Circa Renewable Chemistry Institute academics present their research in China
Professor James Clark and Dr Roxana Milescu were participants at the international 5th IWA Resource Recovery Conference in Shenzen, China.
James gave a Plenary entitled "Getting Molecular Value from Waste," and Roxana contributed to the conference with a poster presentation entitled "Antifouling and Antibacterial Water Filtration Carbon Nanotubes Membranes Fabricated Using the Bio-based Polar Aprotic Solvent Cyrene."
In this showcase of her latest research, she demonstrated innovative approaches to sustainable filtration membranes. The event, attended by over 700 delegates, drew an additional 15,000 online viewers.
Beyond the conference, James and Roxana visited Fudan University, a prestigious institution in China. Roxana delivered an invited lecture on "Cyrene, a Sustainable Solvent for Applied Chemistry," drawing an impressive audience of 2500 students who joined the session online.
This collaborative engagement marked the initiation of a partnership between CRCI and Fudan University, including an agreement to translate the Green Kid comic (Issue 1 described the green solvent Cyrene discovered in York) into Mandarin.