Shubhangi Umbarkar – Panel discussion: consequences globally of forecast changes in PGM supply

ABSTRACT   BIOGRAPHY Present Position:  Senior Principal Scientist Chair, Catalysis Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune PhD from IIT Bombay (1996) in Organometallic Chemistry Postdoctoral research as DAAD fellow in Karlsruhe Germany (1998) Research areas Environmental catalysis Oxidative desulfurisation Valorisation of bio-derived materials like glycerol, lactic acid, lactates, edible & non-edible oils Development of mesoporous solid...

Wilma Swarts – Current applications of PGMs

ABSTRACT Slide deck: Wilma_PGMLandscape BIOGRAPHY Director of PGM Research, Metals Focus Wilma heads all platinum group metals research at Metals Focus with 16 years’ experience in the platinum group metals industry. She has 12 years’ experience in the PGM mining industry focused on metal sales and marketing from her time at Lonmin, where she was Head...

Jenny Watts – Panel discussion: consequences globally of forecast changes in PGM supply

ABSTRACT   BIOGRAPHY Dr Jenny Watts leads SFA (Oxford)’s clean energy, hydrogen strategies, and PGM technologies research team. She has a wide-ranging chemical industry background, with significant laboratory and international plant experience.  With SFA (Oxford), Jenny has conducted specialist assignments across the value chain for PGM producers, catalyst fabricators, automotive companies, industry stakeholders and investors. ...