The Network welcomes members from all areas of IR and Raman spectroscopy – sample preparation, instrumentation, analysis, data processing – as well as clinicians. It was initiated with Leads in focus areas, other UK academic, UK clinical, industrial and overseas partners and these are detailed below.
If you would like to get involved in, or be kept notified of, the work of the Network, please get in touch.
Initial Network Members
- Prof. Peter Gardner, University of Manchester
Principal Investigator and Network Chair - Dr Matthew J. Baker, University of Strathclyde
Co-Investigator and Younger Members Lead - Prof. Nicholas Stone, University of Exeter
Spontaneous Raman Spectroscopy Lead - Dr Julian Moger, University of Exeter
Non-Linear Raman Spectroscopy Lead - Dr Josep Sulé-Suso, Keele University
Clinical Members and Ethics Lead - Prof. Francis Martin, University of Lancaster
FTIR Spectroscopy Lead - Prof. Sergei G. Kazarian, Imperial College
FTIR Imaging Lead - Prof. Hugh J. Byrne, Dublin Institute of Technology
International Members Lead - Prof. Roy Goodacre, University of Manchester
Data Analysis Lead - Mr John M. Chalmers, VS Consulting
Industrial Members Lead - Dr Alex Henderson, University of Manchester
Co-coordinator
UK Academic Partners
- Prof. Peter Weightman
Professor of Physics, Liverpool University - Dr Gianfelice Cinque
Principal Beamline Scientist, Diamond Light Source - Prof. Peter Rich
Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London.
UK Clinical Partners
- Prof. Noel Clarke
Department of Urology, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Manchester - Prof. Jonathan Shanks
Department of Pathology, Christie Hospital NHS Trust Manchester - Prof. Timothy Dawson
Neuropathologist, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Prof. Charles Davis
Neurosurgeon, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Prof. Pierre Martin-Hirsch
Gynaecological Consult, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Prof. Hugh Barr
Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Mr John McGrath
Urological Surgeon, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust - Dr. Sam Janes
Wellcome Senior Fellow and Respiratory Consultant, UCL Hospital.
Industrial Partners
- Agilent
- Perkin Elmer
- Renishaw
- Cobalt Light Systems
- Bruker
- Horiba Jobin Yvon
Overseas Partners
- Dr Peter Lasch
Biomedical Spectroscopy, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin - Prof. Ganesh Sockalingum
UnitéMéDIAN, Université de Reims, Champagne-Ardenne - Dr Bayden Wood
Australian Research Council Fellow, Monash University, Australia.