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Biography

Dr Frankie Rawson is an accomplished cross-disciplinary scientist who has made significant contributions at the intersection of bioelectronics, biosensors, bioelectricity, and electrochemistry. He receievd his chair in 2025 in Electro-pharmaceutics, establishing a new paradigm in pharmaceutical sciences - integrating nanotechnology, bioelectronics, and quantum-scale mechanisms with traditional pharmaceutics to pioneer drug delivery and bioelectronic medicines.

He is the Deputy Director of the Biodiscovery Institute (2024). Recently appointed Head of Division of Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapies (2024).

Dr Frankie Rawson holds a diverse academic background with expertise in bioelectronics, biosensors, bioelectricity, and electrochemistry. Their multidisciplinary approach combines principles from biology, electronics, and electrochemistry to develop innovative solutions for understanding and manipulating biological systems.

Research Accomplishments:

1. Bioelectronic Devices: has been at the forefront of developing bioelectronic devices that interface with biological systems. Their research involves designing and fabricating novel electronic devices capable of interacting with living cells, tissues, or organisms. These devices have applications in areas such as cardio biology , regenerative medicine, and bioelectronic medicine.

2. Biosensors and Bioelectricity: Frankie Rawson has made significant contributions to the field of biosensors, particularly in the development of sensitive and selective detection platforms. Their research focuses on leveraging bioelectricity and electrochemical techniques to detect and quantify biomolecules of interest. These biosensors have potential applications in healthcare diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and food safety.

3. Electrochemical Methods in Biological Systems: Frankie Rawson's expertise extends to the application of electrochemical methods for studying biological systems. They have developed innovative electrochemical techniques to investigate the redox processes and electron transfer mechanisms involved in biological reactions. Their research has shed light on important biochemical processes and has implications for fields such as enzymology, metabolic engineering, and bioenergetics.

4. Collaborative Research: Frankie Rawson actively collaborates with scientists from various disciplines, including biologists, chemists, engineers, and medical researchers. Their cross-disciplinary approach fosters collaborations that drive innovation and lead to the development of integrated solutions for complex biological challenges.

Impact and Future Directions: Dr Frankie Rawson's research has had a significant impact on the fields of bioelectronics, biosensors, bioelectricity, and electrochemistry. Their work has advanced our understanding of the interface between biology and electronics, enabling the development of cutting-edge technologies and techniques for monitoring and manipulating biological systems. Frankie's contributions can potentially revolutionise fields such as healthcare, personalised medicine, and bioengineering. Most recently the group have pioneered the world first quantum therapy which paves the way for a new therapeutic intervention.

Dr Frankie Rawson's expertise as a cross-disciplinary scientist in bioelectronics, biosensors, bioelectricity, and electrochemistry has positioned them as a leading figure in these interdisciplinary fields. Their research accomplishments, development of bioelectronic devices, advancements in biosensing technologies, and innovative approaches to studying electrochemical processes in biological systems have made a lasting impact. Dr Frankie Rawson's work continues to push the boundaries of scientific knowledge and holds great promise for transformative applications in various domains.

Expertise Summary

Dr Rawson's research is truly multidisciplinary spanning the chemical-biology interface. Therefore, his expertise spans multiple disciplines, including Electrochemistry, Cell Surface Biochemistry, Bionanotechnology, Surface Chemistry, Electroceutics, Functional Materials and Biosensors, and Bioelectronics.

Teaching Summary

Module Convener

Future Medicine (2022-present)

Advanced Drug Delivery (2019-2022)

Dr Rawson teaches the Pharmacy module Medical Diagnostics (B34MED) and Masters in Bioengineering module Biomedical Applications of Biomaterials (MM4BAB), Advanced drug Delivery (Phar2014) , Future Medicines (Pharm 4014) and MSc in Oncology.

Research Summary

His research interests are to develop smart novel bioelectronic nano-system for studying and controlling cellular processes on a molecular scale. This involves fundamental studies of charge transfer… read more

Recent Publications

• BUNTY SHARMA, AKHIL JAIN, LLUISA PEREZ-GARCIA, JULIE A WATTS, FRANKIE JAMES RAWSON and GANGA RAM CHAUDHARY, 2022. Journal of Material Chemistry B.
• MECHELLE R. BENNETT, CARA MOLONEY, FRANCESCO CATRAMBONE,, FEDERICO TURCO, BENJAMIN MYERS, KATALIN KOVACS, PHILIP J. HILL, CAMERON ALEXANDER, FRANKIE J. RAWSON and PRATIK GURNANI, 2022. ACS Macro Letters. 11(8), 954–960
• PAOLA SANJUAN-ALBERTE, CHARLIE WHITEHEAD, JOSHUA N. JONES,, JOÃO C. SILVA, NATHAN CARTER, SIMON KELLAWAY, RICHARD J.M. HAGUE, JOAQUIM M.S. CABRAL, FREDERICO C. FERREIRA, LISA J. WHITE and FRANKIE J. RAWSON, 2022. iScience. 15(7), 104552
• BEN MYERS, PHIL HILL, FRANKIE J. RAWSON and KATALIN KOVACS, 2022. Johnson Matthey Technology Review. (In Press.)

