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Staff Profile

Dr Andrew Pike

Director of Expertise - Chemistry

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  • Address: Chemical Nanoscience Laboratory
    Chemistry
    School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
    Bedson Building
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    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Director of Expertise - Chemistry


Qualifications

  • BSc Medicinal Chemistry, Â鶹´«Ã½ (1994)
  • MSc Molecular Functional Chemistry, Hokkaido University, Japan (1998)
  • PhD Redox active DNA immobilised on Silicon, Â鶹´«Ã½ (2002)


Previous Positions

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Â鶹´«Ã½, 2002-2004
  • Research Team Leader, INEX, Â鶹´«Ã½ 2004-2005
  • RCUK Academic Fellow, Â鶹´«Ã½, 2005-2010 
  • Lecturer, Â鶹´«Ã½, 2010-2014 
  • Senior Lecturer, Â鶹´«Ã½ 2014-
Research

Research Interests


  • Enzymatic synthesis of designer DNA
  • Printed materials for flexible electronics
  • Modified nulceosides and nucleotides
  • DNA based systems for electronic interconnects and sensing
  • DNA-inspired nanomaterials

 

Postgraduate Supervision

Current research group members:

  • PhD Yr 4 Lama Alharthi
  • PhD Yr 2 Ellie Dimmick
  • PhD Yr 2 Andy Hicks


Funding

  • £12,000 Royal Society International Joint Project with Hokkaido University 2021
  • £210,000 UKRI Innovate UK ICURE follow on fund 2020
  • £28,000 Northern Accelerator Exec into Business fund 2020
  • £47,000 Northern Accelerator Proof of Concept fund 2019
  • £137,000 EU H2020-MSCA-RISE 2017 (with Dr Eimer Tuite), 2017
  • £60,400 Innovate UK (with Professor Andrew Houlton and Dr Ben Horrocks), 2018
  • £15,800 - Center for International Programs of Kazakhstan, 2016-17
  • £15,000 IAA EPSRC (with Dr Eimer Tuite), 2018
  • £10,000 Global Excellence Fund, 2013
  • £365,00 TSB/MRC, 2012
  • £1,440 Wellcome Trust, 2011
  • £1,440 Nuffield Foundation, 2011
  • €638,005 European Union FP7, (with other members of CNL), 2010
  • £1,440 Nuffield Foundation, 2010
  • £1,440 Â鶹´«Ã½, 2009
  • £5,000 Â鶹´«Ã½, 2005
  • £3,000 Daiwa Anglo Foundation, 2002
Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

  • Stage 1 NES 1403 Inorganic Chemistry; Molecular and Atomic Orbtial Theory
  • Stage 1 NES 1401 Chemical and Professional Skills
  • Stage 3 NES 3401 Professional Skills
  • MSc   NES 8810 Recent Advances in Chemistry Research
  • Stage 3 BGM3039 Medical Biotechnology

 

