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Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Timothy Leighton FRS FREng FMedSci ScD

Professor of Ultrasonics
Other researchers

Professor Robert Eason

Emeritus Professor George Attard

Research interests

  • the primary focus of my research is on understanding the fundamental properties and behaviour of complex chemical systems;
  • the discovery that certain types of naturally-occuring glycosides, when formulated to produce self-assembled nanoparticles are potent modulators of immune responses;
  • the discovery that lyotropic liquid crystalline phases can be used as templates for the synthesis of nanostructured mesoporous oxides, semiconductors and metals, which led to the foundation of Nanotecture PLC, a University spin-out;

Professor Robert Wood

Professor of Surface Engand Tribology

Research interests

  • Professor Robert Wood has research interests that span the application of lubrication, wear and friction science to current and next generation critical machine components such as bearings, transmissions, turbines, pumps, renewable energy systems and electrification of transportation. His research projects look at detecting wear, corrosion, friction and lubrication using these measurements to improve condition monitoring of machines including EVs and aeroengine fan blades and to optimise surface engineering for extended service life, energy efficiency and to drive tribology based digital twins and machine learning development.

Professor Robert Read

Chair of Infectious Diseases

Professor Charles Keevil

Professor In Environmental Health Care

Professor Emma Roe

Professor of More-Than-Human Geographies

Professor Jeremy Frey

Professor of Physical Chemistry

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Acoustics Group

Our group’s research topics range from the protection of marine mammals to the medical use of ultrasonics and the environmental effects of aircraft noise.

Computational Systems Chemistry

Our research covers a broad range of domains from nanoscale materials properties, atmospheric chemistry, through to biological systems.

Microbiology

We work on topics like patient treatment regimens, catheter design and management, and surgical instrument decontamination.

Nanophotonics Group

We perform fundamental optical physics and materials research. This is critical for the discovery and development of new and improved optoelectronic technologies.

Research outputs

Capillary-based reverse transcriptase loop-mediated isothermal amplification for cost-effective and rapid point-of-care COVID-19 testing
Anto John,
Peijun He,
Ioannis Katis,
Panagiotis Galanis,
Alice Iles,
R.W. Eason,
& Collin Sones
, 2021 , Analytica Chimica Acta , 1185
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.339002
Type: article
Improving livestock feed safety and infection prevention
Weng Yee Chong,
Christian Cox,
Thomas J Secker,
Charles W Keevil,
& Timothy G Leighton
, 2021 , Ultrasonics Sonochemistry , 71 , 105372
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105372
Type: article
The possibilities of using Ultrasonically Activated Streams to reduce the risk of foodborne infection from salad
Weng Yee Chong,
Thomas Secker,
Craig Dolder,
Charles Keevil,
& Timothy Leighton
, 2021 , Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology , 47 (6) , 1616--1630
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.01.026
Type: article
The hitchhiker's guide to the periplasm: unexpected molecular interactions of polymyxin B1 in E. coli
Conrado Pedebos,
Iain Peter Shand Smith,
Alister Boags,
& Syma Khalid
, 2021 , Structure , 29 (5) , 444--456.e2
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2021.01.009
Type: article
Local photo-polymer deposition-assisted fabrication of multilayer paper-based devices
Panagiotis Galanis,
Peijun He,
Ioannis Katis,
Alice Iles,
Anto J.U. Kumar,
R.W. Eason,
& Collin Sones
, 2020 , Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical , 322
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2020.128574
Type: article