Andrew Hook

Contact

• workRoom C28 Boots Science Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 8466276
• andrew.hook@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

• BSc in Nanotechnology (Hons), 2004, Flinders University, Australia
• PhD 'Patterned and Switchable Surfaces for Biomaterial Applications', 2008, Flinders University and Commonwealth Science and Industrial Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
• 2009- Postdoctorial Research Fellow, Laboratory of Biophysics and Surface Analysis (LBSA), School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, UK

Research Summary

My current research interests ae involved with high throughput methodologies for the rapid and cost effective discovery of new biomaterials that are optimised for a given application. In particular,… read more

Current Research

My current research interests ae involved with high throughput methodologies for the rapid and cost effective discovery of new biomaterials that are optimised for a given application. In particular, I am interested in investigating polymeric materials that resist bacterial colonisation to be used for applications such as urinal tract catheters. A particular focus of my research focuses on the detailed surface analysis of new materials, thus, I regularly conduct time-of-flight secondary ion spectroscopy, Xray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, Raman and contact angle measurements of libraries of materials. Such analysis allows the biological perofrmance of a material to be matched with a particular chemical or physical property. Thus, I am also interested in understanding the underlying cell-material interactions that are involved when a material comes into contact with a biological system.