Biography

Research Project: Nanoscale characterisation of broad-spectrum polymyxin antibiotics on live bacteria
Supervisors: Bart Hoogenboom (UCL),  Andrew Edwards (ICL)

Carolina graduated from UCL in 2022 with an MEng in Biomedical Engineering. She became interested in materials characterisation during her internship in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing at the University of Nottingham, where she characterised bio-scaffolds for cartilage repair using Atomic Force Microscopy. Carolina is now based in the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN), and in the Edwards lab at Imperial in the MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection (CMBI). Carolina’s PhD project focuses on investigating the mechanisms of action of different polymyxin antibiotics on live bacterial membranes using Atomic Force Microscopy and Fluorescence Microscopy.

Joshua Bailey

Being part of the CDT-ACM was an all-round fantastic experience; I not only received great training in a range of advanced characterisation techniques, but I also made strong links with industry and strong bonds with my cohort which have both led to fruitful collaborations.