Rate My Professor Clovia Holdsworth

Trained as a polymer chemist, Professor Holdsworth's research focuses on molecularly imprinted polymers for use as extractants and sensing materials, with expertise in supramolecular chemistry, sensor technology, and macromolecular materials. Her contributions include pioneering MIP synthesis using ionic liquids as porogens, microwave irradiation, and development of two-dimensional MIP films. She has collaborated on projects involving plasma polymerisation of greenhouse gases and capillary electrophoresis with MIPs. In teaching, she coordinates and delivers courses in organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, instrumental methods, and polymer chemistry at undergraduate levels. Holdsworth has received the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2010), multiple Faculty Teaching and Learning Awards (2008/2009, 2011, 2014, 2018), CESE Leadership Excellence Award (2022), and Balik Scientist Program recognition (2010). Notable publications encompass 'Molecular Imprinting Made Easy' (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004), 'Preparation and Binding Evaluation of Histamine-Imprinted Polymers' (2016), and 'Synthesis of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Using a Functionalized Initiator' (2020).