Polymer and peptide chemistry, design of nucleic acid mimetics, supramolecular chemistry, recycling and sustainable technologies.

1. Benjamin Baker, Wayne Hayes, Howard Colquhoun, Erol Hasan, “Repairable Polymer Compositions” EU Patent: EP 3 555 189 B1, 16.03.2022.

2. Nandi, P.D. Sykes, E. Hasan, C. Rubbi, M. Barrow, J.P. Neoptolemos, E. Costello, M. Rosseinsky, C.M. Halloran, “Gemcitabine-loaded and antibody-tagged superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as targeted drug vehicles in pancreatic cancer cell lines” HPB, Volume 18, e776, April 2016.

3. Erol Hasan, Steve Furzeland, Derek Atkins, Dave J. Adams, and Jonathan V. M. Weaver, “Direct synthesis and aqueous solution behaviour of pH responsive, zwitterionic and three-layered branched copolymer nanoparticles” Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 625-627.

4. Jelena Trmcic-Cvitas, Erol Hasan, Madeleine Ramstedt, Xin Li, Matthew A. Cooper, Chris Abell, Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Julien E. Gautrot. “Biofunctionalized Protein Resistant Oligo(ethylene glycol)-Derived Polymer Brushes as Selective Immobilization and Sensing Platforms” Biomacromolecules 2009 (10), 2885-2894

5. Frederik Claeyssens, Erol A. Hasan, Arune Gaidukeviciute, Demetra S. Achilleos, Anthi Ranella, Carsten Reinhardt, Aleksandr Ovsianikov, Xiao Shizhou, Costas Fotakis, Maria Vamvakaki, Boris N. Chichkov, Maria Farsari. “Three-Dimensional Biodegradable Structures Fabricated by Two Photon Polymerization” Langmuir 2009,25, 3219-3223

• MSc in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (Sofia,  Bulgaria), Thesis: “Modifications of antibiotics with phosphorus,” 1994-1999.
• Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry, Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Sofia, Bulgaria), Thesis “Thermo-associative copolymers based on PNIPAAm, PEO, and PPO,” 2000-2003.

• Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)