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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

Low-dose nitric oxide as targeted anti-biofilm adjunctive therapy to treat chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis
Robert P. Howlin,
Katrina Cathie,
Luanne Hall-Stoodley,
Victoria Cornelius,
Caroline Duignan,
Raymond N. Allan,
Bernadette O. Fernandez,
Nicolas Barraud,
Ken D. Bruce,
Johanna Jefferies,
Michael Kelso,
Staffan Kjelleberg,
Scott A. Rice,
Geraint B. Rogers,
Sandra Pink,
Caroline Smith,
Priya S. Sukhtankar,
Rami Salib,
Julian Legg,
Mary Carroll,
Thomas Daniels,
Martin Feelisch,
Paul Stoodley,
Stuart C. Clarke,
Gary Connett,
Saul N. Faust,
& Jeremy S. Webb
, 2017 , Molecular Therapy , 25 (9) , 2104--2116
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2017.06.021
Type: article
Dissection of the host-pathogen interaction in human tuberculosis using a bioengineered 3-dimensional model
Liku B. Tezera,
Magdalena Bielecka,
Andrew Chancellor,
Michaela Reichmann,
Basim Al Shammari,
Patience Brace,
Alex Batty,
Annie Tocheva,
Sanjay Jogai,
Ben G. Marshall,
Marc Tebruegge,
Suwan N. Jayasinghe,
Salah Mansour,
& Paul Elkington
, 2017 , eLife , 6
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.21283
Type: article
Cephalosporin-3’ -diazeniumdiolate NO-donor prodrug PYRRO-C3D enhances azithromycin susceptibility of Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae biofilms
Samuel A. Collins,
Michael J. Kelso,
Ardeshir Rineh,
Nageshwar R. Yepuri,
Janice Coles,
Claire L. Jackson,
Georgia D. Halladay,
Woolf T. Walker,
Jeremy S. Webb,
Luanne Hall-Stoodley,
Gary J. Connett,
Martin Feelisch,
Saul N. Faust,
Jane S.A. Lucas,
& Raymond N. Allan
, 2017 , Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy , 61 (2) , e02086--16
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02086-16
Type: article
D-methionine interferes with non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae peptidoglycan synthesis during growth and biofilm formation
Harriet Dawe,
Evelin Berger,
Carina Sihlbom,
Elizabeth M. Angus,
Robert P. Howlin,
Jay R. Laver,
Marc Tebruegge,
Luanne Hall-Stoodley,
Paul Stoodley,
Saul N. Faust,
& Raymond N. Allan
, 2017 , Microbiology (United Kingdom) , 163 , 1093--1104
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000491
Type: article
Signaling mediated by toll-Like receptor 5 sensing of pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellin influences IL-1β and IL-18 production by primary fibroblasts derived from the human cornea
Maria del Mar Cendra,
Myron Christodoulides,
& Parwez Hossain
, 2017 , Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology , 7 , 1--13
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00130
Type: article