Professor Duncan Graham

Associate Principal & Executive Dean

Faculty of Science

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Position:

Associate Principal and Executive Dean of Science

Distinguished Professor, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Research Chair of Chemistry, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Director of the Centre for Molecular Nanometrology. 

Biography

Professor Duncan Graham is based at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and is currently Associate Principal and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science.  He has a research group of around 15, and over 300 publications to date. Duncan Graham is also a co-founder of the  Centre for Molecular Nanometrology and was a co-founder and director of Renishaw Diagnostics Ltd (formerly D3 Technologies) that was sold to Bruker in 2016.  He is the chair of the scientific advisory board for LGC Ltd, served as Chair of the Publishing Board for the Royal Society of Chemistry and was a trustee of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2020-2024).  He is also a trustee for the Association of British Spectroscopists Trust fund. He served as president of the Analytical Division of the RSC (2017-2020) and as a trustee of the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund (2017-2020). He is on the advisory editorial board for AnalystChemical Science and Chemical Society Reviews, the editorial advisory board for the  Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, the editorial board for  Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging, and has served on various peer review panels. Previously he was the vice chair of the Multidisciplinary Expert Review Panel for CRUK and a member of their Science Committee (2015-2021) and served on the EPSRCs Strategic Advisory Team for Physical Sciences (2016-2021). 

Posts held (all at the University of Strathclyde):

January 2022   Associate Principal & Executive Dean of Science

August 2016     Head of Department, Pure and Applied Chemistry

August 2013     Deputy Head of Department, Pure and Applied Chemistry

August 2012     Deputy Director WestCHEM

August 2010     Director, WestCHEM
August 2008     Deputy Director, WestCHEM
August 2008     Head of Research Pure and Applied Chemistry
June 2005         Co-Director, Centre for Molecular Nanometrology
March 2004       Professor, Pure and Applied Chemistry
April 2003         Senior Lecturer, Pure and Applied Chemistry
October 2002    RSC’s Analytical Grand Prix Five Year Fellowship
June 2002         Lecturer, Pure and Applied Chemistry
June 1997         BBSRC David Phillips Five-Year Fellow
Jan 1996           Postdoctoral Researcher

Awards and Fellowships:

2017                  Charles Mann Award, FACSS.  

2016                  Theophilus Redwood Award, Royal Society of Chemistry

2012                  Fellows award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy
2012                  Craver award of the Coblentz Society
2011                  Fellowship of the Society of Biology
2010                  Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
2009                  Corday Morgan Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2007                  Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
2005                  Nexxus Young Life Scientist of the Year
2004                  RSC’s SAC Silver Medal
2002                  RSC’s Analytical Grand Prix five year fellowship
1997                  BBSRC David Phillips five-year fellowship

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Prize And Awards

Charles Mann Award
Recipient
10/2017
Theophilus Redwood Award
Recipient
9/5/2016
JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research (Short Term)
Recipient
1/2015
Fellows Award of the SAS
Recipient
2012
Craver Award
Recipient
2012
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
Recipient
1/11/2011

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Qualifications

1992  BSc Hons Chemistry, University of Edinburgh

1996  PhD, Chemistry, University of Edinburgh (Synthesis of Anti-HIV Oligonucleotides for Antisense Therapy, Supervisor Prof Tom Brown)

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Publications

New insights into lipid and fatty acid metabolism from Raman spectroscopy
Greig Justin C, Tipping William J, Graham Duncan, Faulds Karen, Gould Gwyn W
Analyst Vol 149, pp. 4789-4810 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4AN00846D
Advances in super-resolution stimulated Raman scattering microscopy
Tipping William J, Faulds Karen, Graham Duncan
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1021/cbmi.4c00057
Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering and photothermal effects on optoplasmonic nanofibers
Wallace Gregory Q, Ringe Emilie, Faulds Karen, Graham Duncan, Masson Jean‐François
Advanced Optical Materials (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401640
Advancing SERS as a quantitative technique : challenges, considerations, and correlative approaches to aid validation
Sloan-Dennison Sian, Wallace Gregory Q, Hassanain Waleed A, Laing Stacey, Faulds Karen, Graham Duncan
Nano Convergence Vol 11 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40580-024-00443-4
Ultra-sensitive dual ELONA/SERS-RPA multiplex diagnosis of antimicrobial resistance
Hassanain Waleed A, Johnson Christopher L, Faulds Karen, Keegan Neil, Graham Duncan
Analytical Chemistry Vol 96, pp. 12093-12101 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.4c02165
Thiol-polyethylene glycol-folic acid (HS-PEG-FA) induced aggregation of Au@Ag nanoparticles : a SERS and extinction UV–Vis spectroscopy combined study
Verdin Alexandre, Malherbe Cedric, Sloan-Dennison Sian, Faulds Karen, Graham Duncan, Eppe Gauthier
Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Vol 322 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2024.124848

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Research Interests

The main focus is the creation of a range of functionalised metallic nanoparticles which can be used for a variety of different purposes which include the diagnosis of disease and also the treatment of disease.  This includes the chemical manipulation of the appropriate surface molecules and labels required to turn these metal nanoparticles into functioning nanosensors capable of detecting single molecules in complex environments using SERS.  In addition, the mounting of therapeutic agents onto these nanoparticles has resulted in significantly increased performance of the drugs when tested against particular disease states.

Professional Activities

External Examiner
Examiner
7/2018
Spring SciX
Chair
17/4/2018
Gordon Research Conference on Bioanalytical Sensors
Chair
2018
MRC (Medical Research Council) (External organisation)
Advisor
8/12/2017
Invited seminar - University of Essen
Invited speaker
26/10/2017
Bionanosensing conference
Invited speaker
23/10/2017

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Projects

DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Didio, Rocco
Graham, Duncan (Principal Investigator) Faulds, Karen (Co-investigator) Didio, Rocco (Research Co-investigator)
01-Oct-2024 - 01-Apr-2028
Development of Point of Use Bionanosensors (co-funded PhD )
Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator)
01-Oct-2024 - 31-Mar-2028
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Wilson, Connor
Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator) Wilson, Connor (Research Co-investigator)
01-Oct-2024 - 01-Apr-2028
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Smillie, Fiona
Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator) Smillie, Fiona (Research Co-investigator)
01-Oct-2024 - 01-Apr-2028
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Burns, Emma
Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator) Burns, Emma (Research Co-investigator)
01-Oct-2024 - 01-Apr-2028
Rapid Bacterial Testing
Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator)
05-Feb-2024 - 30-Nov-2024

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Contact

Professor Duncan Graham
Associate Principal & Executive Dean
Faculty of Science

Email: duncan.graham@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4701