Ben grew up in Lichfield, Staffordshire, in the United Kingdom. His research career started while earning his undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Bristol, where he spent two summers and a final year master's project studying organometallic complexes. After graduating from Bristol with a first class honors degree in 2011, he moved to Vancouver, BC, Canada to do his PhD under the supervision of Professor Derek Gates. During this time, he studied main-group-containing polymers, and his thesis focused on the photophysical properties of various novel phosphorus-containing macromolecules. Having arrived in the Rowan lab, he is keen to learn more about polymer synthesis, structure-property relationships, and supramolecular chemistry.
Ben's research focuses on developing new interlocked polymers. He aims to develop synthetic routes to poly[n]catenanes with a view of learning about the material properties of these unique macromolecules.
Development of Masitinib Derivatives with Enhanced Mpro Ligand Efficiency and Reduced Cytotoxicity
Cintia A Menendez, Adil Mohamed, Gustavo R Perez-Lemus, Adam M Weiss, Benjamin W Rawe, Guancen Liu, Alex E Crolais, Emma Kenna, Fabian Byléhn, Walter Alvarado, Dan Mendels, Stuart J Rowan, Savaş Tay, Juan J de Pablo Molecules 2023, 28(18), 6643
Understanding How Cationic Polymers’ Properties Inform Toxic or Immunogenic Responses via Parametric Analysis
Adam M. Weiss, Marcos A. Lopez II, Benjamin W. Rawe, Saikat Manna, Qing Chen, Elizabeth J. Mulder, Stuart J. Rowan*, and Aaron P. Esser-Kahn* Macromolecules 2023, 56, 18, 7286–7299
Balancing ring and stopper group size to control the stability of doubly threaded [3]rotaxanes
Jerald E. Hertzog, Guancen Liu, Benjamin W. Rawe, Vincent J. Maddi, Laura F. Hart, Jongwon Oh, Neil D. Dolinski and Stuart J. Rowan* Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023,21, 6969-6978
The effect of thread-like monomer structure on the synthesis of poly[n]catenanes from metallosupramolecular polymers
Marissa M. Tranquilli, Benjamin W. Rawe, Guancen Liu, Stuart J. Rowan, RSC Chem. Sci., 2023, 14 2596 DOI: 10.1039/D2SC05542B
Polycatenanes: synthesis, characterization, and physical understanding
Guancen Liu, Phillip M Rauscher, Benjamin W Rawe, Marissa M Tranquilli, Stuart J Rowan, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022,51, 4928-4948
Metastable doubly threaded [3]rotaxanes with a large macrocycle
Jerald E. Hertzog, Vincent J. Maddi,Laura F. Hart, Benjamin W. Rawe, Phillip M. Rauscher, Katie M. Herbert, Eric P. Bruckner, c Juan J. de Pablo and Stuart J. Rowan. Chem. Sci. (2022), 13, 5333-5344
Material properties and applications of mechanically interlocked polymers
Hart, L. F., Hertzog, J. E., Rauscher, P. M., Rawe, B. W., Tranquilli, M. M., & Rowan, S. J. (2021). Material properties and applications of mechanically interlocked polymers. Nature Reviews Materials.