The University of Sheffield
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Current research

Academic Personnel

Dr. Catherine Biggs

Research Topics

  • Cell to cell interactions
  • Cell- environment interactions including stress and adaptation to extreme environments
  • Bioprocessing of mesenchymal stem cells
  • Microbiology in urban water systems

Research Personnel

  • Dr. Peter Deines
  • Matthew Fuszard
  • Esther John Karunakaran
  • Stefan Peter
  • Dr. Sekar Raju
  • Bharathi Ramalingam
Dr. Mark Dickman
  • Multidimensional liquid phase intact protein separations
  • Identification and characterization of membrane protein complexes
  • RNA analysis
  • Bioseparations to study protein post-translational modifications
  • Protein methylation analysis of nuclear protein complexes
  • Bobby Assiddiq
  • Hilary Lewis
  • Helen Phillips
  • S.P. Waghmare
  • James Williamson
Dr. Robert Edyvean
  • Treatment of CRT glass waste
  • Alternative treatment technologies to treat healthcare waste
  • Fouling of membrane filtration systems
  • Effect of chloride on corrosion deposit water pipe system
  • Polymer/protein interactions of surfaces
  • Anaerobic phenol degradation
  • Biofilms in waste water treatment
  • Waste water treatment using biodegradation
  • Kieran Baker
  • Susan Berry
  • Ibrahim El-Azizi
  • Abby Lee
  • Ye Pen
  • Klatnatee Vepulanont
  • Ahmad Yayaha
  • Fathia Zuki
Dr Henriette Jensen
  • Sewer process modelling
  • Hydrogen sulphide induced corrosion
  • Microbial ecology in urban water systems
  • Synthetic biology
  • Odour problems
Dr Josselin Noirel
  • Quantitative proteomics and high throughput omics
  • Bioinformatics and machine learning
  • Systems biology and data integration
  • Synthetic biology and bioengineering
Prof. David James
  • Expression of recombinant protein biopharmaceuticals
  • Glycogen modification in mammalian cells
  • Mammalian cell cultivations
  • Production of recombinant monoclonal antibodies
  • Claire Bennett
  • Rhian Graigner
  • Clare Lovelady
  • Aidan Riley
  • Ben Thompson
Dr. Raman Vaidyanathan
  • Biomolecular imaging using secondary ion mass spectrometry
  • Biofuel production from microalgae
  • Mass spectrometry based hyphenated techniques for metabolomics
  • Analysis of protein-metabolite interactions
Prof. Phillip Wright
  • Proteome profiling
  • Metabolic networks
  • Inverse metabolic engineering
  • Cyanobacterial drugs
  • Cyanobacterial hydrogen production
  • Systems biology
  • Synthetic biology
  • Dr. Caroline Evans
  • Dr. Greg Fowler
  • Stephen Jaffe
  • Dr. Khanita Kamwilaisak
  • Dr. Jagroop Pandhal
  • Dr. Ana Pereira-Medrano
  • Mahendra Raut
  • Dr. Malinda Salim
  • David Wengraf
  • Dr. Ow Saw Yen