Professor Sumeert Mahajan
MSc, MTech, PhD, FHEA, FRSC
Novel chemical biology methods, non-destructive chemical analysis, non-invasive chemical imaging, biomedical device development and neurodiagnostics
Profile
Professor Sumeet Mahajan conducts research at the interface of nanotechnology, spectroscopy, imaging and biomedicine. His main area of interest is the development and application of new spectroscopy and imaging techniques to extract molecular, chemical and structural information from materials, in particular biological materials.
He has more than 20 years of experience in Raman spectroscopy-based techniques as well as expertise in near infrared and shortwave infrared spectroscopy. He also has extensive experience in multiphoton techniques for imaging chemical distribution in different materials.
Sumeet’s expertise will be of particular interest to environmental, health, biomedical and pharmaceutical companies who are developing or seeking new detection and diagnostic tools as well as those looking for non-invasive or in situ and non-destructive detection and quantitative measurement solutions.
As well as experience as an industrial scientist before entering academia, Sumeet has extensive experience of collaboration with companies including AstraZeneca, M Squared Life, Dstl and numerous startups.
A recent major research achievement was the development, with Professor Chris Kipps from University Hospital Southampton, of a new rapid laser-based test that could diagnose different types of dementia in just minutes.
Sumeet’s impressive research track record includes doctoral work on electrodeposited nanostructures and their applications in optics and DNA detection at the University of Southampton, and postdoctoral research into photonic applications of nanomaterials and nanospectroscopic techniques at the University of Cambridge. He has headed up major Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council programmes, including the current £6.2m Transformative Healthcare 2050 programme at Southampton and a £4.2m Industry-Academia Prosperity Partnership.