Dr Richard M. Parker graduated from the University of Southampton (UK) with a MChem degree in 2007, followed by the award of a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2011. His Ph.D. studies formed the basis of a new interdisciplinary collaboration between Dr Martin Grossel (Chemistry) and Prof Peter Smith (Optoelectronics Research Centre) that centred on the development of a photonic sensor platform for “lab-on-chip” applications. This focused on embedding a photonic Bragg grating refractometer within a microfluidic network and modifying the sensor surface using supramolecular/polymer chemistry to develop highly-sensitive, chemically-specific sensors. After completion of his doctoral studies, he continued researching in the fields of photonic sensors, fibre optics and supramolecular chemistry at the University of Southampton until 2012.
Richard is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge (UK), where he exploits self-assembly within microfluidically-templated droplets to prepare novel material architectures; with interests ranging from supramolecular microcapsules and gels, to bio-inspired photonic microparticles and structurally-coloured films.
Univ. of Cambridge: https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/group/vignolini/person/rmp53
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=me-Ua0gAAAAJ&hl=en
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/richard-parker-9912a690