Emma Catterson

Emma grew up on the West Coast of Scotland, and has also lived in Edinburgh.  She graduated in 2020 with an MSc in Chemistry from Heriot-Watt University; her Masters project was ‘Novel Synthetic Routes to Arene Ruthenacarboranes’, undertaken with Professor Alan Welch.

Emma’s PhD on the depolymerisation of polyolefins will ultimately contribute to the reduction of plastic waste.