Greg Solan is Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry within the School of Chemistry at the University of Leicester, UK. He gained his PhD degree at the University of Cambridge and a BSc degree in Chemistry with European Studies from the University of Sussex. Dr Solan has over 30 years of experience in homogeneous catalysis, organometallic chemistry and polymer chemistry. He is an author of over 220 articles and 8 world patents (H-index 46). He has received several international awards including the ExxonMobil European Science and Engineering Award and visiting professorships at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, and the Shanghai University of Electric Power.