Research areas
Dr Hammond is an Accredited Biomedical Scientist with a particular interest in microbiology. Dr Hammond was educated in Northern England where he grew up and attended the universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow to attain his Undergraduate and Masters Degrees. During this time Dr Hammond discovered his deep fascination with microorganisms generally and those that cause disease in particular. To further his ambitions and learning Dr Hammond applied to and was accepted by, the University of 58吃瓜 Medical School as a PhD student in 2012.
In 2016 Dr Hammond graduated but had begun postdoctoral training prior to this. Also in 2016 Dr Hammond and colleagues won a Longitude Prize Discovery Award, and in 2018 the Scottish Life Science Innovation of the Year Award both for the novel technology. In the same year Dr Hammond and colleagues spun out their start-up company and Dr Hammond began work as an Industrial Research Fellow at the University.
In 2022 Dr Hammond began a new role as a Lecturer in the but maintains an active with from across disciplines and continents.
PhD supervision
- Isabelle Cochrane
- Benedict Paulukiewicz
Selected publications
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Open access
Falconer, K., Hammond, R., Parcell, B. J. & Gillespie, S. H., 28 Feb 2024, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 73, 2, 11 p., 001812.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Open access
Hammond, R., Falconer, K., Powell, T., Bowness, R. & Gillespie, S. H., 12 Nov 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 11 p., 19393.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review