FEMS Junior EUROMAT 2024

Dr Kate Thornton

President IOM3 (2023-2024) & Lead Research Scientist, Croda,

Kate is Lead Research Scientist at Croda where she has been for 12 years, responsible for new product development. Kate studied Engineering in Biomedical Material Science with Industrial Experience, adding a PhD in Biomaterials from the University of Manchester.

Kate first became involved in IOM3 with the then Younger Members' Committee (now Student & Early Career Committee) in 2008, then progressing to Vice-President in 2016, and most recently Senior Vice-President, contributing to Executive Board and Advisory Council meetings. Kate is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist and Fellow of IOM3.

During her presidency, Kate plans to focus on international activity and those at an early career level within IOM3. Kate adds, ‘Ensuring we foster an inclusive environment isn’t just beneficial to those we want to attract, it’s beneficial to all of us. It’s essential that the opinions, experiences and values that collectively make up IOM3 are as diverse as possible.’

: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-thornton-uk

Professor Paloma Fernández Sánchez

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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Dr Ilija Rasovic

Associate Professor of Nanomaterials & Interdisciplinary Science Education, University of Birmingham

Ilija is Associate Professor of Nanomaterials and Interdisciplinary Science Education at the University of Birmingham, and is the incoming Chair of the Student and Early Career Committee of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. He is particularly interested in carbon nanomaterials, especially the fullerenes, their modification, self-assembly behaviour, and biomedical applications. He is an award-winning science communicator and staunch advocate of interdisciplinary education and widening participation in higher education.