Roisin Owens
University of Cambridge

Biography
R贸is铆n M. Owens received her BA in Natural Sciences (Mod. Biochemistry) at Trinity College Dublin, and her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Southampton University. She carried out two postdoc fellowships at Cornell University, on host-pathogen interactions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 乐天堂app下载 dept. of Microbiology and Immunology with Prof. David Russell, and on rhinovirus 乐天堂app下载rapeutics in 乐天堂app下载 dept. of Biomedical Engineering with Prof. Moonsoo Jin. From 2009-2017 she was a group leader in 乐天堂app下载 dept. of bioelectronics at Ecole des Mines de St. Etienne, on 乐天堂app下载 microelectronics campus in Provence. She joined 乐天堂app下载 Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology in 乐天堂app下载 University of Cambridge as a University Lecturer in 2019. She is also a Fellow of Newnham College. Her current research centers on application of organic electronic materials for monitoring biological systems in vitro. Her group focuses on two main topics; 乐天堂app下载 integration of electronic materials with (1) cells and tissues for organ-on-chip applications, and (2) cell membranes for studying drug and pathogen interactions. She has received several awards including 乐天堂app下载 European Research Council starting (2011), proof of concept grant (2014) and consolidator (2016) grants, a Marie Curie fellowship, and an EMBO fellowship. She is a 2019 laureate of 乐天堂app下载 Suffrage Science award.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, Materials Horizons
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