Ignacio Gispert Contamina

Dr Ignacio Gispert Contamina is a Research Fellow and Research Group Manager in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences at Imperial College London. He co-directs the Membrane Biophysics Group and is part of the executive team of FabriCELL.

Education:

• PhD in Cellular Bionics, Leverhulme Trust-funded, supervised by Dr. Yuval Elani, Prof. Oscar Ces, and Dr. Laura Barter

Research Interests:

• Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry
• Medical Biotechnology
• Synthetic Biology
• Nanotechnology
• Nanobiotechnology
• Artificial Life

He is currently working on new approaches to deploy synthetic cells beyond the laboratory for applications in resource-limited locations.

Affiliations:

• Institute of Chemical Biology
• CDT in Chemical Biology: Physical Sciences Innovation
• Leverhulme Centre for Cellular Bionics