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 617653
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)