Prof Michael Shaver

Professor Michael Shaver is the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Sustainable Automotive Plastics and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. His career has been built on collaboration in his native Canada (Mount Allison University, University of British Columbia, University of Prince Edward Island) and his adopted UK home (Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh and the University of Manchester). In Manchester, he is Director of the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub and Director of Sustainable Futures, both at the University of Manchester, where he leads initiatives in sustainable polymers and champions strategic, interdisciplinary, sustainable solutions to environmental challenges.