Iseult Lynch

Professor Iseult Lynch, Chair of Environmental Nanosciences, joined the academic staff at the University of Birmingham in March 2013. She is an Associate Editor for Environmental Science: Nano, and Deputy director for the Facility for Environmental Nanomaterials Analysis and Characterisation (FENAC) at the University of Birmingham, and theme lead for the Environmenal Pollution Solutions theme of the Institute for Global Innovation at UoB. Her research focuses on the environmental interactions of nanoparticles and nanostructured surfaces with biological entities from macromolecules to organisms. She has a very broad overview of all aspects of nanomaterials safety assessment and the data requirements, and is currently coordinating the EU H2020 research infrastructure project NanoCommons, developing knowledge management and nanoinformatics tools and services for the nanosafety community.