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Current Research

His research interests are to develop smart novel bioelectronic nano-system for studying and controlling cellular processes on a molecular scale. This involves fundamental studies of charge transfer from prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells in addition to break through methodologies of surfaces functionalization and control on the nano-scale.

Current projects underway include

Quantum therapeutics for cancer (EPSRC)

Wireless electrcohemical therapeutics

Sustainable engineering of bioelectrical cellular systems (EPSRC)

Hijacking transplasma membrane electron transport systems (EPSRC)

Electrochemical differentiation of cell states (BBSRC)

Interfacing cells with electrocatalytic sensors for real-time cell communication (Leverhulme Trust)

Advanced manufacturing of nanoelectronic artificial functional scaffolds for synthetic tissues

• BUNTY SHARMA, AKHIL JAIN, LLUISA PEREZ-GARCIA, JULIE A WATTS, FRANKIE JAMES RAWSON and GANGA RAM CHAUDHARY, 2022. Journal of Material Chemistry B.
• MECHELLE R. BENNETT, CARA MOLONEY, FRANCESCO CATRAMBONE,, FEDERICO TURCO, BENJAMIN MYERS, KATALIN KOVACS, PHILIP J. HILL, CAMERON ALEXANDER, FRANKIE J. RAWSON and PRATIK GURNANI, 2022. ACS Macro Letters. 11(8), 954–960
• PAOLA SANJUAN-ALBERTE, CHARLIE WHITEHEAD, JOSHUA N. JONES,, JOÃO C. SILVA, NATHAN CARTER, SIMON KELLAWAY, RICHARD J.M. HAGUE, JOAQUIM M.S. CABRAL, FREDERICO C. FERREIRA, LISA J. WHITE and FRANKIE J. RAWSON, 2022. iScience. 15(7), 104552
• BEN MYERS, PHIL HILL, FRANKIE J. RAWSON and KATALIN KOVACS, 2022. Johnson Matthey Technology Review. (In Press.)
• AKHIL JAIN, ISOBEL JOBSON, MICHAELA GRIFFIN, RUMAN RAHMAN, STUART SMITH and FRANKIE J. RAWSON, 2022. Bioelectronic Medicine.
• FEDERICO TURCO, MARCO GARAVAGLIA, ROB VAN HOUDT, PHIL HILL, FRANKIE J. RAWSON and KATALIN KOVACS, 2022. ACS Synthetic Biology.
• FIONASMITH, AKMAL H. SABRI, MATTHEW HEPPEL, INES FONSECA, FAZ CHOWDHURY, KARMEN CHEUNG, STEPHEN WILLMOR, FRANKIE RAWSON and MARIA MARLOW, 2022. International Journal of Pharmaceutics.
• JAIN, AKHIL, TRINDADE, GUSTAVO F., HICKS, JACQUELINE M., POTTS, JORDAN C., RAHMAN, RUMAN, HAGUE, RICHARD J. M., AMABILINO, DAVID B., PEREZ-GARCIA, LLUISA and RAWSON, FRANKIE J., 2021. JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE. 587, 150-161
• GIBNEY, STEVEN, HICKS, JACQUELINE M., ROBINSON, ANDIE, JAIN, AKHIL, SANJUAN-ALBERTE, PAOLA and RAWSON, FRANKIE J., 2021. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY.
• ROBINSON, ANDIE J., JAIN, AKHIL, SHERMAN, HARRY G., HAGUE, RICHARD J. M., RAHMAN, RUMAN, SANJUAN-ALBERTE, PAOLA and RAWSON, FRANKIE J., 2021. ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS.
• SANJUAN-ALBERTE, P., VAITHILINGAM, J., MOORE, J. C., WILDMAN, R. D., TUCK, C. J., ALEXANDER, M. R., HAGUE, R. J. M. and RAWSON, F. J., 2021. Polymers. 13(7),
• JACQUELINE HICKS, YUN-CHIAO YAO, SYDNEY BARBE, NIGEL NEATE, JULIE A. WATTS, ALEKSANDR NOY and FRANKIE J. RAWSON, 2021. Small.
• ROBINSON, A. J., JAIN, A., RAHMAN, R., ABAYZEED, S., HAGUE, R. J. M. and RAWSON, F. J., 2021. ACS Omega. 6(44), 29495-29505
