Education & Professional Experience

Peter has studied at The University of Sheffield in Biochemistry and Microbiology (Photosynthesis) between 2007 and 2011, then at The University of Sheffield in Biochemistry and Microbiology between 2004 and 2007.

Peter worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory as Postdoctoral Research Scholar between Feb 2012 and Oct 2014.

 Skills & Competences

Peter has the following skills : Surface modification techniques, e.g. silane/ thiol chemistry, Supported lipid bilayer formation (gel/ fluid phase lipids, proteins), Liposome formation and integral membrane protein incorporation, Chromatography, HPLC, gel electrophoresis, Western blotting, Atomic force microscopy (high-res. imaging, soft bio samples, force measurement), Surface characterization (contact angle measurements, ellipsometry), Cell culture techniques (inc. phototrophic, anaerobic bacterial growth), Dynamic light scattering (DLS) to analyse particle size distribution, Fluorescence microscopy (epifluorescence, confocal, TIRF, FRAP), Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) (analysis of protein, lipid binding), Surface patterning techniques (microcontact printing, photolithography), Native membrane fragment isolation and purification from bacteria, Clean-room fabrication techniques, including photo-lithography, Transmission electron microscopy (single particles, membranes, cell sections), Sucrose density gradient centrifugation, Quantitative image analysis using ImageJ, Gwyddion, Bruker/Asylum AFM software, Spectroscopy (steady-state and time-resolved absorption and fluorescence), Polymersome design, assembly and use as bio-inspired architectures, Graphical analysis, deconvolution, fitting of spectral data (Origin software).