prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕

Interesting discussion with @jamestapper.bsky.social today on the Global Plastics Treaty. The elephant in the room: consumerism and the global economy addicted to it. Without addressing the need to go for durable and repairable products and not opt for "fast" or "single use", humanity will be lost.

Added a small extra chapter after colloid motion...rheology of dispersions.

Yes, it will be a textbook for people who wish to get into the field.

Chapters will be: 1) Introduction to colloids. 2) Emulsion polymerization. 3) On colloid motion. 4) On colloid stability. 5) Industrial applications 6) Sustainability and Environmental Fate.

Five years ago, during the COVID lockdown I wrote the first version of my polymer colloids course as an online e-book. I am finally converting and updating it to a (digital) textbook, and try it out this fall/winter. After that, the plan is to release it. 🥽🍎🧪

Absolutely not a doomer attitude. I agree there are many uses of products that are totally unnecessary. Still humanity produces it, still we all consume it. To single out plastics as the "bad" material without addressing overconsumption is in my view oversimplified.

It is easy to say "must reduce production", but this inevitably means humanity must reduce consumption, which I am sorry to say people as a whole will not do. A second point: what will you replace plastics with? It will be challenging to find environmentally sustainable alternatives.

a woman is holding a pair of glasses and says that 's all Alt: Meryl Streep is holding a pair of glasses and says that 's all in the Devil wears Prada.

Our response:

Warwick marketing ‘fiasco’ shows ‘education isn’t a luxury brand’ Experts warn institutions against losing sight of their purpose, as more details emerge about university’s prolific spending on PR activities

Warwick marketing ‘fiasco’ shows ‘education isn’t a luxury brand’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/warwick...

We will be more active here on bluesky with what we are up to in our research team, and our teaching activities at the University of Warwick. Finally gave up on X.

The BonLab delegation attending the 2025 IPCG Conference in Sète, France.

We had a fantastic time at the International Polymer Colloids Group 2025 Conference in Sète, France.

Talk ready: CHECK. Flights on time:CHECK. On my way to the best polymer colloids event in the world. #IPCG2025

Awards for Alex Fletcher and Mars Poxon — BonLab Alex Fletcher , a 4th-year PhD researcher working on sustainable polyester dispersions and a team member of BonLab, won best research talk at the annual Department of Chemistry symposium at the Univer...

www.bonlab.info/blog/2025/6/...

Warwick drives green growth with £13m EPSRC hub in plastics — BonLab New 7-year £13.6M Manufacturing Research Hub in Sustainable Engineering Plastics between the University of Warwick, the University of Manchester, and UCL announced by UKRI/EPSRC.

www.bonlab.info/blog/2025/6/... 🧪🍎🥽

Alex Fletcher from BonLab wins a best talk award at the University of Warwick Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium 2025.

Many congratulations to Alex Fletcher who won a best talk award at today's annual @warwickchem postgraduate symposium. Fantastic news for the team. #Sustainability #warwickuni 🥽🍎🧪

What would be good to see in an EU-UK deal is that anyone with settled status should no longer need a Schengen visa to enter the EU as this currently is a tremendous hurdle thanks to Brexit. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu #UK-EUdeal

Anca Hurda - BonLab undergraduate researcher

This week we welcomed Arda Hunca to the team as an undergraduate researcher. His project involves the synthesis of polymer latexes using CKA monomers. 🥽🍎🧪

PROTECT THE DOLLS

Transport dynamics of microplastics within aquatic vegetation featuring realistic plant morphology Despite the significance of rivers and streams in transporting terrestrial microplastics (MP) to the oceans, limited research has focused on the role …

Hot of the press. A collaboration with the team of Soroush Abolfathi at the University of Warwick. Mingqi Guo did a fantastic job! 🧪🍎🥽 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

With Academia under financial pressure, this article hits home. It is time to focus on our core objectives and purpose. academic.oup.com/brain/articl... 🥽🍎🧪

BonLab's honorary member.

BonLab's honorary member.

BonLab spring 2025

Great new team pic!

BonLab villa

Welcome to the BonLab villa

We are on our way for our annual group getaway. Looking forward to excellent team building and science the next 3 days!

On the way to Manchester University to do a PhD viva. Am looking forward to the day with @dantoolan.bsky.social, Lee Fielding, Michael Shaver, and of course the candidate Haoyan Pan.

Sustainable polymers sandpit at the University of Warwick.

Fantastic to see the enthusiasm from people from all parts of Warwick University today at our Sandpit. Sustainable polymer science and engineering sits at our heart. We are committed to innovate, together with our students and external partners and deliver a green leap forward for society.

Profs Joserra Leiza, Alex van Herk, and Stefan Bon in Donostia

A big thank you to Joserra Leiza for the great times and beautiful food in Donostia @polymat.bsky.social and to Alex van Herk for his great company.

Next-generation printing inks at University of Warwick on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Next-generation printing inks at University of Warwick, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Join our team in 2025.

On the way to Donostia for a PhD defence. Looking forward to catching up with the people @polymat.bsky.social

PhD Studentship: Next-generation Printing Inks at University of Warwick Apply for a PhD Studentship: Next-generation Printing Inks. Discover a wide range of PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLH628/p... Join our team in 2025!