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Royal Society of Chemistry Sir George Stokes Award
2017: Prof.Tony Cass, Imperial College
Awarded for translating research
in biomolecular engineering and
nanotechnology into new analyti-
cal devices and reagents to im-
prove human and animal health
The Sir George Stokes Award, which is made biennially by the RSC Analytical
Division Awards Committee, recognises outstanding and sustained contributions
to analytical science by someone demonstrably working in a complementary field,
which has led to developments of seminal importance to chemical analysis.
Awarded a BP Junior Research Fellowship at St Hugh’s College, Oxford,Tony’s
research with Prof.Allen Hill and colleagues led to the development of the first
electronic blood glucose sensor, an achievement recognised by the award of the
Mullard Medal of the Royal Society (jointly with Allen and Dr Monika Green) and
a Chemical Landmark Award of the RSC (with Allen and Dr Graham Davis).
Tony then moved to Imperial College London as a lecturer in a newly established
Centre for Biotechnology and was subsequently appointed to a chair in Chemical
Biology in the Department of Biochemistry before becoming Deputy Director
of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London working
closely with its founding director, Professor Chris Toumazou FRS FREng. During
this time, he also founded Bio Nano Consulting Ltd. with Professor Gabriel Aeppli
FRS. Tony then moved to the Chemistry Department where his research contin-
ues in collaboration with colleagues in the faculties of Natural Sciences, Medicine
and Engineering.
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