High Polymer Research Group

Polymers for an increasingly challenging world

Photograph of Athene Donald.

Prof. Dame Athene Donald DBE, FRS
Chair
University of Cambridge

Photograph of Adrian Birch.

Dr Adrian Birch
Secretary and Treasurer Retired Dow Fellow/HPRG

Photograph of Mike Elwell.

Dr Mike Elwell
Assistant Secretary
MELWELLConsulting

Photograph of Cameron Alexander.

Prof. Cameron Alexander
University of Nottingham

Photograph of Lorna Dougan.

Prof. Lorna Dougan
University of Leeds

Photograph of Jennifer Garden.

Dr Jennifer Garden
Edinburgh University

Photograph of Matthew Gibson.

Prof. Matthew Gibson
University of Manchester

Photograph of Amy Goddard.

Amy Goddard
Croda

Photograph of Amit Kumar.

Dr. Amit Kumar
University of St Andrews

Photograph of Clare Mahon.

Prof Clare Mahon
Durham University

Photograph of Neal Williams.

Dr. Neal Williams
CPI

Photograph of Paul Topham.

Prof. Paul Topham
Aston Universtiy

The High Polymer Research Group is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (Registered number: 206902, registered 22nd Oct 1962).

The banner for our 2026 conference is by kind permission of Zena Holloway, Bio-designer at ROOTFULL.

The High Polymer Research Group is grateful to the following companies and organisations for their support of our 2025 conference Responsive Polymers and Active Matter, our 63rd annual conference:

Silver sponsors:

Bronze sponsors: