Greater Coventry Area
Dr Paul Wilson is a Royal Society Tata University Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick. He previously studied chemistry at the University of Bristol (MSci, 1st Class, 2006) before completing a PhD in organic chemistry (Warwick, 2010). After spending 18 months working in a spin out company working on reversible deactivation radical polymerisation and bioconjugation R&D, Paul returned to Warwick in late 2011 as a PDRA and then senior research fellow in the group of Prof Dave Haddleton. At the end of 2013, he took a senior research fellow (group leader) position in the group of Prof Tom Davis as part of the Monash – Warwick Alliance before being awarded a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship in 2015. Paul has expertise in (macro)molecular synthesis, supramolecular chemistry (self-assembly), bioconjugation and surface modification, all of which feature prominently in his current research. His URF is focused on developing a platform for nanoscale synthesis and nanofabrication, through combining the capabilities of scanning electrochemical probe microscopy techniques with electrochemically-mediated organic, macromolecular and supramolecular chemistry to enable localised, spatially and temporally controlled chemical synthesis and modification at surfaces and interfaces.
Investigating synthetic modalities for scanning electrochemical probe microscopy to develop novel methods for 3D/4D micro/meso/nanofabrication
Developing polymeric arsenicals as a platform for functional (nano)materials
Senior research fellow in polymer synthesis working prolifically on reversible deactivation radical polymerisation methodologies and the development of efficient protein/peptide-polymer conjugation strategies. Warwick group leader for Prof Tom Davis between 2013 - 2016