Event Details

Speaker: : Prof. Jan Skakle (FRSE), Aberdeen. Abstract: The apatite structure is very flexible and a good starting point for many types of substitutional solid state chemistry. In this talk I will cover our work on substituted apatites as applies to medical implants, pigments, decarbonisation and remediation. It will also look at the road from fundamental “blue skies” research through to commercialisation.

Bio-sketch: Professor Jan Skakle is a solid-state scientist, having studyied Physics in the UK and enjoying some postdoctoral experience in Japan. Jan is a Fellow of both the Institute of Physics and Royal Society of Chemistry. Her research focus is on structure/property relationships in oxide materials and in general the application of crystallography and diffraction of methods to materials problems. Jan has worked at the University of Aberdeen since 1994 and served as Head of the School of Natural and Computing Sciences from 2012 to 2018. She was a founding inventor of the synthetic bone-graft company Sirakoss.

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