• BENNETT, MECHELLE R., JAIN, AKHIL, KOVACS, KATALIN, HILL, PHIL J., ALEXANDER, CAMERON and RAWSON, FRANKIE J., 2021. RSC ADVANCES. 12(1), 451-457
• BENNETT, M.R., GURNANI, P., HILL, P.J., ALEXANDER, C. and RAWSON, F.J., 2020. Angewandte Chemie.
• WOHLGEMUTH, FRANZISKA, GOMES, RACHEL L., SINGLETON, IAN, RAWSON, FRANKIE J. and AVERY, SIMON V., 2020. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 11,
• DI PALMA G, KOTOWSKA AM, HART LR, SCURR DJ, RAWSON FJ, TOMMASONE S and MENDES PM, 2019. ACS applied materials & interfaces. 11(9), 8937-8944
• SANJUAN-ALBERTE, P., SALEH, E., SHAW, A. J., LACALENDOLA, N., WILLMOTT, G., VAITHILINGAM, J., ALEXANDER, M. R., HAGUE, R. J. M. and RAWSON, F. J., 2019. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 11(9), 8928-8936
• PAOLA SANJUAN-ALBERTE and FRANNKIE J RAWSON, 2019. Therapeutic Delivery.
• SHAW, A., HAGUE, R., RAHMAN, R. and RAWSON, F., 2019.
• JACQUELINE HICKS, SIMON JACKSON, JONATHAN AYLOTT, NIGEL SILMAN and FRANKIE RAWSON, 2019. Biosensors and Bioelectroncis.
• SHERMAN, HARRY G., HICKS, JACQUELINE M., JAIN, AKHIL, TITMAN, JEREMY J., ALEXANDER, CAMERON, STOLNIK, SNOW and RAWSON, FRANKIE J., 2019. CHEMBIOCHEM. 20(8), 1008-1013
• SANJUAN-ALBERTE, PAOLA, JAIN, AKHIL, SHAW, ANDIE, ABAYZEED, SIDAHMED, RAFAEL FUENTES DOMINGUEZ, RAFAEL, ALEA-REYES, MARIA ELISA, CLARK, MATT, ALEXANDER, MORGAN R, HAGUE, RICHARD JM, OTHERS and RAWSON, FRANKIE JAMES, 2019. ACS Applied Nano Materials.
• SHERMAN, HARRY G., JOVANOVIC, CAROLYN, ABUAWAD, ALAA, KIM, DONG-HYUN, COLLINS, HILARY, DIXON, JAMES E., CAVANAGH, ROBERT, MARKUS, ROBERT, STOLNIK, SNOW and RAWSON, FRANKIE J., 2019. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS. 1860(8), 628-639
• VAITHILINGAM, J., SANJUAN-ALBERTE, P., CAMPORA, S., RANCE, G. A., JIANG, L., THORPE, J., BURROUGHS, L., TUCK, C. J., DENNING, C., WILDMAN, R. D., HAGUE, R. J. M., ALEXANDER, M. R. and RAWSON, F. J., 2019. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(38),
• HARRY SHERMAN, CAROLYN JOVANOVIC, SNOW STOLNIK and FRANKIE RAWSON, 2018. Analytical Chemistry: Anal Chem. 90(4), 2780–2786
• PAOLA SANJUAN-ALBERTE, MORGAN R. ALEXANDER, RICHARD J. M. HAGUE and FRANKIE J. RAWSON, 2018. Bioelectronic Medicine. 4(1), 1-7
• HARRY SHERMAN, SNOW STOLNIK, KIM BARONIAN, ALISON J. DOWNARD and FRANKIE J. RAWSON, 2018. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences.
• JACQUELINE M. HICKS, ZHI YI WONG, DAVID J. SCURR, NIGEL SILMAN, SIMON K. JACKSON, PAULA M. MENDES, JON AYLOTT and FRANKIE J. RAWSON, 2017. Langmuir.
• ZARRAR HUSSEIN, F J RAWSON, P. G. OPPENHEIMER and A. ACTON, 2016. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 3, 1500860
• F. J. RAWSON, M. T. COLE, J. M. HICK, J. A. AYLOTT, W. I. MILNE, C. M. COLINS, S. K. JACKSON, N. J. SILMAN and P. M. MENDES, 2016. Scientific Reports: Sci Rep. 1-5
• FRANKIE J. RAWSON, 2015. Therapeutic Delivery. 6(1), 5-8
• HAO ZHOU, QING LIU, FRANKIE J. RAWSON, WEI MA, DA-WEI LI, DI L and YI-TAO LONG, 2015. Chemical Communications. 51, 3223-3226
• FRANKIE J. RAWSON, NGA NIP and PAULA M. MENDES, 2015. WO/2015/036612 03/15/2015 00:00:00
• ALEX STEPHENSON-BROWN,, SUE YONG, MUHAMMAD H. MANSOR, ZARRAR HUSSEIN, NGA-CHI YIP, PAULA M. MENDES, JOHN S. FOSSEY and FRANKIE J. RAWSON*, 2015. Chemical Communications. 51, 17213-174216
