Department of Chemistry
Dr Tom Dugmore
Tel: + 44 (0)1904 325893
Email: tom.dugmore@york.ac.uk
Lecturer
Dr Tom Dugmore is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry specialising in teaching Green Chemistry, particularly at postgraduate level on the MSc in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technology. He is a graduate of the University of York at both MChem and PhD level, specialising in Green Chemistry throughout before spending time in industry in the Waste Management sector, returning to the University in 2013 and taking up a lectureship in 2019.
A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he works both within the Department and across the wider university in implementing greener principles into the curricula through development of interdisciplinary undergraduate option modules and promotion of the MSc principles locally and across the Higher Education sector. He is also involved in schools and outreach programmes, promoting the work of the Green Chemistry group in the wider community and helping inspire the next generation of chemists.
His own work focuses on the valorisation of food waste into useful chemical products and materials in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly the target 12.3 to halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses by 2030.
Selected Publications
Mesoporous-rich calcium and potassium-activated carbons prepared from degreased spent coffee grounds for efficient removal of MnO4− in aqueous media
S. Bose, R.D. Kirk, H. Maslen, M.A. Pardo Islas, B. Smith, T.I.J. Dugmore, A.S. Matharu
RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 19417-19423
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA02214A
Antimicrobial activity of a silver-microfibrillated cellulose biocomposite against susceptible and resistant bacteria
J.A. Garza-Cervantes, G. Mendiola-Garca, E.M. de Melo, T.I.J. Dugmore, A.S. Matharu, J.R. Morones-Ramirez
Scientific Reports, 2020, 10, 7281
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64127-9
Adsorption of Eriochrome Black-T(EBT) using tea waste as a low cost adsorbent by batch studies: A green approach for dye effluent treatments
M. Bansal, P. Kishore Pantala, T.I.J. Dugmore
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crgsc.2020.100036
Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2020, 3, 100036
Life-Cycle Assessment of Microwave-Assisted Pectin Extraction at Pilot Scale
G. Garcia-Garcia, S. Rahimifard, A.S. Matharu, T.I.J. Dugmore
ACS SusChemEng, 2019, 7 (5), 5167-5175
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06052
Valorisation of Biowastes for the Production of Green Materials Using Chemical Methods
T.I.J. Dugmore, J.H. Clark, J. Bustamante, J.A. Houghton, A.S. Matharu
Topics in Current Chemistry, 2017, 375, 46
