Biography

Dr Rawson received a BSc (Hons) degree in Biochemistry from the University of Huddersfield in 2004. As part of his degree he spent a year placement at Covance Laboratories working in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Toxicology. He subsequently returned to Covance after completion of his degree and worked within the Cytogenetics Laboratory. This then led him to study for a PhD in which he developed electrochemical biosensors for detecting toxicity from 3D organotypic liver spheroids under the supervision of Professor John Hart at the University of the West of England. He then moved to New Zealand to undertake a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Canterbury under the guidance of Prof Alison Downard within the Department of Chemistry. His research here focused on the development of conducting surfaces that could "wire" into cell membrane and cell wall redox sites. This allowed for the capture of electrons from cells and shed new light on their biological origin. This was followed by a Post Doc at the University of Birmingham within the Mendes Laboratory in the School of Chemical Engineering.

Here he combined his previous skills to develop nanostructured electrodes that could electrochemically communicate with the internal environment of cells.

He then moved to Nottingham within the School of Pharmacy in 2013 to take up an Independent Early Career Leverhulme Fellowship and establish the Bioelectronics Labortaory.In 2016 he was awarded a Nottingham Research Fellowship and promoted to Associate Professor in 2019.