Hi I'm
Dr Vijay Kumar Thakur

I am a Biorefining and Functional Materials Professor and the Head of the Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Centre (BAMRC). I am a polymer chemist by qualification and a materials scientist by training. My research activities span the disciplines of Biorefining, Bioplastics, Biomaterials, Green Chemistry, Composites, Manufacturing, Nanomaterials, Polymers, Packaging, Photocatalysts, Recycling, and all aspects of Advanced and Sustainable Materials.

I joined SRUC in 2020 and have previously held positions at the School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, UK; the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, USA; and Temasek Laboratories @ NTU, Research Techno Plaza, Nanyang Technological University – Singapore; Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Iowa State University, USA and Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering - LHU – Taiwan.

My group's current research efforts focus on the design, synthesis, characterisation and applications of monomers/ polymers from biorenewable resources; bioplastics; biomaterials; environmental remediation; utilisation of waste materials; biofuels and biobased products; recycling; intelligent materials; functional surface coatings; polymer aerogel/ hydrogel, photocatalysis, sensing, nanotechnology and nanomaterials.

I have published over 350 SCI journal articles in the field of chemical sciences/ materials science and hold one United States patent. I have also published 54 books and 42 book chapters on polymer science/materials science/nanotechnology with numerous publishers.

I sit on the editorial board of several SCI journals as Associate Editor/ Editor/ Editorial Advisory Board Member.