Professor Greg Qiao

Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry and Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

Mimicking nature’s own plastic

Amino acid is the building block of life and researchers are aiming to use them as the basis to chemically produce compostable plastics to help address our worsening plastic waste problem

Sciences & Technology

Designing the materials of the future

Researchers in the Polymers Lab are creating revolutionary new materials with healthcare and environmental solutions in mind

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