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Biosensor Network researchers come from a diverse background and bring together a broad range of research expertise.

To make it easier for you to search our many researchers to find those with expertise of interest to you, we have arranged them by their research applications:

Healthcare applications
Environmental applications
Security applications

Academic staff currently carrying out research with healthcare applications.

Name	Department	Research areas
Dr Stefan Bagby	Department of Biology and Biochemistry	Graphene-biomolecule interfacing Nanobiosensors
Professor Simon Bending	Department of Physics	Magnetic sensors, magnetic imaging and magnetic labelling Graphene (and other 2D crystal) devices including biosensors Nanoscale magnetism and superconductivity
Dr Nikolay Bogatyrev	Department of Mechanical Engineering	TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) - methodology for systematic inventions/innovations Biomimetics: theoretical and practical sides Amalgamating and mutual enriching of biology and technology at various levels
Professor Chris Bowen	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Sensor Materials Nanostructured materials Ferroelectrics
Dr Begona Delgado-Charro	Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	Non-invasive sampling across the skin Transdermal and topical drug transport Drug delivery to the nail
Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo	Department of Chemical Engineering	Nanostructured Enzyme Electrodes Amperometric Bionsensors Microfluidic Biofuel Cells
Dr Karen Edler	Department of Chemistry	Ordered nanoporous oxides, polymers, polyelectrolytes as powders and thin films Micelle, polymer, lipid & protein self-assembly in solution and on surfaces X-ray and neutron small angle scattering for nanostructure characterisation
Dr Marianne Ellis	Department of Chemical Engineering	Upstream bioprocessing for tissue engineering Design and fabrication of bioreactors for large-scale cell culture Scaffold design for pseudovascularisation
Dr Pedro Estrela	Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Label-free molecular biosensors Electrical and electrochemical biosensor arrays Nanobiosensors
Professor Christopher Frost	Department of Chemistry	Electronic labels for DNA and Proteins Electrochemical biosensor arrays Aptamers for molecular sensing
Professor Richie Gill	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Mechanics of joints Initiation of disease Optimisation of treatment
Dr Sergey Gordeev	Department of Physics	Fabrication of specialized AFM probes for manipulation of biological structures Nanosurgery of biological cells Nanoscale mechanics of skin cells
Professor Richard Guy	Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	Graphene-based biosensor for noninvasive, transdermal glucose monitoring Sensing skin "health" using iontophoresis Coherent Raman spectroscopy to 'sense' changes in skin formulations
Professor Tony James	Department of Chemistry	Molecular recognition of saccharides (carbohydrates), cations and anions Sensor design and construction (including fluorescent, colorimetric and electrochemical) Organic synthesis (including the synthesis of novel fluorophores and chromophores)
Professor Frank Marken	Department of Chemistry	Nanoparticle & Nanocarbon Assemblies at Electrode/Sensor Surfaces Liquid - Liquid Ion Insertion and Expulsion Processes Reaction Mechanisms, Electrosynthesis, and Electrocatalysis
Dr Davide Mattia	Department of Chemical Engineering	Design of micro- and nanofluidic systems for lab-on-a-chip type application Integration of nanostructured materials in microchannels and lab-on-a-chip Development of nanostructured supports for sensing applications
Dr Eamonn O'Neill	Department of Computer Science	Human-Computer Interaction Pervasive Computing Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
Dr Julian Padget	Department of Computer Science	Formal organizational modelling for sensor networks design and management High-level analysis, distribution and visualization of sensor data Optimization of sensor networks using design optimization and machine learning
Dr Giordano Pula	Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	Cardiovascular cell biology, physiopathology, and pharmacology Blood and vascular cell signal transduction Cell motility, angiogenesis, and tissue repair
Dr Stephen Roser	Department of Chemistry	Neutron and X-ray scattering from thin films Biomembrane mimics Nanoparticle and small molecule interaction with surfaces
Dr Manuchehr Soleimani	Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Tomographic imaging for biomedical, industrial processes and material science applications Magnetic induction, electrical resistance/capacitance tomography Volumetric X-ray computed tomography, micro-CT
Dr Daniel Wolverson	Department of Physics	Triplet oxygen generation by nanosilicon for photodynamic cancer therapy Optical spectroscopy of semiconductor heterostructures Raman microscopy and resonance Raman

Academic staff currently carrying out research with environmental applications.

