Recently, Cohort 10 student Emily Dixon attended EUPOC 2026 – Designing New Polymers by Combining High-Throughput and Artificial Intelligence Tools in Bertinoro, Italy.

 

Emily presented her research on D-Optimal Design for Enzymatic Ring-Opening Polymerisation of ε-Caprolactone, exploring how design of experiments can optimise enzymatic polyester synthesis and push sustainable polymer science forward. Surrounded by researchers applying machine learning and AI to polymer problems, Emily engaged in inspiring discussions on interdisciplinary collaboration between polymer chemists, computational chemists, and data scientists.

 

It's always fantastic to see our students sharing their work on the research stage and contributing to the wider scientific community. �� ��

 

A big thank you to the conference organisers and fellow delegates for such a stimulating event, and to Emily's supervisor Dr Vincenzo Taresco for their continued support.