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Research Interests
We are an interdisciplinary group researching the structure and interactions of matter at the molecular and nanoscale. We collaborate closely with colleagues in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Medicine, the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and the Bragg Centre for Materials Research.
The research area themes of the group are :
The underpinning themes for the group are:
The MNP group will welcome and support fellowship applications to external funders that build on the core research themes of the group which are Physics of life, Engineering biology, Healthcare technologies and Sustainability, as well as new research expertise in the underpinning themes of Theory & modelling, Machine learning/AI and Instrumentation. Please contact Head of Group Professor Lorna Dougan.
MNP group academics and research interests;
Peter Adams: photophysics of light-harvesting proteins, model lipid membranes, biohybrid systems
Lorna Dougan -hierarchical biomechanics, liquids and complex fluids, extreme environments
George Heath - high-speed atomic force microscopy, protein dynamics, lipid membranes
Ralf Richter: soft biological interfaces, physics of sugar polymers at the cell surface
Charley Schaefer: multi-component, self-assembly, intrinsically disordered proteins, rheology, bio-molecular condensates