Christopher R Lowe, PhD
Professor Lowe is Director of the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Trinity College.
The principal focus of Prof. Lowe's biotechnology research program over the last 30 years has been the high value - low volume sectors of pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and diagnostics. The work not only covers aspects of biochemistry, microbiology, chemistry, electrochemistry, physics, electronics and chemical engineering, but also the entire range from pure science to strategic applied science, some of which has significant commercial applications and has led to the establishment of 6 spin-out companies. He has 250 publications, 5 monographs and 39 patents and has won a number of prizes over the last decade, including: the Pierce Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Affinity Chromatography and Related Techniques (1989); David Curnow Prize in Clinical Chemistry for work on Biosensors (1991); Schlumberger Stichting Prize (1994); The Queen's Award for Technological Achievement (1996); The Jubilee Medal of the Chromatographic Society (2002).
