Welcome Dr. Tom Bailey to Sarkar Lab

Welcome Dr. Tom Bailey to Sarkar Lab. Tom joins as a Research and Innovation Fellow in Colloid Chemistry in the £38 million National alternative Protein Innovation Centre, (NAPIC), hosted at the School of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Leeds, co-led by University of Sheffield, Imperial College London and James Hutton Institute. In his role at NAPIC, Tom will focus on finding and manipulating alternative proteins to have an emulsification ability comparable to more traditional animal protein-based emulsifiers, using both lab-based and computational approaches to achieve this. Prior to joining Sarkar Lab, Tom obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Leeds, and then worked as an R&D Engineer at C-Capture Ltd, looking at further developing their solvent based carbon capture technology. Outside of research, he trains/teaches Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for last 4 years. We wish Tom an exciting start at NAPIC and at the Sarkar Lab.