Caryn HughesCaryn Hughes obtained a Master of Chemistry MChem with Industrial Experience in 2007, followed by an Analytical Science PhD entitled 'Development of FTIR for Drug Response Analysis' at the University of Manchester in 2011. Caryn has since worked as a interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Associate in groups including the Genito Urinary Cancer Research Group (led by Professor Noel Clarke) at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, the Analytical and Medical Vibrational Spectroscopy Group at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (led by Professor Peter Gardner), the Instrumentation and Analytical Science group (led by Dr Philip Martin) at the University of Manchester and the Spectral Analytics Laboratory (led by Matthew Baker) at the University of Strathclyde. The focus of her research is biomedical infrared spectroscopy, working with biofluids, cells and tissue sample formats for diagnostic and investigative disease state analysis. Read More Read Less