James Mclaughlin

Biography

James McLaughlin, Research Director – Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy & Materials in School of Engineering at Ulster University, Professor James McLaughlin, a physicist, is currently the Director of the Nanotechnology and Integrated Bioengineering Centre - NIBEC. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Irish Academy of Engineering and was recently awarded an OBE for his services to Research and Economic Development in Northern Ireland. He is also a Senior Distinguished Research Fellow and Impact Fellow (2016) of the University.

Research Interest

Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy & Materials,  His present research interests address nanotechnology and it’s application in areas such as point-of-care sensors and cardiology based medical diagnostics. These interests involve the integration of sensors, microfluidics, electronics and photonics. Professor McLaughlin has led key developments in the technology of sensor materials and it’s impact into the connected health industry in areas such as cardiac arrest, heart failure and ubiquitous predictive monitoring. This work has had a strong influence on the Universities commercialisation of IP relating to Connected Health companies, as well as providing the basis for a range of new biomedical sensing platforms. He has over three hundred publications (H-index 38), numerous successful patents and achieved outstanding paper awards at international conferences, as well as being honoured as an invited keynote speaker at numerous International Conferences.