Professor Annette Taylor

BSc, PhD, MRSC, FHEA

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Professor

Director of Student Experience

Athena Swan Champion

Chair of Opportunities Committee

Dr Annette Taylor
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a.f.taylor@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9607

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Professor Annette Taylor
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room C31
Pam Liversidge Building
Mappin Street
91直播
S1 3JD
Profile

I obtained a BSc and PhD from Physical Chemistry at the University of Leeds and was later RCUK Fellow, then Senior Lecturer, before taking a position in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of 91直播 in 2014. During my time at Leeds I also held Visiting Researcher positions with collaborators in the USA. My research involves combining chemical kinetics and mass transport with applications in materials science and biological processes.

I have over 50 publications, including in Science and PRL, and have written News and Views articles for Nature and Nature Chemistry. I have obtained research funding from the EPSRC, EU FP7 and Innovate UK as well as funding for teaching and outreach related projects from HESTEM and the RSC. I'm a member of the management committee of the COST action on Emergence and Evolution in Complex Chemical Systems and a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science (American Institute of Physics). In 2016, I was elected Chair of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems. I'm also a member of the EPSRC peer review college and an international grant reviewer for many organisations, including the ERC.

I'm the Athena SWAN Champion and Chair of the Opportunities Committee on matters related to Equality and Diversity in CBE at 91直播. I recently led a successful departmental application for a Silver Athena SWAN Award.

Research interests

My research involves reaction engineering: the design and optimisation of chemical/biochemical systems through consideration of catalytic reaction networks coupled with mass transport. The research combines experiments with kinetic modelling and has a wide range of applications such bio-reactors for fuel or food, materials formation or degradation, drug delivery and sensing.

I'm particularly interested in aqueous phase catalysis and control of dynamics in cellular biological or bioinspired chemical systems. Taking inspiration from nature or the use of natural components allows us to design functional materials and processes that are greener or more sustainable, but also harness the unique properties arising from feedback in natural systems including collective behaviour (e.g. quorum sensing in bacteria) and self-organisation.

Some current projects include:

  • New methods for the bio-catalytic control of gelation for natural adhesives and repair with Prof Pojman (Louisianna State University)
  • Enzyme loaded colloids or vesicles for biotechnology and healthcare applications with Dr Rossi (Salerno) and Dr Beales (Leeds)
  • Self-organisation in precipitation processes with Prof鈥檚 Horvath and Toth (Szeged) and Prof Meldrum (Leeds)
  • Bio-based and biodegradable materials: Optimising ester hydrolysis in polymers and lignocellulose processing for bioethanol production
  • Engineering applications of biomineralisation and biofilm formation with Dr Karunakaran and the SCARAB team (91直播)

