Starbons - Separation made Simple.If you need a biodegradable, sustainable solution for separating one entity from another, then talk to us.A start up from the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) at the University of York, Starbons Ltd is now a privately owned, independent company. We manufacture and market Starbon®, a patented class of bio-based mesoporous materials which can be tailored to solve a specific separation problem. Starbon® can outperform existing materials across a range of market applications through unique selectivity and superior adsorption and catalytic properties.

Battery recycling project

Reactions of amines and hydrazines with alkyl carbonates to form carbamates. This included establishing an order of reactivity of amines with carbonates, finding a new route to BOC protected amines and a novel route to 1,3-oxazinanones.

Helped in running the teaching labs and worked on a number of externally funded small projects.

Ph.D under Prof. Jim Howell working on the production of composite materials from copolymers incorporating renewable resources. This involved the synthesis of sustainable monomers and surfactants followed by emulsion polymerisation and application as pressure sensitive adhesives in the production of bio-boards and/or tiles.