Professor Andrew Cooper FRS

Cooper is distinguished for his outstanding and broad contributions to the design-based discovery of a range of functional materials encompassing polymers prepared using supercritical fluid solvents, templated structures, nanoparticles, and porous solids. In particular, his innovative work has introduced new classes of materials such as porous organic polymers with extended conjugation, and molecular organic crystals with high levels of porosity, which have changed the perception of what is possible in this field. In collaboration with computational chemists, he has developed strategies for the supramolecular synthesis of functional molecular crystals in a more designed way.

Subject groups

  • Chemistry

    Chemistry, materials

Awards

  • Hughes Medal

    For the design and synthesis of new classes of organic materials with applications in energy storage, energy production and energy-efficient separations.

Professor Andrew Cooper FRS
Elected 2015

Committees

Participated Role
Sectional Committee 3: Chemistry December 2016 - October 2019 Member
Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Sr. R'search F'ship Panel January 2024 - December 2026 Member