Welcome to the Buchard Group website. We are interested in the use of renewable resources in catalysis, in particular for the synthesis of sustainable polymers. Our group is located in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York in the UK, and part of York's Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence.

News

2025 so far...

12/11:New article in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on catalyst selection for polymer chemical recycling, in collaboration with Prof. Charlotte Williams and Dr Thom McGuire from the University of Oxford. Congratulations!
20/09: Welcome to Freya and Lottie for the final year masters research project.
15/09: Welcome to the group to Dan, Emily, Helena, Jake, Jess and Zameer.
8-10/09: We have organised the Faraday Discussions meeting in Oxford Polymerisation and depolymerisation chemistry: the second century.
23/06: New article in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on polymer chemical recycling catalysis, in collaboration with the Uni. of Oxford.
23/05: New article in Polymer Chemistry on biohybrid polycarbonates, a study led by Prof. Arjan Kleij from ICIQ and his team. Congrats Jack!
2/03: Aniruddha joins us as part of The Sustainable Chemicals & Materials Manufacturing (SCHEMA) Hub.
04/02: Our team and that of Prof Sneddon have been awarded £2 million by EPSRC and Synthomer.
14/01: Our paper with Prof Tanja Junkers on the depolymerisation of PLA under continuous flow conditions is out in Chemical Science.

Join the team

October 2026: 2 PhD positions available

We are also keen to support funding applications for researchers to join us.

Do not hesitate to get in touch by email.

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training:
Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet

University of York - University of Oxford

University of York Department of Chemistry PhD studentship

We have moved!

Since April 2024, our team is now part of the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, and located within the Department of Chemistry of the University of York.

For opportunities to join us there: get in touch by email.