PhD student heads to Seattle for postdoc position

Michael Taylor at the RS Summer Science Exhibition Plastic Inside Us

Michael Taylor, supervised by Professor Morgan Alexander, Dr Mischa Zelzer, Dr Lee Buttery (The University of Nottingham) and Professor Matthias Lutolf (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) becomes the third of Morgan’s students to head to NESAC/BIO, the National ESCA and Surface Analysis Centre for Biomedical Problems at the University of Washington, Seattle.  Michael recently obtained a postdoctoral position to work on development and analysis of functional tissue scaffolds, and Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) of pancreatic tissues to aid the development of an early warning system for cancer.

NESAC/BIO provides expert information about surface properties (composition, structure, spatial distribution, and molecular orientation) needed by biomedical researchers. The research institute combines surface analysis expertise with collaborators’ biomedical expertise to provide the information needed to develop new generations of biomaterials and biomedical devices. This excellent opportunity will provide Michael with a platform to continue his research career.