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Serendipity in science: how a chance encounter spiralled into a collaboration

A chance meeting at an 51³Ô¹ÏÍø workshop led two 51³Ô¹ÏÍø professors to leave early and tackle a complex mathematical equation. They never returned to the workshop. That moment marked the beginning of a long-standing research collaboration, multiple joint publications and, ultimately, a spinout company, quaisr.

As a follow-up to The Observer’s article entitled , which references this particular encounter, the following interview brings together 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professors , Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and , current Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and incoming Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, to reflect on an unexpected moment that changed the course of their research careers. 

Timeline | Professors Richard Craster and Omar Matar

Serendipity in science | Professors Richard Craster and Omar Matar have their say

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