Prizes and awards

Named on the Top 60 Scientists from Around the World Power List by The Analytical Scientist: Recipient; 10/2020
Charles Mann Award: Recipient; 10/2019
Fleischmann Lecture- RSC Electrochemistry Group: Recipient; 8/2019
Named as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Analytical Scientists: Recipient; 2019
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE): Recipient; 5/2018
Fellowship of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy: Recipient; 10/2017

Publications

Recent advances in antibiotic resistance diagnosis using SERS : focus on the "big 5" challenges: Hassanain Waleed, Johnson Christopher L, Faulds (She/Her) Karen, Graham Duncan, Keegan Neil; Analyst (2022); https://doi.org/10.1039/D2AN00703G
Temporal imaging of drug dynamics in live cells using stimulated Raman scattering microscopy and a perfusion cell culture system: Tipping William J, Merchant Andrew S, Fearon Rebecca, Tomkinson Nicholas C O, Faulds Karen, Graham Duncan; RSC Chemical Biology Vol 3, pp. 1154-1164 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cb00160h
Tomographic imaging and localisation of nanoparticles in tissue using surface enhanced spatially offset Raman spectroscopy: Berry Matthew E, McCabe Samantha M, Sloan-Dennison Sian, Laing Stacey, Shand Neil C, Graham Duncan, Faulds Karen; ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Vol 14, pp. 31613-31624 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c05611
Sono-exfoliated graphene-like activated carbon from hazelnut shells for flexible supercapacitors: Reddygunta Kiran Kumar Reddy, Callander Andrew, Šiller Lidija, Faulds Karen, Berlouis Leonard, Ivaturi Aruna; International Journal of Energy Research Vol 46, pp. 16512-16537 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1002/er.8314
Towards quantitative point of care detection using SERS lateral flow immunoassays: Sloan-Dennison Sian, O'Connor Emma, Dear James W, Graham Duncan, Faulds Karen; Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Vol 414, pp. 4541-4549 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-022-03933-8
Label-free imaging of lipid droplets in prostate cells using stimulated Raman scattering microscopy and multivariate analysis: Hislop Ewan W, Tipping William J, Faulds Karen, Graham Duncan; Analytical Chemistry Vol 94, pp. 8899–8908 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00236

Research interests

Our research focuses on using surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) to create new approaches to bioanalysis for use in the life and clinical sciences. SERS is a spectroscopic technique that offers significant advantages over other established techniques such as fluorescence and our research has focused on highlighting the advantages, creating new examples of increased capability in life science applications and interacting with end users to shape future step changes in research. Our research centres around using the inherent sensitivity of SERS for the detection of target DNA or proteins using signal amplification methods to enhance the signal rather than using target amplification methods such as PCR. Our work has focussed on exploiting the sensitivity of SERS for quantitative analysis of biomolecules as well as exploiting one of the key advantages of SERS, the ability to analyse multiple analytes in one sample. This allows more information to be gained per analysis as well as giving information about complex systems that are intrinsically difficult to measure.

Professional activities

Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy for the Monitoring of Solvent Content During Pharmaceutical Drying: Contributor; 12/4/2022
CPACT Webinar Series: Contributor; 24/2/2022
Spatially and Angularly Resolved Diffuse Reflectance NIR Spectroscopy for In-line Monitoring of Solvent Content During Pharmaceutical Drying: Contributor; 20/10/2021
Photonics Spectra Conference: Invited speaker; 11/1/2021
Institute of Physics (IoP)- Optics in Clinical Practice Conference: Invited speaker; 2/12/2020
RSC Molecular Spectroscopy Group: Invited speaker; 26/8/2020

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Projects

New Capability for Bacterial Testing in the Food Production Environment: Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator) May, Hayleigh (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
Multiscale Metrology Suite for Next-generation Healthcare Technologies (EPSRC Strategic Equipment): Rattray, Zahra (Principal Investigator) Bruns, Nico (Co-investigator) Faulds, Karen (Co-investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator) Halbert, Gavin (Co-investigator) Hoskins, Clare (Co-investigator) McArthur, Stephen (Co-investigator) Perrie, Yvonne (Co-investigator) Reid, Stuart (Co-investigator) Seib, Philipp (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2024
MICA: Point-of-care assessment of drug-induced liver injury (POC-DILI): Graham, Duncan (Principal Investigator) Faulds, Karen (Co-investigator) Sloan-Dennison, Sian (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2024
Plasmonic Photothermal Heating of Gold Nanoparticles Increases Raman Scattering: Graham, Duncan (Principal Investigator) Faulds, Karen (Co-investigator) Tuttle, Tell (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2024
GlasBioPhys: An integrated facility for the analysis of biomolecular interactions (19ALERT Mid-range equipment initiative): Burley, Glenn (Principal Investigator) Chamberlain, Luke (Co-investigator) Faulds, Karen (Co-investigator) Hoskisson, Paul (Co-investigator); 11-Jan-2020 - 09-Jan-2021
Development of Point of Use Bionanosensors: Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2024

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Address

Pure and Applied Chemistry
Technology Innovation Centre

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