About Sheffield Surface Analysis Centre

Professor Graham Leggett

• Professor of Nanoscale Analytical Science, the University of Sheffield, 2002–present

• Lecturer/senior lecturer/reader, UMIST, 1998–2002

• Lecturer, University of Nottingham, 1994–1998

• Research associate, Universities of Washington and Nottingham, 1991–1994

• PhD, UMIST, 1990

• BSc, UMIST, 1987

Research interests

Professor Graham Leggett's research is focused on the analysis and modification of organic and biological surfaces and interfaces. 

Currently, three themes are of special interest: 

• The development of photonic techniques for molecular nanofabrication.

• The assembly of biological nanostructures, with particular emphasis on protein patterning and photosynthetic membrane proteins.

• The nanotribology of organic and polymeric films.

Surface analysis runs through all that we do, and has been the unifying theme in Graham's research for two and a half decades, including the use of surface spectroscopic techniques (XPS and SIMS), the development of quantitative techniques based on local probe microscopy (for example, friction force microscopy), measurements of interfacial tension and other approaches.

Graham has published over 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals and given over 100 invited talks. He was a member of the AVS Program Committee from 2001-2007, AVS International Symposium Vice-Chair in 2004, Program Chair of the AVS Biomaterials Interfaces Division (BID) in 2005, BID Divisional Chair in 2006 and 2014 and a member of the AVS Board of Directors in 2010. 

Graham is a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Langmuir, ACS Nano, Nanoscale and Surface and Interface Analysis.

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