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Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Currently focused on exploiting Cambridge Consultants' core engineering and scientific capabilities in the field of industrial biotechnology.Specific areas of interest include:● Computational Fluid Dynamics to model complex behaviour in bioreactors and optimise bioreactor design● Application of microfluidics and sensor physics to high throughput screening - increasing correlation between HTS and fermentation - reducing test bottlenecks in DBTL● Increased instrumentation… Show more Currently focused on exploiting Cambridge Consultants' core engineering and scientific capabilities in the field of industrial biotechnology.Specific areas of interest include:● Computational Fluid Dynamics to model complex behaviour in bioreactors and optimise bioreactor design● Application of microfluidics and sensor physics to high throughput screening - increasing correlation between HTS and fermentation - reducing test bottlenecks in DBTL● Increased instrumentation in fermentation and cell culture processes - increasing data richness and enabling greater use of machine learning for better process development and production control● Novel sensor development for improved in-line analytics● Exploitation of design thinking in product and process design to improve user experience and data visualisation in bioprocess development and biomanufacture Show less

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Managing customer product engineering as well as development of new manufacturing processes for printed and flexible electronics. Management of the company intellectual property portfolio.

Working with intellectual property generated within the University of Cambridge.Assessing new inventions against prior artFiling patents and defending them through examinationReviewing and processing collaboration, confidential disclosure and consultancy agreements.

Cambridge

Lead generation and direct sales of sponsorship and attendance for events focusing on high value manufacturing with specific focus on the inkjet printing cluster in and around Cambridge.

In charge of design, development sourcing and characterisation of the Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror device at the heart of the company's core pulsed laser technology. Desing and construction of characterisation and processing equipment. Development of processing procedures. Managing supply from commercial semiconductor growers and developing intellectual property surounding the technology.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics

Developed spectroscopic instrumentation to study sub-bandgap states in organic semiconductors and related devices.

Natural Sciences, Materials Science

Education record