Publications

Journal articles

  • Leathard AS, Beales PA & Taylor AF (2023) . Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 33(12). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Regan HC, Taylor AF & Karunakaran E (2022) . Journal of Visualized Experiments(187). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Stanisavljev D, Taylor AF & Bubanja IN (2022) . Phys Chem Chem Phys. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mai AQ, B谩ns谩gi T, Taylor AF & Pojman JA (2021) . Communications Chemistry, 4(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cupi膰 沤D, Taylor AF, Horv谩th D, Orlik M & Epstein IR (2021) . Frontiers in Chemistry, 9(4). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bohner B, B谩ns谩gi T, T贸th 脕, Horv谩th D & Taylor AF (2020) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(7), 2823-2828. RIS download Bibtex download
  • B谩ns谩gi T & Taylor AF (2019) . Life, 9(3). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Aspuru-Guzik A, Baik M-H, Balasubramanian S, Banerjee R, Bart S, Borduas-Dedekind N, Chang S, Chen P, Corminboeuf C, Coudert F-X , Cronin L et al (2019) . Nature Chemistry, 11(4), 286-294. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Markovic VM, B谩ns谩gi T, McKenzie D, Mai A, Pojman JA & Taylor AF (2019) . Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 29(3), 033130-033130. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jones SJ, Taylor AF & Beales PA (2019) . Experimental Biology and Medicine, 244(4), 283-293. RIS download Bibtex download
  • B谩ns谩gi T & Taylor AF (2018) . Israel Journal of Chemistry. RIS download Bibtex download
  • B谩ns谩gi T & Taylor AF (2018) . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 15(140). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bubanja IN, B谩ns谩gi T & Taylor AF (2018) . Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 123(1), 187-187. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bubanja IN, B谩ns谩gi T & Taylor AF (2018) . Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 123(1), 177-185. RIS download Bibtex download
  • B谩ns谩gi T & Taylor AF (2017) . Tetrahedron, 73(33), 5018-5022. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ashkenasy G, Hermans TM, Otto S & Taylor AF (2017) . Chem. Soc. Rev., 46(9), 2543-2554. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jee E, B谩ns谩gi T, Taylor AF & Pojman JA (2017) . Angewandte Chemie, 128(6), 2167-2171. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF (2016) . Nature, 537(7622), 627-628. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jee E, B谩ns谩gi T, Taylor AF & Pojman JA (2016) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(6), 2127-2131. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Tinsley MR & Showalter K (2015) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(31), 20047-20055. RIS download Bibtex download
  • B谩ns谩gi T & Taylor AF (2015) . Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 25(6), 064308-064308. RIS download Bibtex download
  • B谩ns谩gi T & Taylor AF (2014) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118(23), 6092-6097. RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2014) . Biophysical Journal, 106(7), 1548-1548. RIS download Bibtex download
  • B谩ns谩gi T, Wrobel MM, Scott SK & Taylor AF (2013) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117(43), 13572-13577. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vallatos A, Evans R, Thompson BW, Taylor AF & Britton MM (2013) . Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 23(2), 023115-023115. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vallatos A, Wilson MCT, Taylor AF & Britton MM (2012) . EPL (Europhysics Letters), 99(6), 68001-68001. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Merkin JH & Taylor AF (2012) . Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 241(16), 1336-1343. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wrobel MM, B谩ns谩gi T, Scott SK, Taylor AF, Bounds CO, Carranza A & Pojman JA (2012) . Biophysical Journal, 103(3), 610-615. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Tinsley MR, Wang F & Showalter K (2011) . Angewandte Chemie, 123(43), 10343-10346. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Tinsley MR, Wang F & Showalter K (2011) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50(43), 10161-10164. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Novak J, Thompson BW, Wilson MCT, Taylor AF & Britton MM (2011) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(26), 12321-12321. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Tinsley MR, Taylor AF, Huang Z & Showalter K (2011) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(39), 17802-17802. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hu G, Pojman JA, Scott SK, Wrobel MM & Taylor AF (2010) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114(44), 14059-14063. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hu G, Bounds C, Pojman JA & Taylor AF (2010) . Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 48(13), 2955-2959. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Tinsley MR, Taylor AF, Huang Z, Wang F & Showalter K (2010) . Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 239(11), 785-790. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF & Tinsley MR (2009) . Nature Chemistry, 1(5), 340-341. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Tinsley MR, Wang F, Huang Z & Showalter K (2009) . Science, 323(5914), 614-617. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Kovacs K & Scott SK (2008) Nonlinear PH responsive chemomechanical devices. American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry, 49(1), 804. RIS download Bibtex download
