Ben joined NIBSC in 2015 as a Senior Scientist in the Endocrinology section. He has over 10 years’ experience in the production, engineering, purification and physicochemical analysis of therapeutic peptides and proteins.
Ben studied at the University of Nottingham, then at Imperial College London, where he received a PhD in Structural Molecular Biology in 2012. His PhD project involved atomic structure determination and carbohydrate-binding studies of a cell-adhesive protein from Toxoplasma gondii using NMR spectroscopy. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at University College London, on the development of chemically-modified (e.g. PEGylated, glycosylated, cyclised) therapeutic proteins/peptides.
Ben is currently working on the development of reference materials (including WHO International Standards) for proteins hormones and endocrine products. He also provides expertise in the physicochemical analysis of wider biotherapeutic products, through the development, optimisation and application of (U)HPLC-MS techniques, with a strong focus on N-glycan analysis.