Taylor, Annette, Professor

Professor Annette Taylor

BSc, PhD, MRSC, FHEA

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Professor

Director of Student Experience

Athena Swan Champion

Chair of Opportunities Committee

a.f.taylor@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9607

Room C31, Pam Liversidge Building

Full contact details

Professor Annette Taylor
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room C31
Pam Liversidge Building
Mappin Street
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Profile

I obtained a BSc and PhD from Physical Chemistry at the University of Leeds and was later RCUK Fellow, then Senior Lecturer, before taking a position in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of ��«Ӱҵ in 2014. During my time at Leeds I also held Visiting Researcher positions with collaborators in the USA. My research involves combining chemical kinetics and mass transport with applications in materials science and biological processes.

I have over 50 publications, including in Science and PRL, and have written News and Views articles for Nature and Nature Chemistry. I have obtained research funding from the EPSRC, EU FP7 and Innovate UK as well as funding for teaching and outreach related projects from HESTEM and the RSC. I'm a member of the management committee of the COST action on Emergence and Evolution in Complex Chemical Systems and a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science (American Institute of Physics). In 2016, I was elected Chair of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems. I'm also a member of the EPSRC peer review college and an international grant reviewer for many organisations, including the ERC.

I'm the Athena SWAN Champion and Chair of the Opportunities Committee on matters related to Equality and Diversity in CBE at ��«Ӱҵ. I recently led a successful departmental application for a Silver Athena SWAN Award.

Research interests

My research involves reaction engineering: the design and optimisation of chemical/biochemical systems through consideration of catalytic reaction networks coupled with mass transport. The research combines experiments with kinetic modelling and has a wide range of applications such bio-reactors for fuel or food, materials formation or degradation, drug delivery and sensing.

I'm particularly interested in aqueous phase catalysis and control of dynamics in cellular biological or bioinspired chemical systems. Taking inspiration from nature or the use of natural components allows us to design functional materials and processes that are greener or more sustainable, but also harness the unique properties arising from feedback in natural systems including collective behaviour (e.g. quorum sensing in bacteria) and self-organisation.

Some current projects include:

New methods for the bio-catalytic control of gelation for natural adhesives and repair with Prof Pojman (Louisianna State University)
Enzyme loaded colloids or vesicles for biotechnology and healthcare applications with Dr Rossi (Salerno) and Dr Beales (Leeds)
Self-organisation in precipitation processes with Prof’s Horvath and Toth (Szeged) and Prof Meldrum (Leeds)
Bio-based and biodegradable materials: Optimising ester hydrolysis in polymers and lignocellulose processing for bioethanol production
Engineering applications of biomineralisation and biofilm formation with Dr Karunakaran and the SCARAB team (��«Ӱҵ)

