Andrew V. Chapman

Dr Andrew V. Chapman Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre Brickendonbury Hertford, Herts United Kingdom SG13 8NL Email: achapman@tarrc.co.uk Biographical Sketch: Dr. Andy Chapman is a Senior Principal Scientist and Head of the Materials & Biotechnology Division at the Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (TARRC) at Brickendonbury, near Hertford, England. He was trained as a chemist, graduating from Cambridge University, and after an MSc, PhD and post docs, specializing mainly in heterocyclic chemistry, joined TARRC (then MRPRA) at the beginning of 1984, where he has remained ever since. During this period, his areas of interest have grown from focussing on vulcanization chemistry, to also include rubber blends, rubber ageing and reinforcement of rubbers by fillers. He has led or helped to lead several EU-funded projects. He will be presenting work from an investigation of application of epoxidised natural rubber (ENR) in tyre tread compounds