  • McIlwaine RE, Fenton H, Scott SK & Taylor AF (2008) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112(7), 2499-2505. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Britton MM, Sederman AJ, Taylor AF, Scott SK & Gladden LF (2007) . Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 25(4), 551-552. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kovacs K, McIlwaine RE, Scott SK & Taylor AF (2007) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111(4), 549-551. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Toth R, Taylor AF & Tinsley MR (2006) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110(20), 10170-10176. RIS download Bibtex download
  • McIlwaine R, Kovacs K, Scott SK & Taylor AF (2006) . Chemical Physics Letters, 417(1-3), 39-42. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Toth R & Taylor AF (2006) . The Journal of Chemical Physics, 125(22), 224708-224708. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Toth R & Taylor AF (2006) . Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism, 31(2), 59-115. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF & Britton MM (2006) . Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 16(3), 037103-037103. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Britton MM, Sederman AJ, Taylor AF, Scott SK & Gladden LF (2005) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 109(37), 8306-8313. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kovacs K, McIlwaine R, Gannon K, Taylor AF & Scott SK (2005) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 109(1), 283-288. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Armstrong GR, Goodchild N & Scott SK (2003) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 5(18), 3928-3928. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF & Davies ML (2003) . Chemical Physics Letters, 371(5-6), 757-759. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF (2003) . ChemInform, 34(12). RIS download Bibtex download
  • TAYLOR A (2003) . Advances in Complex Systems, 06(01), 155-162. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF (2002) . Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism, 27(4), 247-326. RIS download Bibtex download
  • T贸th R, Papp A, G谩sp谩r V, Merkin JH, Scott SK & Taylor AF (2001) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 3(6), 957-964. RIS download Bibtex download
  • T贸th R, G谩sp谩r V, Belmonte A, O'Connell MC, Taylor A & Scott SK (2000) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2(3), 413-416. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Scott SK, Johnson BR, Taylor AF & Tinsley MR (2000) . Chemical Engineering Science, 55(2), 209-215. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, G谩sp谩r V, Johnson BR & Scott SK (1999) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 1(19), 4595-4599. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Johnson BR & Scott SK (1999) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 1(5), 807-811. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Johnson BR & Scott SK (1998) . Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, 94(8), 1029-1033. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Johnson BR, Scott SK & Taylor AF (1997) . Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, 93(20), 3733-3736. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bashir N, Leathard AS, McHugh M, Hoffman I, Shaon F, Belgodere JA, Taylor AF & Pojman JA () . Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Stanisavljev D, Taylor AF & Bubanja IN () . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rana M, Ahmad R & Taylor AF () . Lab on a Chip. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Liu H & Taylor AF () . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Miele Y, Jones SJ, Rossi F, Beales PA & Taylor AF () . The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 1979-1984. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Thompson BW, Novak J, Wilson MCT, Britton MM & Taylor AF () . Physical Review E, 81(4). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Tinsley MR, Taylor AF, Huang Z & Showalter K () . Physical Review Letters, 102(15). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Kapetanopoulos P, Whitaker BJ, Toth R, Bull L & Tinsley MR () . Physical Review Letters, 100(21). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kovacs K, McIlwaine RE, Scott SK & Taylor AF () . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 9(28), 3711-3716. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Tinsley M, Cui J, Chirila FV, Taylor A, Zhong S & Showalter K () . Physical Review Letters, 95(3). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Armstrong GR, Taylor AF, Scott SK & G谩sp谩r V () . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 6(19), 4677-4681. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Bamforth JR & Bardsley P () . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 4(22), 5640-5643. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Muzika F, B谩ns谩gi T, Schreiber I, Schreiberov谩 L & Taylor AF () . Chem. Commun., 50(76), 11107-11109. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Taylor AF (2021) , Out鈥恛f鈥怑quilibrium (Supra)molecular Systems and Materials (pp. 61-90). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Miele Y, B谩ns谩gi T, Taylor AF & Rossi F (2018) , Advances in Bionanomaterials (pp. 63-74). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Tinsley MR & Showalter K (2013) , Engineering of Chemical Complexity (pp. 261-278). WORLD SCIENTIFIC RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • TAYLOR AF (2021) . Computational Modeling: From Chemistry to Materials to Biology RIS download Bibtex download
  • Miele Y, B谩ns谩gi T, Taylor AF, Stano P & Rossi F (2016) (pp 197-208) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Taylor AF, Kapetanopoulos P, Whitaker BJ, Toth R, Bull L & Tinsley MR (2008) . The European Physical Journal Special Topics, Vol. 165(1) (pp 137-149) RIS download Bibtex download

Software / Code

  • Taylor A & Bansagi T . RIS download Bibtex download

Datasets

  • Taylor A & Bansagi T . RIS download Bibtex download

Other

  • Bohner B, B谩ns谩gi T, T贸th 脕, Horv谩th D & Taylor AF (2020) . Angewandte Chemie, 132(7), 2845-2850. RIS download Bibtex download