Publications

  • Articles

    • Hribesh SO, Clegg W, Harrington RW, Houlton A, Pike AR. . Acta Crystallographica Section C 2025, 81(3), 165-169.
    • Liao X-X, Yang H, Wu Q, Liu J, Hu Y, Zhang Y, Liu W-Q, Fu Y, Pike AR, Liu B. . IEEE Sensors Journal 2025, 25(4), 6371-6379.
    • Gupta NK, Karuppannan SK, Pasula RR, Vilan A, Martin J, Xu W, May EM, Pike AR, Astier HPAG, Salim T, Lim S, Nijhuis CA. . ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022, 14(39), 44665-44675.
    • Xia R-L, Liu J, Shi J, He X-D, Yuan J, Pike AR, Chu L, Wu Q, Liu B. . Measurement 2022, 201, 111781.
    • Gupta NK, Wilkinson EA, Karuppannan SK, Bailey L, Vilan A, Zhang Z, Qi D-C, Tadich A, Tuite EM, Pike AR, Tucker JHR, Nijhuis CA. . Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143(48), 20309-20319.
    • Yang H, Lie J, Liu B, Luo C, Yi Z, Ma L, Wan S, Pike AR, Fu YQ, Wu Q, He X. . IEEE Access 2020, 8, 220755 - 220761.
    • Whitfield CJ, Little RC, Khan K, Ijiro K, Connolly BA, Tuite EM, Pike AR. . Chemistry - A European Journal 2018, 24(57), 15267-15274.
    • Nurdillayeva RN, Oshido AB, Bamford TA, El-Zubir O, Houlton A, Hedley J, Pike AR, Horrocks BR. . Nanotechnology 2018, 29(13), 135704.
    • Lunn S, Hribesh S, Whitfield C, Hall M, Houlton A, Brownowska A, Tuite EM, Pike AR. . ChemBioChem 2018, 19(11), 1115-1118.
    • Borah D, Cummins C, Rasappa S, Watson SMD, Pike AR, Horrocks BR, Fulton DA, Houlton A, Liontos G, Ntetsikas K, Avgeropoulos A, Morris MA. . Nanotechnology 2017, 28(4).
    • Marshall JN, Dawley S, Pike A, Pollard JS. . Environment and Planning A 2017, 50(2), 266-287.
    • Nakamura S, Mitomo H, Aizawa M, Tani T, Matsuo Y, Niikura K, Pike AR, Naya N, Shishido A, Ijiro K. . ACS Omega 2017, 2(5), 2208-2213.
    • Whitfield CJ, Turley AT, Tuite EM, Connolly BA, Pike AR. . Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54(31), 8971-8974.
    • Moradpour Hafshejani S, Watson SMD, Tuite EM, Pike AR. . Chemistry - A European Journal 2015, 21(36), 12611-12615.
    • Watson SMD, Pike AR, Pate J, Houlton A, Horrocks BR. . Nanoscale 2014, 6(8), 4027-4037.
    • Moradpour Hafshejani S, Hedley JH, Haigh AO, Pike AR, Tuite EM. . RSC Advances 2013, 3(39), 18164-18172.
    • Amo-Ochoa P, Alexandre SS, Hribesh S, Galindo MA, Castillo O, Gómez-García CJ, Pike AR, Soler JM, Houlton A, Zamora F. . Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52(9), 5290-5299.
    • Carlsson S, Gonzalez R, O'Farrell N, Patole SN, Connolly BA, Houlton A, Horrocks BR, Pike A. . Science of Advanced Materials 2011, 3(3), 483-489.
    • Galindo MA, Hannant J, Harrington RW, Clegg W, Horrocks BR, Pike AR, Houlton A. . Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2011, 9(5), 1555-1564.
    • Mishchenko A, Abdualla M, Rudnev A, Fu Y, Pike AR, Wandlowski T. . Chemical Communications 2011, 47(35), 9807-9809.
    • Hannant J, Hedley JH, Pate J, Walli A, Al-Said SAF, Galindo MA, Connolly BA, Horrocks BR, Houlton A, Pike AR. . Chemical Communications 2010, 46(32), 5870-5872.
    • Al-Said SAF, Hassanien R, Hannant J, Galindo MA, Pruneanu S, Pike AR, Houlton A, Horrocks BR. . Electrochemistry Communications 2009, 11(3), 550-553.
    • Houlton A, Pike AR, Galindo MA, Horrocks BR. . Chemical Communications 2009, (14), 1797-1806.
    • Pike AR, Ryder LC, Horrocks BR, Clegg W, Connolly BA, Houlton A. . Chemistry: A European Journal 2005, 11(1), 344-353.
    • Lie LH, Patole SN, Pike AR, Ryder LC, Connolly BA, Ward AD, Tuite EM, Houlton A, Horrocks BR. . Faraday Discussions 2004, 125, 235-249.
    • Patole SN, Pike AR, Connolly BA, Horrocks BR, Houlton A. . Langmuir 2003, 19(13), 5457-5463.
    • Pike AR, Patole SN, Murray NC, Ilyas T, Connolly BA, Horrocks BR, Houlton A. . Advanced Materials 2003, 15(3), 254-257.
    • Pike AR, Horrocks BR, Connolly BA, Houlton A. . Australian Journal of Chemistry 2002, 55(3), 191.
    • Pike AR, Ryder LC, Horrocks BR, Clegg W, Elsegood MRJ, Connolly BA, Houlton A. . Chemistry: A European Journal 2002, 8(13), 2891-2899.
    • Pike AR, Lie LH, Eagling RA, Ryder LC, Patole SN, Connolly BA, Horrocks BR, Houlton A. . Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) 2002, 41(4), 615-617.

  • Book Chapter

    • Little RC, Whitfield CJ, Tuite EM, Pike AR. . In: DNA Nanotechnology. New York, NY, USA: Humana Press Inc, 2018, pp.11-21.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Nurdillayeva RN, Horrocks BR, Pike AR. . In: 5th International Conference on Nanomaterials and Advanced Energy Storage Systems. 2018, Astana, Kazakhstan: Elsevier Ltd.
    • Pike AR, Lie LH, Patole SN, Ryder LC, Connolly BA, Horrocks BR, Houlton A. . In: DNA-Based Molecular Construction: International Workshop on DNA-based Molecular Construction. 2002, Jena, Germany: American Institute of Physics.
    • Ryder L, Pike A, Horrocks B, Houlton A. . In: 10th International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry. 2001, Florence, Italy: Elsevier Inc.

  • Reviews

    • Ong JY, Pike AR, Tan LL. . Foods 2021, 10, 1437.
    • Zhang L, Ma X, Wang G, Liang X, Mitomo H, Pike A, Houlton A, Ijiro K. . Nano Today 2021, 39, 101154.