Invited by Prof. Yang, Professor Robert G (Bob) Gilbert visited our group on Oct. 21st，2013. He gave a lecture called “Branched Polymers: advances in synthesis, structure, and application”.

Professor Robert G (Bob) Gilbert is a Research Professor at the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia). His research program centres on the relations between starch and glycogen structure (both being highly branched glucose polymers) and nutrition, especially diabetes and obesity. He also has interests in polymerization in disperse media, including emulsion polymerization.