Professor Damion Corrigan

Pure and Applied Chemistry

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Personal statement

I am the LGC Professor in Measurement Science for Health and lead the Centre for Advanced Measurement Science and Health Translation - a joint initiative with the National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at the Laboratory of the Government Chemist (LGC), the University of Stathclyde and NHS Lanarkshire. The aim of the centre is to develop cutting edge interdisciplinary projects which drive new healthcare and measurement science R&D in Scotland. The University is a Tier 1 member of CAMS-UK and because of this, my role is part supported by funding derived through CAMS-UK and the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund.

Using my core expertise in electrochemical sensing, analytical chemistry and device fabrication my research aims to develop improved diagnostic tests for clinically important conditions such as, drug resistant bacterial infections, COVID-19, sepsis, cancer and epilepsy.  In the group we work on device fabrication, surface functionalisation, bioconjugation, sample handling, measurement techniques and assay development for a range of sensor systems, from high value microfabricated arrays, to wearables and through to low cost devices for use in resource limited settings.

In addition to academic research, translational activity is an important aspect of the group's work because we are keen to ensure that developments from the lab ultimately find real world application.  As a result of this, I am the founding Director and Chief Scientific Officer of Aureum Diagnostics, a company developing a low-cost electrochemical diagnostic assay platform. I am also a co-founder of and Chief Technology Officer for Microplate Dx, a company developing a novel method for selecting the best antibiotic to treat an infection. In recognition of the work done on translation and company formation, I was awarded Academic Entrepreneur of the Year for 2024 at the Praxis Auril Knowledge Exchange Awards. 

My work is often highly interdisciplinary involving industrial partners (e.g. GSK, National Nuclear Laboratory, AstraZeneca, Lifescan, Aptamer Group, FlexMedical Solutions, Biotangents and other SMEs) and projects rely on close collaboration with other academics, including: clinicians, experts in fluidics/sample handling, microbiologists, neuroscientists, electrical engineers and chemists.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). I co-chair the Measurement Science Institute for the Community of Analytical Measurement Science - UK (CAMS-UK), am a panel member of the UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College and sit on the National Physical Laboratory Industrial Committee on Biosensors.

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Publications

Maximising the translation potential of electrochemical biosensors
Docherty Niamh, Macdonald Daniel, Gordon Alisdair, Dobrea Alexandra, Mani Veerappan, Fu Ying, Pang Susan, Jimenez Melanie, Corrigan Damion K
Chemical Communications (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02322j
Microfluidic-enabled sample and data processing automation for enhanced electrochemical biosensors
Dobrea Alexandra, Blake Rowan, MacDonald Daniel, Altmann Yoann, Corrigan Damion, Jimenez Melanie
UK Microfluidics Conference (2025)
Accessible and low-cost fabrication of high performance electrochemical microfluidic gold sensors using consumer grade equipment
Gordon Alisdair, Dobrea Alexandra, Corrigan Damion, Jimenez Melanie
UK Microfluidics Conference (2025)
Towards low-cost soil fertility sensor systems for smallholder food security in Kenya
Wahome Caroline, Dixon James, Corrigan Damion, Mani Veerappan, Pickstone Edwin, McGarrigle Aoife, Njeru Ezekiel
Sustainability week Strathclyde (2025)
Cost-effective amperometric immunosensor for cardiac troponin I as a step towards affordable point-of-care diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
Docherty Niamh, Collins Lilian, Pang Susan, Fu Ying, Milne Stuart, Corrigan Damion
Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research Vol 47 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2024.100725
Development of a novel plug-and-play biomarker interrogation platform based on electrochemical biosensing for endometriosis research​
Dobrea Alexandra, Corrigan Damion, Jimenez Melanie
Healthcare Technologies workshop (2025)

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Teaching

I have a varied teaching history having led and delivered modules in the areas of: Cell Biology, Biophysical Chemistry, Biotechniques, Analytical Chemistry and Medical Diagnostics.

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Professional Activities

Health and Care Futures: thematic areas workshop
Participant
30/5/2024
Plenary Talk - Development of high performance electrochemical biosensor systems and their translation for real world use
Speaker
18/4/2024
Keynote Talk - Translating electrochemical biosensors out of the university environment and into the commercial space
Speaker
11/2023
Keynote Talk - New biosensor modalities through surface modification with nanoscale DNA origami structures
Speaker
11/2023
Genotypic and phenotypic electrochemical sensing strategies for detection of antimicrobial resistance
Speaker
11/2022
New electrochemical sensing strategies for detection of antimicrobial resistance
Speaker
9/2022

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Projects

A low-cost, easy to use, single step diagnostic test and disease progression monitoring tool for Berger’s Disease (IgA nephropathy).
Mani, Veerappan (Principal Investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator)
15-Jan-2025 - 14-Jan-2026
Early intervention systems for sustainable aquaculture health in Viet Nam and Thailand
Corrigan, Damion (Principal Investigator) Ward, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Henriquez-Mui, Fiona (Co-investigator)
14-Jan-2025 - 13-Jan-2028
Early intervention systems for sustainable aquaculture health in Viet Nam and Thailand
Corrigan, Damion (Principal Investigator) Ward, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Henriquez-Mui, Fiona (Co-investigator)
14-Jan-2025 - 13-Jan-2028
Development of sensitive and analytically robust biosensor biochips for respiratory virus detection
Corrigan, Damion (Principal Investigator) Burley, Glenn (Co-investigator)
07-Jan-2024 - 06-Jan-2028
GLAS-CYTO: AN INTEGRATED FACILITY FOR THE BIOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF CELLULAR INTERACTIONS
Burley, Glenn (Principal Investigator) Chamberlain, Luke (Co-investigator) Chow, Shiao (Co-investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Co-investigator) Faulds, Karen (Co-investigator) Jamieson, Craig (Co-investigator) Rattray, Zahra (Co-investigator) Tomkinson, Nick (Co-investigator) Taladriz Sender, Andrea (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
Development of a low cost and easy to use electrochemical detection platform for screening cardiac biomarkers at the point of need
Corrigan, Damion (Principal Investigator) Jimenez, Melanie (Co-investigator) Ward, Andrew (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027

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Professor Damion Corrigan
Pure and Applied Chemistry

Email: damion.corrigan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3294