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Tony Ryan
Scientist
Tony Ryan is the ICI Professor of Physical Chemistry and Director
of the Polymer Centre at the University of Sheffield. He was born
and schooled in Leeds and undertook his degree studies at UMIST
in Manchester. His research covers the synthesis, structure,
processing and properties of polymers and he helped define the
field of polymer nanotechnology. Ryan has co-authored more than
200 papers and 8 patents, also co-authoring the book
‘Polymer Processing and Structure Development’, first
published in 1998. He has lectured internationally and to a broad
range of audiences.
Ryan is a regular contributor to the media, including appearances
on Radio 4’s Start the Week and the Material World
programmes. He writes articles for The Independent and The Daily
Telegraph newspapers. Following his selection to present the
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 2002, he became the first
Senior Media Fellow of the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council (EPSRC).
In 2006, Tony Ryan was made an OBE for Services to Science.
see also: www.polymercentre.org.uk
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Copyright ©2005 The Helen Storey Foundation, the University
of Sheffield, The University of Ulster/Interface
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Tony Ryan : photo - Kamin
Walton
Video still of Wonderland experiment : film
by Pinny Grills
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