Dr Rohan Ranasinghe

Dr Rohan Ranasinghe

Graduate student (2000-2005)

Rohan received his MChem (2000) and PhD (2005) from the University of Southampton, the latter under the supervision of Tom Brown. From 2005-2008, he worked with Dr Peter Roach in Southampton, synthesising oligonucleotides on encoded microparticles for use in multiplexed assays. Since 2008 he has been carrying out post-doctoral research with Professor David Klenerman at the University of Cambridge, with the aim of developing ultrasensitive point-of-care nucleic acid tests for infectious agents, as part of the European Commission-funded TheraEDGE project. His research interests include nucleic acids chemistry and biophysics, molecular diagnostics, single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and synthesis of modified oligonucleotides.