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General Information

Full Name Rob Scrutton

Education

  • 2022 - 2026
    PhD (Chemistry)
    University of Cambridge, UK
    • Utilising high-throughput microfluidic screening of phase separating biomolecules.
      • Implementing segmentation algorithms using a convolutional neural network for detection of microfluidic droplets.
      • Classifying the phase of biomolecules using machine learning from fluorescent microscopy images.
      • Used models from poylmer physics to extract thermodynamic quantities from experiment.
  • 2018-2022
    Integrated Masters in Chemistry (First Class Honours)
    University of Oxford, UK
    • Lady Margaret Hall
      • Masters project - Understanding solvent mediated attractions for phase separating polymers.

Experience

  • 2024 - Present
    Consultant
    Transition Bio, UK
  • 2021
    Research Internship
    University of Cambridge, UK
    • Supervised by Prof. Tuomas Knowles and Dr. Kadi Liis Saar
      • Sequence based prediction of in vivo protein condensation using natural language processing (manuscript in review)
  • 2020
    Research Internship
    University of Sheffield, UK
    • Supervised by Prof. Julia Weinstein and Prof. Anthony Meijer
      • Density functional theory modelling of excited electronic states in platinum complexes

Honors and Awards

  • 2021
    • Christopher Dobson Prize for examination results in undergraduate finals

Teaching

  • 2023 - 2024
    • (Masters) Natural Sciences, Soft Matter - University of Cambridge
  • 2022 - 2023
    • (Masters) Natural Sciences, Soft Matter - University of Cambridge
    • (Masters) Systems Biology project supervisor - University of Cambridge
    • (Undergraduate) Natural Sciences, Thermodynamics - University of Cambridge
    • (Undergraduate) Natural Sciences, Chemical Kinetics - University of Cambridge
    • (Undergraduate) Natural Sciences, Laboratory Demonstrator - University of Cambridge