Dr Christina Picken

Christina joined as a postdoctoral research associate in 2020 and works in collaboration with Unilever  on the synthesis and testing of bio-based and degradable polymers for liquid formulations. Her other research interests include green chemistry and sustainable lab practices. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Reading which included a year in industry at Johnson Matthey, where she worked in Fuel Cell R&D. She then completed a PhD at University College London exploring polymeric pharmaceutics and later applied this to studying polymeric self-assembly for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes at Somaserve Ltd. She is passionate about building sustainability into research, achieved the first gold LEAF lab award at UoM and helps lead lab sustainability efforts across the university. She actively supports outreach activities and events which promote equality, diversity and inclusion within STEMM.