Matthew Davidson is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath. He graduated in Chemistry from the University of Wales, Swansea in 1990 and received a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1993. He was elected to a Research Fellowship at St John’s College Cambridge in 1992 and held Lectureships in the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge (1995) and at Durham University (1995-1999) before being appointed to a Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Bath in 1999.He established the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at Bath in 2008 and is currently Director of its EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC). Professor Davidson is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and is a previous recipient of the Harrison Memorial Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Royal Society Industry Fellowship

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Mckeown, P., Davidson, M., Kociok-Kohn, G. and Jones, M., 2016. Aluminium Salalens vs. Salans:“Initiator Design” for the Isoselective Polymerisation of rac-Lactide. Chemical Communications McKeown, P., Davidson, M.G., Lowe, J. P., Mahon, M. F., Thomas, L. H., Woodman, T. J. and Jones, M. D., 2016. Aminopiperidine based complexes for lactide polymerisation. Dalton Transactions, 45 (12), pp. 5374-5387. Hutchings, G. J., Catlow, C. R. A., Hardacre, C. and Davidson, M. G., 2016. Catalysis making the world a better place:satellite meeting. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2061), 20150358. Robinson, T. P., Price, R. D., Davidson, M. G., Fox, M. A. and Johnson, A. L., 2015. Why are the {Cu4N4} rings in Copper (I) Phosphinimide Clusters [Cu{μ-N=PR3}]4 (R = NMe3 or Ph) Planar? Dalton Transactions, 44 (12), pp. 5611-5619. Buchard, A., Carbery, D. R., Davidson, M. G., Ivanova, P. K., Jeffery, B. J., Kociok-K?hn, G. and Lowe, J. P., 2014. Preparation of stereoregular isotactic poly(mandelic acid) through organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization of a cyclic O-carboxyanhydride. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 53 (50), pp. 13858-13861. Forder, T. R., Mahon, M. F., Davidson, M. G., Woodman, T. and Jones, M. D., 2014. Synthesis and characterisation of unsymmetrical Zr(iv) amine tris(phenolate) complexes and their application in ROP of rac-LA. Dalton Transactions, 43 (31), pp. 12095-12099. Chuck, C. J., Davidson, M. G., Gobius Du Sart, G., Ivanova-Mitseva, P. K., Kociok-K?hn, G. I. and Manton, L. B., 2013. Synthesis and structural characterization of group 4 metal alkoxide complexes of N, N, N ′,N ′-tetrakis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine and their use as initiators in the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of rac -lactide under industrially relevant conditions. Inorganic Chemistry, 52 (19), pp. 10804-10811. Bull, S.D., Davidson, M.G., Van Den Elsen, J.M.H., Fossey, J.S., Jenkins, A.T.A., Jiang, Y.-B., Kubo, Y., Marken, F., Sakurai, K., Zhao, J. and James, T.D., 2013. Exploiting the reversible covalent bonding of boronic acids:Recognition, sensing, and assembly. Accounts of Chemical Research, 46 (2), pp. 312-326. Smith-Badorf, H. D., Chuck, C.J., Mokebo, K.R., MacDonald, H., Davidson, M.G. and Scott, R.J., 2013. Bioprospecting the thermal waters of the Roman Baths:Isolation of oleaginous species and analysis of the FAME profile for biodiesel production. AMB Express, 3 (1), 9. Firth, B. P., Kolaczkowski, S. T., Davidson, M. G. and Awdry, S., 2013. Biodiesel Production in Fixed-Bed Catalytic Reactors. In: ChemEngDayUK 2013, 2013-03-25 - 2013-03-26. Armstrong, D. R., Davidson, M. G., Garcia-Vivo, D., Kennedy, A. R., Mulvey, R. E. and Robertson, S. D., 2013. Monomerizing alkali-metal 3,5-dimethylbenzyl salts with tris(N, N-dimethyl-2-aminoethyl)amine (Me6TREN):Structural and bonding implications. Inorganic Chemistry, 52 (20), pp. 12023-12032. Cousins, D. M., Davidson, M. G. and García-Vivó, D., 2013. Unprecedented participation of a four-coordinate hydrogen atom in the cubane core of lithium and sodium phenolates. Chemical Communications, 49 (100), pp. 11809-11811. Forder, T., Jones, M. and Davidson, M., 2013. Unsymmetrical group 4 amine tris(phenolate) complexes as initiators for the controlled polymerisation of racemic-lactide. In: SuBiCat 1: Symposium on sustainable catalytic conversions of renewable substrates, 2012-03-24 - 2013-03-26. Sotenko, M.V., Rebro?, M., Sans, V.S., Loponov, K.N., Davidson, M.G., Stephens, G. and Lapkin, A.A., 2012. Tandem transformation of glycerol to esters. Journal of Biotechnology, 162 (4), pp. 390-397. McKen, K., Pink, C., Lyon, L. and Davidson, M., 2012. Research360:Data in the Research Lifecycle. Chuck, C. J., Bannister, C. D., Jenkins, R. W., Lowe, J. P. and Davidson, M. G., 2012. A comparison of analytical techniques and the products formed during the decomposition of biodiesel under accelerated conditions. Fuel, 96, pp. 426-433. Cross, A. J., Davidson, M. G., García-vivó, D. and James, T. D., 2012. Well-controlled synthesis of boronic-acid functionalised poly(lactide)s: a versatile platform for biocompatible polymer conjugates and sensors. RSC Advances, 2 (14), pp. 5954-5956. Firth, B., Kolaczkowski, S. T., Davidson, M. G. and Awdry, S., 2012. Biodiesel Production in Fixed-Bed Catalytic Reactors. In: Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry 2012, 2012-07-21 - 2012-07-28. Davidson, M., 2012. New Catalysts for the Production of Bio-Based and Degradable Plastics. University of Bath. Scott, R., Arnot, T. and Davidson, M., 2012. Using Algae in the Wastewater Treatment Process: Sustainable Technology at the University of Bath. University of Bath.