Katie J. LambThe University of Sheffield | Sheffield · Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Katie J. Lamb
Doctor of Chemistry
Developing evidence-based policies for the implementation of a circular economy in the chemicals manufacturing industry
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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 2018-2020, Katie undertook a Royal Society UK-Brazil GCRF funded PDRA role with Professor Michael North. Katie is currently a Research Associate in the Chemical Circular Economy, working for Professor Peter Styring at the University of Sheffield and UKRI Circular Chemical Centre.
Additional affiliations
July 2021 - August 2021
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
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
March 2018 - October 2020
Position
- PostDoc Position
Description
- Researched the "Development of New, Commercially Viable Catalysts for the Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Epoxides and Carbon Dioxide” for a Royal Society UK-Brazil GCRF funded project.
Education
October 2014 - August 2017
October 2009 - August 2014
Field of study
- Chemistry Degree, with my Masters Project in "Synthesis of Siderophore-Conjugate Drugs"
Publications
Publications (29)
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
Projects
Projects (8)
The National Interdisciplinary Centre for the Circular Chemical Economy (UKRI CircularChem Centre) brings together stakeholders from academia, industry, government, NGOs and general public to transform the UK’s chemical industry into a fossil-independent, climate-positive and environmentally-friendly circular economy. As part of a £30 million strategic government investment it will play a key role in helping the UK to reduce waste and the environmental impacts of production and consumption and creating opportunities for new UK industries.
The role of the policy team is to advise the UK Government in any future policies that are developed, and to integrate more evidence-based policies (when appropriate) into future UK policies. Any research publications that the policy team at the University of Sheffield contribute to or publish are included in this project folder.
Research conducted into Green Chemistry, including papers, review articles and book chapters, whilst working at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence at the University of York.
Research in promoting novel and innovative chemistry and science education
