• Question: @Helena is there a famous scientist from the area you study in?

    Asked by Talitha to Helena on 17 Mar 2016.
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      Helena Quilter answered on 17 Mar 2016:

      Hi Talitha! There are lots of famous scientists in my field. One that I look up to is Paul Anastas from the University of Yale in America. He came up with a set of rules that chemists should follow for their work to be green and not harm the environment! I use them all the time! I was really lucky and got to go to a conference where he was speaking recently so I got a chance to meet him!

      Another famous scientist in the area of green chemistry is Martyn Poliakoff – he’s a professor in Nottingham. As well as some amazing research he does a series of videos about chemistry called Periodic Videos. They’re really good! You can see them here: http://www.periodicvideos.com He’s the guy with the crazy hair!

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