Professor P Vadgama is currently Director of the IRC in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary, University of London and Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine & Dentistry. Head of Service in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Barts and the Royal London NHS Trust.

His particular interest is in biosensors where he has developed permselective, biocompatible and biomimetic polymeric membranes capable of stable transduction in whole blood and tissue. Both in vivo and in vitro work has been undertaken, including the use of miniaturised devices for glucose and lactate monitoring, immunosensing and interrogation of tissue-material interactions.

Current research work includes interfacial problems relating to sensor/biomaterial contact with the biomatrix, and the generalisable insights that may emerge from this. Projects include: Spider silk for tissue engineering, materials for implantable electronic devices, microfluidic based separation, cell-surface interactions, biomaterial degradation dynamics, conducting polymers as biomaterials, tissue bioreactor design, cochlear implant electrodes.