Catriona Inverarity

Current Position              DPhil student with the Open University

Supervisor(s)                   Dr Julian Dye (Oxford University); Dr Martin Bootman and Dr
                                        Duncan Banks (Open University)

Contact Information         Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of
                                        Science, the Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes 
                                        MK76AA
                                        Tel: 01908 653403 (Martin Bootman)

                                        IBME, Department of Engineering Science, Old Campus Road
                                        Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ
                                        Tel: 01865 617915 (Julian Dye)

                                        E-mail: catriona.inverarity@open.ac.uk

Research Interests         

Scaffold design and manufacture, tissue engineering, wound healing (particularly of chronic wounds such as diabetic foot and venous leg ulcers)

Background

Education                           

BEng Biomaterials Science and Tissue Engineering

Work Experience             

Research Scientist in New Product Development at SFM Ltd. working primarily on novel antimicrobials for wound dressings.

Awards and Scholarships            

Various school awards

Patents                               

AU2014322803 (A1)

Conference Presentations         

Novel silver nanoparticle containing cellulose fibres and their use in antimicrobial wound dressings (presented by Andrea Duffy at EWMA 2015, London and Graeme Kettlewell at SAWC 2015, San Antonio)

Funding                                                                              

Regenero (Santiago, Chile)