Personal statement
Dr. Yu Chen received her PhD from Birmingham University in nanoscale physics in 2000 and subsequently was appointed to a lectureship in molecular nanometrology at Strathclyde University in 2007 funded by an EPSRC Science and Innovation Award. She is a fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society, a member of the European Microscopy Society, the Institute of Physics, the American Chemical Society, and the Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network. She serves as an expert panel member for the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, a referee for top international journals, an invited speaker and a committee member for a number of international conferences and workshops.
Dr Chen’s main research activities lie in the creation and characterization of nanoscale structures for their unique physical and chemical properties, utilizing both optical and electron microscopy and spectroscopy. Her recent research in Photophysics Group focuses on surface plasmon enhanced effect, including two-photon luminescence, energy transfer and SERRS from noble metal nanoparticles, arrays and porous media, with strong links to biomedical imaging and sensing, as well as nanoparticle-cell interaction and cytotoxicity. Other work includes 3D visualization of nanoparticles, stability of Au nanoparticles, and creating nanostructures using chemical lithography and direct writing.
Professional activities
- 5th international conference on bioinformatics and miomedical engineering
- Organiser
- 2011
- Invited editor for a book to the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Book Series published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
- Guest editor
- 2011
- International Communication Association Annual Conference 2014
- Invited speaker
- 2010
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2010
- Expert in Round Table Group, Washington, DC, USA
- Advisor
- 2010
- FluoroFest
- Invited speaker
- 2010
More professional activities
Projects
- SPRINT: A SuPer-Resolution time-resolved ImagiNg and specTroscopy facility for rapid biomolecular analysis
- Li, David (Principal Investigator) Chamberlain, Luke (Co-investigator) Chen, Yu (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Co-investigator) Gould, Gwyn (Co-investigator) Hoskisson, Paul (Co-investigator) McConnell, Gail (Co-investigator) Rattray, Zahra (Co-investigator) Van de Linde, Sebastian (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022
- A new tool for rapid RNA detection in single cells_pathfinder
- Chen, Yu (Principal Investigator)
- 08-Jan-2019 - 07-Jan-2019
- Smart flow cytometry for cancer diagnosis using silicon single-photon sensors and nanoprobes
- Li, David (Principal Investigator) Chen, Yu (Research Co-investigator) Xiao, Dong (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2022
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | Adelt, Milan
- Chen, Yu (Principal Investigator) Birch, David (Co-investigator) Adelt, Milan (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2021
- New Application of a DNA-nanorod Platform for Vaccine Development
- Yu, Jun (Principal Investigator) Chen, Yu (Co-investigator) Roberts, Craig (Co-investigator)
- A Novel DNA-nanorod platform for diverse Chemeric viral Vaccine Development Stream 1 - Scientific and Technical Feasibility
- 01-Jan-2017 - 30-Jan-2018
- Fluorescent mRNA nanoprobes for rapid cancer detection: Application to single cells and clinical trials
- Chen, Yu (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2020
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