Publications

Journal articles

Leathard AS, Beales PA & Taylor AF (2023) . Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 33(12).
Regan HC, Taylor AF & Karunakaran E (2022) . Journal of Visualized Experiments(187).
Stanisavljev D, Taylor AF & Bubanja IN (2022) . Phys Chem Chem Phys.
Mai AQ, Bánsági T, Taylor AF & Pojman JA (2021) . Communications Chemistry, 4(1).
Cupić ŽD, Taylor AF, Horváth D, Orlik M & Epstein IR (2021) . Frontiers in Chemistry, 9(4).
Bohner B, Bánsági T, Tóth Á, Horváth D & Taylor AF (2020) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(7), 2823-2828.
Bánsági T & Taylor AF (2019) . Life, 9(3).
Aspuru-Guzik A, Baik M-H, Balasubramanian S, Banerjee R, Bart S, Borduas-Dedekind N, Chang S, Chen P, Corminboeuf C, Coudert F-X , Cronin L et al (2019) . Nature Chemistry, 11(4), 286-294.
Markovic VM, Bánsági T, McKenzie D, Mai A, Pojman JA & Taylor AF (2019) . Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 29(3), 033130-033130.
Jones SJ, Taylor AF & Beales PA (2019) . Experimental Biology and Medicine, 244(4), 283-293.
Bánsági T & Taylor AF (2018) . Israel Journal of Chemistry.
Bánsági T & Taylor AF (2018) . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 15(140).
Bubanja IN, Bánsági T & Taylor AF (2018) . Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 123(1), 187-187.
Bubanja IN, Bánsági T & Taylor AF (2018) . Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 123(1), 177-185.
Bánsági T & Taylor AF (2017) . Tetrahedron, 73(33), 5018-5022.
Ashkenasy G, Hermans TM, Otto S & Taylor AF (2017) . Chem. Soc. Rev., 46(9), 2543-2554.
Jee E, Bánsági T, Taylor AF & Pojman JA (2017) . Angewandte Chemie, 128(6), 2167-2171.
Taylor AF (2016) . Nature, 537(7622), 627-628.
Jee E, Bánsági T, Taylor AF & Pojman JA (2016) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(6), 2127-2131.
Taylor AF, Tinsley MR & Showalter K (2015) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(31), 20047-20055.
Bánsági T & Taylor AF (2015) . Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 25(6), 064308-064308.
Bánsági T & Taylor AF (2014) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118(23), 6092-6097.
(2014) . Biophysical Journal, 106(7), 1548-1548.
Bánsági T, Wrobel MM, Scott SK & Taylor AF (2013) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117(43), 13572-13577.
Vallatos A, Evans R, Thompson BW, Taylor AF & Britton MM (2013) . Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 23(2), 023115-023115.
Vallatos A, Wilson MCT, Taylor AF & Britton MM (2012) . EPL (Europhysics Letters), 99(6), 68001-68001.
Merkin JH & Taylor AF (2012) . Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 241(16), 1336-1343.
Wrobel MM, Bánsági T, Scott SK, Taylor AF, Bounds CO, Carranza A & Pojman JA (2012) . Biophysical Journal, 103(3), 610-615.
Taylor AF, Tinsley MR, Wang F & Showalter K (2011) . Angewandte Chemie, 123(43), 10343-10346.
Taylor AF, Tinsley MR, Wang F & Showalter K (2011) . Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50(43), 10161-10164.
Novak J, Thompson BW, Wilson MCT, Taylor AF & Britton MM (2011) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(26), 12321-12321.
Tinsley MR, Taylor AF, Huang Z & Showalter K (2011) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(39), 17802-17802.
Hu G, Pojman JA, Scott SK, Wrobel MM & Taylor AF (2010) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114(44), 14059-14063.
Hu G, Bounds C, Pojman JA & Taylor AF (2010) . Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 48(13), 2955-2959.
Tinsley MR, Taylor AF, Huang Z, Wang F & Showalter K (2010) . Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 239(11), 785-790.
Taylor AF & Tinsley MR (2009) . Nature Chemistry, 1(5), 340-341.
Taylor AF, Tinsley MR, Wang F, Huang Z & Showalter K (2009) . Science, 323(5914), 614-617.
Taylor AF, Kovacs K & Scott SK (2008) Nonlinear PH responsive chemomechanical devices. American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry, 49(1), 804.
McIlwaine RE, Fenton H, Scott SK & Taylor AF (2008) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112(7), 2499-2505.
Britton MM, Sederman AJ, Taylor AF, Scott SK & Gladden LF (2007) . Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 25(4), 551-552.