• F J RAWSON, J. HICKS, N. DODD, W. ABATE, D. J. GARRETT, NGA-CHI YIP, G. FEJER, A. DOWNARD, K BARONIAN, S. JACKSON and P. M. MENDES, 2015. ACS Applied Materials Interfaces. 23527-23537
• CHUN L. YEUNG, XINGYONG WANG, MINHAJ LASHKOR, ELEONORA CANTINI, FRANKIE J. RAWSON, PARVEZ IQBAL, JON A. PREECE and JING MA, 2014. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 1(2),
• NGA-CHI YIP, FRANKIE J RAWSON, CHI WAI TSANG and PAULA M MENDES, 2014. Biosensors & Bioelectronincs. 57, 303-309
• 2014. Interfacing cells with nanostructured electrochemical sensors for enhanced biomedical sensing. In: Nanosensors for chemical and biological applications: Sensing with nanotubes, nanowires and nanoparticles Elsvier.
• PARVEZ IQBAL, FRANKIE J. RAWSON, WATSON K.-W. HO, SIU-FUNG LEE, KEN CHAM-FAI LEUNG, XINGYONG WANG, AKASH BERI, JON A. PREECE and JING MA, 2014. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 6(9), 6264–6274
• RAWSON FJ, DOWNARD AJ and BARONIAN KH, 2014. Scientific reports. 4, 5216
• JING C, RAWSON FJ, ZHOU H, SHI X, LI W, LI D and LONG Y, 2014. Analytical chemistry. 86(11), 5513-8
• LASHKOR M, RAWSON FJ, PREECE JA and MENDES PM, 2014. The Analyst. 139(21), 5400-8
• LASHKOR M, RAWSON FJ, STEPHENSON-BROWN A, PREECE JA and MENDES PM, 2014. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 50, 15589-15592 (In Press.)
• PRANZETTI, A., MIESZKIN, S., IQBAL, P., RAWSON, F.J., CALLOW, M.E., CALLOW, J.A., KOELSCH, P., PREECE, J.A. and MENDES, P.M., 2013. Advanced Materials. 25(15), 2181-2185
• RAWSON, F. J., YEUNG, C. L., JACKSON, S. K. and MENDES, P. M., 2013. Nano Letters. 13(1), 1-8
• RAWSON, F. J., YEUNG, C. L., JACKSON, S. K. and MENDES, P. M., 2013. Nano Reviews.
• COSTELLO, C. M., YEUNG, C. L., RAWSON, F. J. and MENDES, P. M., 2012. Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. 7(6), 634-651
• RAWSON, F. J., GROSS, A. J., GARRETT, D. J., DOWNARD, A. J. and BARONIAN, K. H. R., 2012. Electrochemistry Communications. 15(1), 85-87
• CHELIKANI, V., RAWSON, F. J., DOWNARD, A. J., GOONERATNE, R., KUNZE, G., PASCO, N. and BARONIAN, K. H. R., 2011. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 26(9), 3737-3741
• GARRETT, D. J., BROOKSBY, P. A., RAWSON, F. J., BARONIAN, K. H. R. and DOWNARD, A. J., 2011. Analytical Chemistry. 83(21), 8347-8351
• HASLETT, N. D., RAWSON, F. J., BARRIERE, F., KUNZE, G., PASCO, N., GOONERATNE, R. and BARONIAN, K. H. R., 2011. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 26(9), 3742-3747
• RAWSON, F. J., GARRETT, D. J., LEECH, D., DOWNARD, A. J. and BARONIAN, K. H. R., 2011. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 26(5), 2383-2389
• PEMBERTON, R. M., RAWSON, F. J., XU, J. S., PITTSON, R., DRAGO, G. A., GRIFFITHS, J., JACKSON, S. K. and HART, J. P., 2010. Microchimica Acta. 170(3-4), 321-330
• RAWSON, F. J., JACKSON, S. K. and HART, J. P., 2010. Analytical Letters. 43(10-11), 1790-1800
• RAWSON, F. J., PURCELL, W. M., XU, J., PEMBERTON, R. M., FIELDEN, P. R., BIDDLE, N. and HART, J. P., 2009. Talanta. 77(3), 1149-1154
• RAWSON, F. J., PURCELL, W. M., XU, J., COWELL, D. C., FIELDEN, P. R., BIDDLE, N. and HART, J. P., 2007. Electrochimica Acta. 52(25), 7248-7253