
Dr Olivier Cayre
- Position: Associate Professor (Academic)
- Areas of expertise: Colloid engineering; particle design; heterogeneous polymerisation; encapsulation; interfacial phenomena; emulsions; foams.
- Email: O.J.Cayre@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 4939
- Location: 2.36 Chemical and Process Engineering Building
- Website: My Personal Site | My Other Personal Site | Twitter | LinkedIn | Googlescholar | Researchgate
Profile
Olivier Cayre (OC) is an Associate Professor is the School of Chemical and Process Engineering. OC received a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Hull in 2005 and then spent time as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Chhemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. He then moved to the University of Leeds as a university resarch fellow and was promoted to lecturer (2012) and associate professor (2017) in the School of Chemical and Process Engineering. Research in OC’s group is focused on both fundamental and applied aspects of colloid particle and polymer systems engineering. In particular, OC collaborates with soft matter colleagues both in academica and industry at the University of Leeds, in the UK and internationally to design functional colloidal and polymeric systems. He is an author of over 100 scientific articles including 11 patents and 3 book chapters.
Google scholar link: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=mqPL8zAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Previous Research Group Members (PhD students and Post-Doctoral Research Fellows)
Karen Mitchell (2015) – Now @ Beckitt Benkiser
James Hitchcok (2015) – PDRA @ University of Leeds
Yuanyuan Zhou (2016) – Now @ Ricoh Products Ltd
Kirsty Stark (2017) – Now @ Batelle
Mohmed Mulla (2017) – Now @ Johnson & Johnson
Emily James (2017) – Medical Student @ University of Cambridge
Calum Ferguson (2018) – Group Leader @ Max Planck Institute
Assim Fiaz (2019) – Now @ St Gobain
Juliette Behra (2019) – PDRA @ University of Montpellier
Kai Yu (2019) – Associate Professor @ Jiangsu University
Dr Huagui Zhang – Associate Professor @ Fujian Normal University
Dr Alison Tasker – PDRA @ University of Queensland
Responsibilities
- Co-leader of Colloid and Polymer Engineering Research Group
Research interests
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Design and synthesis of functional colloidal and polymeric systems
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Heterogeneous polymerisation
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Emulsions and foams
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Adsorption at surfaces and interfaces
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Controlled and self-assembly of colloidal systems
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Colloid particle manipulation using external forces (e.g. magnetic and electric fields)
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Microencapsulation systems
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Complex formulated products
Professional memberships
- Member of the Colloid & Surface Science Committee of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- Member of the Society for Chemistry in Industry
Student education
Final year research project lead.
Research groups and institutes
- Complex Systems and Processes
- Institute of Process Research and Development
- Functional Materials
- Industrial Biotechnology and Bio-waste
Projects
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<li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/887-the-physics-of-microgels-and-other-soft-colloids">The physics of microgels and other soft colloids</a></li>