Kovacs K, McIlwaine RE, Scott SK & Taylor AF (2007) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111(4), 549-551.
Toth R, Taylor AF & Tinsley MR (2006) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110(20), 10170-10176.
McIlwaine R, Kovacs K, Scott SK & Taylor AF (2006) . Chemical Physics Letters, 417(1-3), 39-42.
Toth R & Taylor AF (2006) . The Journal of Chemical Physics, 125(22), 224708-224708.
Toth R & Taylor AF (2006) . Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism, 31(2), 59-115.
Taylor AF & Britton MM (2006) . Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 16(3), 037103-037103.
Britton MM, Sederman AJ, Taylor AF, Scott SK & Gladden LF (2005) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 109(37), 8306-8313.
Kovacs K, McIlwaine R, Gannon K, Taylor AF & Scott SK (2005) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 109(1), 283-288.
Taylor AF, Armstrong GR, Goodchild N & Scott SK (2003) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 5(18), 3928-3928.
Taylor AF & Davies ML (2003) . Chemical Physics Letters, 371(5-6), 757-759.
Taylor AF (2003) . ChemInform, 34(12).
TAYLOR A (2003) . Advances in Complex Systems, 06(01), 155-162.
Taylor AF (2002) . Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism, 27(4), 247-326.
Tóth R, Papp A, Gáspár V, Merkin JH, Scott SK & Taylor AF (2001) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 3(6), 957-964.
Tóth R, Gáspár V, Belmonte A, O'Connell MC, Taylor A & Scott SK (2000) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2(3), 413-416.
Scott SK, Johnson BR, Taylor AF & Tinsley MR (2000) . Chemical Engineering Science, 55(2), 209-215.
Taylor AF, Gáspár V, Johnson BR & Scott SK (1999) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 1(19), 4595-4599.
Taylor AF, Johnson BR & Scott SK (1999) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 1(5), 807-811.
Taylor AF, Johnson BR & Scott SK (1998) . Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, 94(8), 1029-1033.
Johnson BR, Scott SK & Taylor AF (1997) . Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, 93(20), 3733-3736.
Bashir N, Leathard AS, McHugh M, Hoffman I, Shaon F, Belgodere JA, Taylor AF & Pojman JA () . Molecular Systems Design & Engineering.
Stanisavljev D, Taylor AF & Bubanja IN () . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
Rana M, Ahmad R & Taylor AF () . Lab on a Chip.
Liu H & Taylor AF () . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
Miele Y, Jones SJ, Rossi F, Beales PA & Taylor AF () . The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 1979-1984.
Thompson BW, Novak J, Wilson MCT, Britton MM & Taylor AF () . Physical Review E, 81(4).
Tinsley MR, Taylor AF, Huang Z & Showalter K () . Physical Review Letters, 102(15).
Taylor AF, Kapetanopoulos P, Whitaker BJ, Toth R, Bull L & Tinsley MR () . Physical Review Letters, 100(21).
Kovacs K, McIlwaine RE, Scott SK & Taylor AF () . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 9(28), 3711-3716.
Tinsley M, Cui J, Chirila FV, Taylor A, Zhong S & Showalter K () . Physical Review Letters, 95(3).
Armstrong GR, Taylor AF, Scott SK & Gáspár V () . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 6(19), 4677-4681.
Taylor AF, Bamforth JR & Bardsley P () . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 4(22), 5640-5643.
Muzika F, Bánsági T, Schreiber I, Schreiberová L & Taylor AF () . Chem. Commun., 50(76), 11107-11109.

Chapters

Taylor AF (2021) , Out‐of‐Equilibrium (Supra)molecular Systems and Materials (pp. 61-90).
Miele Y, Bánsági T, Taylor AF & Rossi F (2018) , Advances in Bionanomaterials (pp. 63-74). Springer International Publishing
Taylor AF, Tinsley MR & Showalter K (2013) , Engineering of Chemical Complexity (pp. 261-278). WORLD SCIENTIFIC

Conference proceedings papers

TAYLOR AF (2021) . Computational Modeling: From Chemistry to Materials to Biology
Miele Y, Bánsági T, Taylor AF, Stano P & Rossi F (2016) (pp 197-208)
Taylor AF, Kapetanopoulos P, Whitaker BJ, Toth R, Bull L & Tinsley MR (2008) . The European Physical Journal Special Topics, Vol. 165(1) (pp 137-149)

Software / Code

Taylor A & Bansagi T .

Datasets

Taylor A & Bansagi T .

Other

Bohner B, Bánsági T, Tóth Á, Horváth D & Taylor AF (2020) . Angewandte Chemie, 132(7), 2845-2850.