Rideal Lecture 2022 and Symposium on Particles at a Range of Fluid Interfaces

Dr. Ana Maria Bago Rodriguez graduated with a Master in Analytical Chemistry from the Institut Quimic de Sarrià (IQS), Ramon Llull University (Barcelona) (2015). She then moved to the University of Hull (U.K.), where she obtained her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. B.P. Binks (2018). The project, fully funded by Shiseido (Japan), focused on emulsions stabilised by polyelectrolyte complexes formed upon the electrostatic interaction of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. In 2019, Dr. Ana Maria Bago Rodriguez joined the One-Flow Project as a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hull working on catalysis in Pickering emulsions for efficient enzymatic transformations. She is currently at Reckitt (Hull) supporting the R&D Innovation team to find the next breakthrough innovation with a big focus on Sustainability.

Andrew started his training in colloid and interface science under the supervision of Professor Bernard P. Binks at the University of Hull. He found his interest in this topic during his MChem final year project, which focused on the transitional phase inversion of particle-stabilised water-in-air formulations (“dry water”), into air-in-water foams. Andrew then continued his studies under the supervision of Professors Bernard P. Binks and Paul D.I. Fletcher, where his Ph.D. research, sponsored by the EPSRC and GSK, focused primarily on the permeation of API’s from simple solutions, particle dispersions, and particle-stabilised emulsions, through membranes such as the skin or packaging polymer laminates. A further 3 years of post-doctoral GSK-sponsored research followed, which focused on the development of novel sunscreen formulations that maintain their SPF value after application to the skin. In 2016, Andrew moved to industry to work at GSK’s Global Manufacture and Supply site in Barnard Castle (UK), where he worked for 2 years as a lead scientist resolving technical challenges across all of GSK’s pharmaceutical liquids, creams and ointment products. Andrew then moved to GSK’s Consumer Healthcare business in 2018, where he since remains, working in a multitude of different roles to provide technical assistance and leadership in the development of FMCG products from innovation through to commercial launch.

Bernard Binks graduated with a BSc (1983) and a PhD (1986) in Chemistry at the University of Hull. After postdocs. in Paris and Hull, he was appointed Lecturer at the University of Hull in 1991 and promoted to Professor in 2003. His research interest include surfactants, colloidal dispersions and the behaviour of particles at fluid interfaces. He has been awarded 6 prizes, has published over 350 papers and 17 patents and is currently a Senior Editor of Langmuir.

Binglei Song received his PhD degree from Fuzhou University in 2010. He is a member in Prof. Zhenggang Cui’s surfactant and colloids group, which closely cooperates with Prof. Binks in researches. He is also a visiting scholar in Prof. Wuge Briscoe’s group of University of Bristol since 2021. His research area includes the self-assembly of novel surfactants, emulsions and Pickering emulsions, and chemicals in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). He is supported by two NSFC funds aiming at the self-assembly of rosin-based surfactants. He is now an associate professor in Jiangnan University.

Professor Brent S. Murray is a physical chemist leading the Food Colloids & Bioprocessing Group in the School of Food Science & Nutrition, with 40 years experience working in diverse aspects of colloid and interface science, in both academia and industry. Main research interests include interfacial rheology of adsorbed biopolymer/biosurfactant films in relation to colloidal stability; modelling and measuring adsorption and conformation of biopolymers at fluid interfaces; gels, particle-stabilized emulsions & foams. Recently led the Leeds part of Soft Matter and Functional Interfaces (SOFI) CDT, renewed (2019) as SOFI2; member of new (2019) Molecules to Product CDT at Leeds; member of Bragg Centre Management Board.

Manos Anyfantakis studied materials science (BSc) and applied molecular spectroscopy (MSc) at the University of Crete, Greece. He earned a PhD in polymer physical chemistry (2010), under the supervision of Dr. Loppinet, Prof. Fytas (Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas) and Prof. Butt (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany). After his military service, he returned to MPIP for a postdoc with Dr. Auernhammer that introduced him to the intriguing world of surface science. In 2013, Manos joined Prof. Baigl’s team at École Normale Supérieure, France as a postdoc and a year later he won a Marie
Curie fellowship. Profiting from the unique team atmosphere and the freedom he was given, he initiated various projects ranging from particle deposition and patterning to 2D colloid crystallization. In 2017, he
joined Prof. Lagerwall’s group at the University of Luxembourg, where he opened the door to another fascinating soft matter class, liquid crystals. Since 2019, he is a Principal Investigator thanks to a Core
Junior grant from the Luxembourg Research Fund.

Valeria Garbin is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. Her research is focused on microscale transport phenomena in soft and biological matter, ranging from colloids at interfaces, lipid vesicles and hydrogels, to yield-stress fluids. Dr Garbin’s fundamental research program aims to help develop innovative solutions for sustainable processes and product, drug delivery, bioprocessing, and advanced materials. Valeria has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant, was the 2018 recipient of the McBain medal (SCI/RSC), and the 2020 recipient of the Soft Matter Lectureship (RSC).