Doctor Alastair Wark
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Personal statement
Alastair Wark started his career with a BSc in Applied Chemistry in 1996 at the University of 欧美高清. He completed his PhD research in 2000 under the joint supervision of Dr Len Berlouis and Dr Frank Cruikshank at 欧美高清 and also working with Prof. Pierre-Francois Brevet at the EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Following post-doctoral research at EPFL he was awarded a Lindemann Trust Fellowship in 2001and joined the laboratories of Prof. Rob Corn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After moving across to the University of California-Irvine with Rob鈥檚 group and a Project Scientist position, Alastair returned to the Chemistry Department in late 2007 as a Lecturer in Nanometrology.
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 2001
- Recipient
- 2000
- Recipient
- 1998
- Recipient
- 1994
- Recipient
- 1993
Publications
- Osinsao Rmela, , , , ,
- Journal of Chemical Education (2026)
- , , ,
- Nature Reviews Chemistry Vol 10, pp. 97-98 (2026)
- , , McKay Aimee,
- ACS Applied Nano Materials Vol 8, pp. 23832-23842 (2025)
- Chauhan Pooja, Vijeata Anjali, Chaudhary Ganga Ram, , Chaudhary Savita
- Microchemical Journal Vol 217 (2025)
- , , , , Johannesson Anton, Lechler Knut
- ISPO 20th World Congress (2025)
- , , , , Johannesson Anton, Lechler Knut
- ISPO 20th World Congress (2025)
Research Interests
My research focus is based around the synthesis, functionalization and analytical applications of novel nanomaterials alongside the development of techniques capable of optically imaging and tracking single nanoparticles and molecules.聽 The advantages of these materials for nanometrology and bioanalytical science is that optical measurements can be performed to monitor biomolecular interactions in real-time. As well as developing robust methodologies for ultrasensitive bioaffinity detection at target concentrations approaching just a few molecules, we are also exploring the use of multimodal imaging techniques for monitoring nanoparticle-cellular interactions. This involves developing hybrid nanostructures which can be used for tackling research challenges requiring dynamic measurements in complex biological environments. Consequently, my research is highly multidisciplinary and I have enjoyed successfully collaborating with researchers from across the biology, physics, engineering and medicine research fields.
Professional Activities
- Host
- 11/1/2024
- Organiser
- 16/1/2023
- Organiser
- 13/5/2022
- Speaker
- 13/1/2022
- External Examiner
- 6/2021
- Participant
- 2021
Projects
- Wark, Alastair (Principal Investigator) McMillan, Brian (Co-investigator) Weetman, Catherine (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2029
- Wark, Alastair (Principal Investigator) Weetman, Catherine (Co-investigator) Turner, Calvin (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
- Wark, Alastair (Principal Investigator) Lau, K. H. Aaron (Co-investigator)
- 28-Jan-2025 - 20-Jan-2025
- Thomson, Patrick (Principal Investigator) Scott, Fraser (Principal Investigator) Wark, Alastair (Principal Investigator)
- Hosted conference, funded with 拢1200 from the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 16-Jan-2025 - 16-Jan-2025
- Lau, K. H. Aaron (Principal Investigator) Wark, Alastair (Co-investigator)
- 06-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Thomson, Patrick (Principal Investigator) Wark, Alastair (Principal Investigator) Scott, Fraser (Principal Investigator)
- Hosted conference, funded with 拢1200 from the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 11-Jan-2024 - 11-Jan-2024
Contact
Doctor
Alastair
Wark
Senior Lecturer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: alastair.wark@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3084