The Society for Molecular Imprinting
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 | Position: Professor of Biosensors and Bioelectronics Institution: Linköping University Department: Biosensors & Bioelectronics Centre Address: IFM, Linköping University Linköping 58 183 |
Professor Turner's name is synonymous with the field of Biosensors and in 2010 he joined IFM-Linköping to create a new Centre for Biosensors and Bioelectronics. His previous thirty-five year academic career in the UK culminated in the positions of Principal of Cranfield University at Silsoe and Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology.
He held a personal chair in Biosensor Technology at Cranfield University from 1989 and retains a part-time position there as Director of Cranfield Ventures Ltd, with responsibility for leveraging Cranfield University's IP via spin outs and licensing. He has a number of honorary and visiting positions elsewhere including Visiting Professor at the University of Florence. Honorary Consultant Clinical Scientist at the Gloucestershire NHS Trust in the UK and International Advisory Board Member for Tokyo University of Technology, Japan.
In the UK, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1996, invited to Fellowship of the Institute of Biology in 1999 and the Institute of Physics in 2006. He was awarded a Higher Doctorate (DSc) for his exceptional contribution to biosensors by the University of Kent in 2001 and an Honorary DSc by the University of Bedfordshire in 2008, where he served as a Governor for six years. He was admitted to the USA National Academy of Engineering in 2006, for his work on glucose sensors, environmental monitors and synthetic recognition molecules. He won the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) Theophilus Redwood Medal for Analytical Science in 2011 and was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science (IVA) in 2013.
Professor Turner has over 750 publications and patents in the field of biosensors and biomimetic sensors and an Hirsch Index of 63. He has won a number of prestigious scientific awards and presented well over 400 keynote and plenary lectures at a range of international meetings and honour ceremonies around the world. He co-founded and has edited the principal journal in the field, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, since 1985 and edited the first textbook on Biosensors in 1987. He has supervised 45 PhD students, 28 Master dissertations and launched the first Masters courses in the UK in Environmental Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics and Nanomedicine.
Current activities
Professor Turner has a long track record of blending fundamental research with R&D and consultancy for commercial clients, government bodies and funding agencies. While he also works to develop business fopportunities, his main focus is now on research His current principal interests are:
Next generation fabrication - The fully integrated device
Nanobioreactors and smart supramolecular structures
Tony Turner has held a range of commercial positions continuously since 1982, commencing with Project Director for MediSense's (Abbott) in vitro diagnostics programme. In this role he led the team that invented, designed and developed the world's most successful type of biosensor, the mediated amperometric enzyme electrode for glucose for home use. He continues this commitment to innovation today as a Director for Cranfield Ventures Ltd. and advising Linköping on innovation. In his thirty years managing and directing commercial R&D he numbers amongst his clients all the major diagnostic companies in the world and numerous other small and large enterprises. In addition to advising companies and governments worldwide in the general area of analytical biotechnology, he has served as an expert witness in patent litigations and arbitrations on three continents.
He played a key role in coordinating research activities in medical and environmental sensors in the European Union and led concerted actions and thematic networks since 1988. He founded the World Congress on Biosensors for Elsevier in 1990 and has chaired it since then.