Name	Department	Research areas
Dr Stefan Bagby	Department of Biology and Biochemistry	Graphene-biomolecule interfacing Nanobiosensors
Dr Philippe Blondel	Department of Physics	Acoustic sensors for the marine environment Mapping marine habitats (water column, seabed, sub-seabed) Human impacts on underwater environments
Dr Nikolay Bogatyrev	Department of Mechanical Engineering	TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) - methodology for systematic inventions/innovations Biomimetics: theoretical and practical sides Amalgamating and mutual enriching of biology and technology at various levels
Professor Michael J.Danson	Department of Biology and Biochemistry	Molecular enzymology of extremophiles Microbial second-generation biofuel production from waste biomass Enzyme structure, function and stability
Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo	Department of Chemical Engineering	Nanostructured enzyme electrodes Amperometric biosensors Microfluidic biofuel cells
Dr Karen Edler	Department of Chemistry	Ordered nanoporous oxides, polymers, polyelectrolytes as powders and thin films Micelle, polymer, lipid & protein self-assembly in solution and on surfaces X-ray and neutron small angle scattering for nanostructure characterisation
Dr Pedro Estrela	Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Label-free molecular biosensors Electrical and electrochemical biosensor arrays Nanobiosensors
Professor Christopher Frost	Department of Chemistry	Electronic labels for DNA and proteins Electrochemical biosensor arrays Aptamers for molecular sensing
Professor Tony James	Department of Chemistry	Molecular recognition of saccharides (carbohydrates), cations and anions Sensor design and construction (including fluorescent, colorimetric and electrochemical) Organic synthesis (including the synthesis of novel fluorophores and chromophores)
Dr Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern	Department of Chemistry	Water quality/water treatment Environmental pollution Environmental forensics/environmental epidemiology
Professor Frank Marken	Department of Chemistry	Nanoparticle and Nanocarbon assemblies at electrode/sensor surfaces Liquid - liquid ion insertion ad expulsion processes Reaction mechanisms, electrosynthesis and electrocatalysis
Dr Davide Mattia	Department of Chemical Engineering	Design of micro and nanofluidic systems for lab-on-a-chip type applications Integration of nanostructured materials in microchannels and lab-on-a-chip Development of nanostructured supports for sensing applications

Academic staff currently carrying out research with security applications.

Name	Department	Research areas
Dr Nikolay Bogatyrev	Department of Mechanical Engineering	TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) - methodology for systematic inventions/innovations Biomimetics: theoretical and practical sides Amalgamating and mutual enriching of biology and technology at various levels
Professor Chris Bowen	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Sensor Materials Nanostructured materials Ferroelectrics
Dr Pedro Estrela	Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Label-free molecular biosensors Electrical and electrochemical biosensor arrays Nanobiosensors
Professor Christopher Frost	Department of Chemistry	Electronic labels for DNA and proteins Electrochemical biosensor arrays Aptamers for molecular sensing
Professor Tony James	Department of Chemistry	Molecular recognition of saccharides (carbohydrates), cations and anions Sensor design and construction (including fluorescent, colorimetric and electrochemical) Organic synthesis (including the synthesis of novel fluorophores and chromophores)
Dr Eamonn O'Neill	Department of Computer Science	Human-Computer Interaction Pervasive Computing Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
Dr Julian Padget	Department of Computer Science	Formal organizational modelling for sensor networks design and management High-level analysis, distribution and visualization of sensor data Optimization of sensor networks using design optimization and machine learning
Professor John Taylor	Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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