Professor Andrew B. Lowe

BSc (Hons) DPhil DSc CSci CChem MRSC MRACI

Academic Appointments

 

June 2009-                               Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering

                                                     Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD)

                                                     School of Chemical Sciences & Engineering

                                                     The University of New South Wales

                                                     Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

 

June 2008 - May 2009          Associate Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering (tenured)

August 2007-June 2008       Associate Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering

                                                     School of Polymers & High Performance Materials

                                                     118 College Drive #10076  

                                                     University of Southern Mississippi, Box 10076

                                                     Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.

 

July 2006-August 2007        Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry

June 2002-July 2006            Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry

                                                     Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

                                                     118 College Drive #5043    

                                                     University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5043

                                                     Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.

      

Research Interests

· Synthesis and characterization of novel functional monomers and (co)polymers.

· Controlled (co)polymer synthesis via classical living techniques and controlled living free radical polymerization,

      with an emphasis on Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization.

· Synthetic applications of the thiol-ene, thiol-yne, and thiol-isocyanate “click” reactions.

· Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP).

· Controlled alkyne metathesis polymerization.

· Transition metal-mediated polymerizations.

· Controlled synthesis of polyesters.

· Chemical modification of synthetic (co)polymers.

· Water-soluble/amphiphilic (co)polymers.

· Biomimetic (co)polymers for antiadherent/antimicrobial applications.

· Biologically active (co)polymers, and controlled drug release.

· ‘Smart’, stimuli-responsive polymers.

 

Education/Qualifications     

 

December 2009

             Doctor of Science (DSc)

             School of Chemistry

             University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.

 

October 1993 – December 1997

             Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) – Polymer Chemistry

             School of Molecular Sciences

             University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.

             Advisors: Professor Steven P. Armes and Professor Norman C. Billingham (Emeritus)

             CASE award sponsors: ICI Paints

             Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterisation of Novel Ionic Water-Soluble Block Copolymers

 

October 1990 – May 1993

             Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) in Chemistry with Polymer Science

             School of Molecular Sciences

             University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.

 

Research Appointments

1999 – 2002

             Senior Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

             Department of Polymer Science

             University of Southern Mississippi

             Hattiesburg MS 39406, USA.

             Academic Advisor: Dr. Charles L. McCormick

 

1997 – 1998

             Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

             School of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science

             University of Sussex

             Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.

             Academic Advisor: Professor Steven P. Armes (currently at The University of Sheffield)

 

Honors/Achievements      

Awarded a Sir Eric Rideal bursary to visit Dr. Zdenek Tuzar, at the institute of Macromolecular Sciences, Prague, as part of an on-going international collaboration.

Invited to chair the opening session of the Stimuli Responsive, Water-Soluble and Amphipathic Polymers symposium at the 218^th ACS National meeting in New Orleans (August 1999).

Recipient of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in the Life Sciences (2003), awarded by Oakridge Associated Universities.

Recipient of a University of Southern Mississippi Summer Faculty Research Grant (2004).

Invited to give a plenary lecture at the 2005 National Starch/ICI Research & Development meeting in Bridgewater, NJ, on Water-Soluble, Stimuli-Responsive Polymers.

Recipient of the 2005 Junior Faculty Research Award (awarded by the USM Faculty Senate/Office of the President).

Selected to appear in the Manchester Who’s Who 2005-2006 Edition.

Invited to participate in the iPRIME workshop on Controlled Radical Polymerization, The University of Minnesota, May 2007.

Invited to present a lecture at the Gordon Research Conference on Polymers (East), June 2007.

 

Professional Membership            

· The Royal Australian Chemical Institute (MRACI), 2009-present.

· The Royal Society Chemistry/The Science Council, Chartered Scientist (CSci), 2004- present.

· The Royal Society of Chemistry, Chartered Chemist and Member (CChem MRSC), 2001-present.

· The Royal Society of Chemistry, graduate member (GRSC), 1999-2001.

· The American Chemical Society.

             - Polymer Division Sub-group.