Research
Professor Slater's research interests focused on the manufacture and formulation of biopharmaceuticals including therapeutic proteins, DNA, viruses and cells. His research work was on the design and manufacture of AAV gene vectors and nanoparticles for ocular therapy as well as research procedures to improve the preservation of cells, especially pancreatic islets for the treatment of diabetes.
This area of NanoBio research has been continued by Dr Ljiljana Fruk.
Biography
Professor Nigel Slater is an Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering.
Nigel was Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB) from 2010 to 2015, as well as former Pro-Vice Chancellor (Enterprise and Regional Affairs) of the University of Cambridge.
Nigel obtained a BA and PhD degrees in Natural Sciences while a student at Sidney Sussex College, followed by a research fellowship in Chemistry at Fitzwilliam College in 1978. He became a University Assistant Lecturer in Chemical Engineering in 1979.
He left academia in 1985 for 15 years, leading numerous bioprocessing projects in industry, before returning to Cambridge in 2000 as a Professor of Chemical Engineering.
He retired from Cambridge in 2020.
Other Professional Activities
Professor Nigel Slater is the Qiushi Chair Professor at the University of Zhejiang.
