‘I went on my first anti-racism march when I was 14’

A photograph showing Tom Welton

Source: © Imperial College London

Meet Tom Welton, RSC president, ionic liquid guru and vocal advocate for inclusion and diversity in the chemical sciences

Meet Tom Welton, RSC president, ionic liquid guru and vocal advocate for inclusion and diversity in the chemical sciences. In this Q&A, he talks about his journey from his undergraduate chemistry degree to his work today using ionic liquids for processing biomass to replace synthetic polymers in packaging materials.

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