to its use in painting/coating, dentistry, creating photoresist materials and more recently in 3D printing. Therefore, new monomers have been synthesized to be used in this growing area. Here, a new Brazilian biomass derived, renewable monomer from macaw vegetable oil is presented. This mo...
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The use of metal complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis and polymer chemistry has attracted much attention over the last few decades and there have been remarkable achievements in this area. However, most catalytic processes rely on the use of precious metals such as iridium, ruthenium, platinum, and palladium among others. Moreover, the price...
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Metal-catalyzed processes play a key role in the current chemical industry since it allows the development of a broad range of chemical transformations, such as C─H activation or C─C and C─heteroatom bond forming reactions, for the synthesis of valuable organic products or innovative materials. Currently, the majority of metal-catalyzed reactions a...
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The crystal structure of [Al(tBu-salen)]2O.HCl shows major changes compared to that of [Al(tBu-salen)]2O. The additional proton is localized on the bridging oxygen atom, making the aluminium atoms more electron deficient. As a result, a water molecule coordinates to one of the aluminium atoms, which becomes six-coordinate. This pushes the salen lig...
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This review is focused on the rapidly developing area of organocatalysed cyclic carbonate synthesis. It starts with an introduction to carbon capture and utilisation in general, which introduces the importance of cyclic carbonates. The various mechanisms for cyclic carbonate synthesis are next discussed with a focus on the relative and absolute ste...
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The ability to produce new and renewable, epoxidized Brazilian vegetable oils from baru nut (Dipteryx alata Vogel) and macaw palm (Acrocomia aculeata) oil, using a fast and clean heterogeneous catalytic method, was investigated. The Wijs method and Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H-NMR) analysis were utilized, and compared to one another, to ca...
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Urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) is a monomer widely used in photopolymerization reactions to produce biomaterials, due to its advantageous properties such as mechanical resistance and relatively low viscosity. However, this monomer is expensive. Reducing the quantity of UDMA monomer required to obtain the final polymer, without losing its main prope...
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This Review highlights the principal crops of Brazil and how their harvest waste can be used in the chemicals and materials industries. The Review covers various plants; with grains, fruits, trees and nuts all being discussed. Native and adopted plants are included and studies on using these plants as a source of chemicals and materials for industr...
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The ability to produce new and renewable, epoxidized Brazilian vegetable oils from baru nut (Dipteryx alata Vogel) and macaw palm (Acrocomia aculeata) oil, using a fast and clean heterogeneous catalytic method, was investigated. The Wijs method and Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1 H-NMR) analysis were utilized, and compared to one another, to c...
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This review surveys six classes of heterogeneous catalysts that have been used in the conversion of epoxides and CO2 into cyclic carbonates; metal organic frameworks (MOFs); silica-based catalysts; organic polymer supports; metal oxides; zeolites and carbon-based catalysts. Many of these catalysts are extremely active in the ring-opening of termina...
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The outcome of ring‐expansion reactions based on amino/hydroxyacid side‐chain insertion is strongly dependent on ring size. This manuscript, which builds upon our previous work on Successive Ring Expansion (SuRE) methods, details efforts to better define the scope and limitations of these reactions on lactam and β‐ketoester ring systems with respec...
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The reduction of carbon dioxide has gained much attention due to increasing environmental concerns about global warming associated with carbon emissions from industrial effluents and public transport etc. In this regard, considerable attention has been devoted to the chemical conversion of carbon dioxide, and its incorporation into synthetic organi...
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By modification of pore size and morphology, pore‐expanded variants of SBA‐15 and KIT‐6 have been utilised as mesoporous silica supports for the immobilisation of a bimetallic aluminium‐salen complex. The performance of the resulting heterogeneous catalysts in the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from carbon dioxide and terminal epoxides was assessed...
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The Cover Feature shows how sun, seawater, and waste aluminium can be combined to enable the electrochemical mineralisation of carbon dioxide. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Lamb, Dowsett, et al.
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An electrochemical cell comprising a novel dual-component graphite and Earth-crust abundant metal anode, a hydrogen producing cathode and an aqueous sodium chloride electrolyte has been constructed and used for carbon dioxide mineralisation. Under an atmosphere of 5% carbon dioxide in nitrogen, the cell exhibited both capacitive and oxidative elect...

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