Professor Duncan Graham
Associate Principal & Executive Dean
Faculty of Science
Personal statement
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 editor in chief of the RSC journal Chemical Society Reviews and chairs of the scientific advisory board for LGC Ltd. Previously he 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 currently 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 serves on the advisory editorial board for Analyst, Chemical Science and Chemical Society Reviews, the editorial advisory board for the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 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
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
- Craver Award
- Recipient
- 2012
- Fellows Award of the SAS
- Recipient
- 2012
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- Recipient
- 1/11/2011
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)
Publications
- Alkyne-tag Raman imaging and sensing of bioactive compounds
- Dodo Kosuke, Tipping William J, Yamakoshi Hiroyuki, Egoshi Syusuke, Kubo Toshiki, Kumamoto Yasuaki, Faulds Karen, Graham Duncan, Fujita Katsumasa, Sodeoka Mikiko
- Nature Reviews Methods Primers Vol 5 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43586-025-00389-9
- Surface enhanced Raman scattering for biomolecular sensing in human healthcare monitoring
- Laing Stacey, Sloan-Dennison Sian, Faulds Karen, Graham Duncan
- ACS Nano Vol 19, pp. 8381-8400 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c15877
- Gold nanoparticle-based conjugated nanotags as potential compounds against Trypanosoma brucei infection
- Rostán Santiago, Laing Stacey, Girard Alexandre, Scalese Gonzalo, Cooper Anneli, MacLeod Annette, Pérez-Díaz Leticia, Mahler Graciela, Faulds Karen, Graham Duncan, Otero Lucía
- ACS Applied Nano Materials Vol 7, pp. 28219-28228 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c05201
- Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy : a half-century historical perspective
- Yi Jun, You En-Ming, Hu Ren, Wu De-Yin, Liu Guo-Kun, Yang Zhi-Lin, Zhang Hua, Gu Yu, Wang Yao-Hui, Wang Xiang, Ma Hao, Yang Yang, Liu Jun-Yang, Fan Feng Ru, Zhan Chao, Tian Jing-Hua, Qiao Yu, Wang Hailong, Luo Si-Heng, Meng Zhao-Dong, Mao Bing-Wei, Li Jian-Feng, Ren Bin, Aizpurua Javier, Apkarian Vartkess Ara, Bartlett Philip N, Baumberg Jeremy, Bell Steven E J, Brolo Alexandre G, Brus Louis E, Choo Jaebum, Cui Li, Deckert Volker, Domke Katrin F, Dong Zhen-Chao, Duan Sai, Faulds Karen, Frontiera Renee, Halas Naomi, Haynes Christy, Itoh Tamitake, Kneipp Janina, Kneipp Katrin, Le Ru Eric C, Li Zhi-Peng, Ling Xing Yi, Lipkowski Jacek, Liz-Marzán Luis M, Nam Jwa-Min, Nie Shuming, Nordlander Peter, Ozaki Yukihiro, Panneerselvam Rajapandiyan, Popp Jürgen, Russell Andrea E, Schlücker Sebastian, Tian Yang, Tong Lianming, Xu Hongxing, Xu Yikai, Yang Liangbao, Yao Jianlin, Zhang Jin, Zhang Yang, Zhang Yao, Zhao Bing, Zenobi Renato, Schatz George C, Graham Duncan, Tian Zhong-Qun
- Chemical Society Reviews Vol 54, pp. 1453-1551 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cs00883a
- 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
- 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 Vol 12 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401640
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
- 2nd Joint China-UK Experts Symposium on Sustainable Development and Decarbonisation (S2D2)
- Speaker
- 2/11/2024
- 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
Projects
- Rapid Detection of Pathogens in the Food Production Environment
- Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2025 - 15-Jan-2026
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Smillie, Fiona
- Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator) Smillie, Fiona (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Wilson, Connor
- Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator) Wilson, Connor (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Burns, Emma
- Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator) Burns, Emma (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Didio, Rocco
- Graham, Duncan (Principal Investigator) Faulds, Karen (Co-investigator) Didio, Rocco (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- Development of Point of Use Bionanosensors (co-funded PhD )
- Faulds, Karen (Principal Investigator) Graham, Duncan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2028
Contact
Professor
Duncan
Graham
Associate Principal & Executive Dean
Faculty of Science
Email: duncan.graham@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4701