Characterising commercial biosensing technologies

Electrochemical biosensors offer strong potential for low-cost, portable diagnostics in clinical and environmental settings. However, their widespread adoption is limited by integrity challenges, such as signal drift, which reduce reproducibility and confidence. Through long-standing collaborations with biomedical industry partners, we have established electrochemical platforms for characterising commercial biosensing technologies. The student will build on these platforms to design and conduct controlled experiments that simulate realistic integrity scenarios, generating high-quality datasets that will be integrated with recently developed kinetic and data-driven algorithms to support the development of novel monitoring models. The project outcomes will allow the development and evaluation of monitoring algorithms for real-time detection and mitigation of biosensor faults and inform industry partners, translating findings to support ongoing commercial collaborations with companies such as Eluceda, ElectraDx, and Aptamer Group. The student will work closely with postgraduate researchers and receive structured training and supervision throughout the placement. Students will need to find their own accommodation and be expected to present their findings orally at a research day in York on 08th September 2026.