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Peter Budd is a Professor of Polymer
Chemistry at the University of Manchester. He was born in 1957 in Asmara, Eritrea.
During his childhood he lived for periods in the UK and for periods abroad
(Aden and Asmara). He went to School in London (St Mary's Primary School,
Finchley, 1963-1968), Asmara (M.E.G.M. English School, 1968-1972) and
Ramsgate (St. Lawrence College, 1972-1975). He obtained a first class honours
BSc in Chemistry from the University of Manchester in 1978, and a PhD from
the same institution in 1981. After eight years working as a Research
Chemist at the BP Research Centre in Sunbury-on-Thames, he returned to the
University of Manchester in 1989 as a lecturer, subsequently being promoted
to senior lecturer, reader, and then professor. He met Alma whilst they were students at
university and they were married in 1982. Outside of work, they enjoy walking
in the mountains (especially in the English Lake District). Peter has for
many years been a Lay Reader in the Church
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MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem
FRSC) Member of the American Chemical Society Member of SCI Member of the European Membrane Society Fellow of the Higher Education Academy |
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