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Professor Oscar Ces is the Head of the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London since 2019 and holds the August von Hofmann Chair of Chemistry. He is a leading researcher in soft condensed matter, chemical biology, microfluidics, and artificial cell systems. His work focuses on lipid membrane mechanics, single-cell analysis, and smart delivery systems, with industry collaborations including AstraZeneca and GSK. He has pioneered technologies like the microfluidic antibody capture chip (MAC Chip) and the Proxomics grant initiative. Professor Ces co-founded the Agri Futures Lab, fabriCELL, and the Leverhulme Centre for Cellular Bionics. He has held roles such as Director of the Institute of Chemical Biology and Co-Director of the Membrane Biophysics Platform. His research group develops artificial cells, droplet interface bilayers, and optonanofluidic systems for applications in drug delivery and synthetic biology.
Education details are not explicitly listed, but his career spans over 25 years at Imperial College, where he has contributed to establishing the White City Campus and founding initiatives like the Molecular Sciences Research Hub. His group’s current projects include a £5.4M EPSRC Frontiers grant for scaling synthetic biology approaches and a £4.6M Proxomics grant for clinical applications of single-cell analysis. The Membrane Biophysics Platform, with over 30 researchers, focuses on lipid membrane engineering, molecular interactions, and high-throughput drug screening.
Research interests span artificial cell compartmentalization, microfluidic single-cell manipulation, and optonanofluidic droplet networks. His work integrates engineering and biology to create advanced synthetic systems. Collaborations include academic-industrial partnerships and cross-faculty initiatives like digiFAB for digital chemistry. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned, but his extensive grants and leadership roles highlight his contributions to the field.
