Matthew J. Mold Email & Phone Number

Telford, Gb

Staffordshire

Children's Medical Safety Research Institute (CMSRI) funded fellowship.

Staffordshire

Associate Researcher at Keele University in the Bioinorganic Chemistry of Aluminium and Silicon Research Group. Selected achievements included an invitation from Elsevier to publish a Book Chapter, two accepted publications in scientific journals and submitting two full grant applications as Principal Investigator (PI).

Staffordshire

Guest lecturer for the Keele University Biochemistry and Therapy of Disease third year undergraduate module, lecturing on "Aluminium adjuvants in human vaccinations" and "Research methods for the direct identification of aluminium in cells".

United Kingdom

As a Medical Research Council (MRC) funded Post Doctoral Researcher, I investigated the nanotoxicity of aluminium adjuvants in human vaccinations. Aluminium adjuvants are included in human vaccinations to boost the immune response to the injected antigen. Through the undertaking of the project I have developed new methods that have revealed for the first time the identification of aluminium in any human cell, using fluorescence-based methodologies, complemented with electron and confocal microscopy. As an analytically minded researcher, I have crossed a range of disciplines to date from investigating the role of a glycoprotein, serum amyloid P component (SAP) in Alzheimer's disease to elucidating upon the mechanisms responsible for the effectiveness of aluminium adjuvants used in clinical vaccinations. I am an extremely passionate researcher with skills and achievements evidenced through published studies in high profile scientific journals. I was recently privileged to be recognised for my achievements by election as a full member of the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB).

United Kingdom

In my capacity as resident tutor, my main duties involved providing out of hours support for resident students across the halls of residence at Keele University. Operating on a rota basis weekdays and over weekend and vacation periods, telephone calls could be received at any time from resident students requiring all aspects of welfare and disciplinary support. Prior to the full commencement of the position, I was required to undergo an intensive seven day training programme covering all aspects of the role including health and safety, mental health and wellbeing, team building, student discipline and welfare scenarios, dealing with conflict and all services provided to students by Student Support and Development Services (SSDS).Working across the halls of residence in a team of 19 and in a smaller team of 7 fellow resident tutors, I helped to provide support to students across the entire halls of residence at any time throughout the year. As a key priority of the role, I attended in person wherever necessary to provide all aspects of support, with more serious incidents affecting the safety and wellbeing of students being attended with members of the Keele University security team.

United Kingdom

In my capacity as a demonstrator to undergraduate students on Biomedical and Biochemistry degree programmes at Keele University, my main duties and responsibilities were to teach students via the provision of practical support and method demonstration in the laboratory, over two academic teaching semesters. Working in a teaching team of academic lecturing staff, senior demonstrators and laboratory technicians, I supported a large student cohort in achieving all of their set practical aims in time-limited, laboratory sessions. Further duties under this role required me to work in a team of academic staff, in which I provided both practical and teaching support for the annual undergraduate biology field course based at Bangor University, in North Wales. My major duties and responsibilities were to guide student activities in the field and to assist students in interpreting their data. In visiting an array of extreme biological environments, I aided students in identifying flora and fauna and in making an assessment of their biodiversity and biological adaptions, which allowed species to survive under these harsh conditions. As an integral part of the field course, I helped students to collect data to be used in the writing of their project for module assessment. Further responsibilities included supporting student welfare and discipline in the halls of residence during the duration of their stay in North Wales.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Structural Biology, Ph.D.

Activities and Societies: I successfully defended my PhD thesis at Keele University in 2013 with the title, “Complementary studies.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), First Class With Honours, Forensic Science, First Class

Research dissertation: "False positives encountered within the presumptive testing of cocaine"