Holland, Chris, Dr

Dr Chris Holland

BA, MSc, D.Phil

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Senior Lecturer in Natural Materials

Chair of IOM3 Natural Materials Association

christopher.holland@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5477

Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Chris Holland
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
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Chris joined the department at the start of 2013 as head of the , holding an . After this he then went onto co-ordinating , a large European consortia as part of a H2020 FET Open project and has been promoted to a Senior Lecturer.

Outside of the lab he is an associate editor for and also the Chair of the .

Previously he was at Oxford where he undertook his BA in Biological Sciences, MSc in Integrative Biosciences, D. Phil and later a Fellowship By Examination (a.k.a JRF) whilst working in the .

Qualifications

2000-2003 BA(Hons) Biological Sciences, University of Oxford

2003-2004 MSc Integrative Biosciences, University of Oxford

2004-2008 D.Phil Silk Rheology, University of Oxford

Research interests

Chris’ research uses tools developed for the physical sciences to better understand nature’s materials, from latex to collagen but with a focus on silk. By investigating unspun silk’s flow properties he has been able to gain unique insights into their biodiversity, structure and evolution. Additionally, this work has made important links between natural and industrial fibre processing which has lead to a fundamentally new way of designing, testing and fabricating bio-inspired materials.

Today he combines multiple instruments with rheology, from microscopes (confocal) and spectrometers (IR) to synchrotrons (SANS at ISIS and SAXS/WAXS at ESRF) in order to understand exactly how silk proteins arrange themselves into one of Nature’s most impressive materials.

Publications

Journal articles

Moreno-Tortolero RO, Luo Y, Parmeggiani F, Skaer N, Walker R, Serpell LC, Holland C & Davis SA (2024) . Communications Biology, 7(1).
Ledesma EB & Holland C (2024) . Journal of Molluscan Studies, 90(1).
Wan Q, Farr NTH, Li P, Batey D, Rau C, Rodenburg J, Lu L, Laity PR, Xu Z, Holland C , Rodenburg C et al (2024) . Small Structures.
Nohl JF, Farr NTH, Sun Y, Hughes GM, Stehling N, Zhang J, Longman F, Ives G, Pokorná Z, Mika F , Kumar V et al (2023) . Materials Today Advances, 19.
Laity PR, Dunderdale G, Mykhaylyk OO & Holland C (2023) . Biomacromolecules.
Arakawa K, Kono N, Malay AD, Tateishi A, Ifuku N, Masunaga H, Sato R, Tsuchiya K, Ohtoshi R, Pedrazzoli D , Shinohara A et al (2022) . Science Advances, 8(41).
Chatterley AS, Laity P, Holland C, Weidner T, Woutersen S & Giubertoni G (2022) . Molecules, 27(19).
Arndt T, Jaudzems K, Shilkova O, Francis J, Johansson M, Laity PR, Sahin C, Chatterjee U, Kronqvist N, Barajas-Ledesma E , Kumar R et al (2022) . Nature Communications, 13(1).
Chen Y-M, Zang L-S, Koc-Bilican B, Bilican I, Holland C, Cansaran-Duman D, Karaduman T, Çolak A, Bayır Y, Halici Z , Ozmen S et al (2022) . ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10(18), 5728-5738.
White B, Kempka R, Laity P, Holland C, Six K, Trummer G, Buckley-Johnstone L & Lewis R (2022) . Tribology Letters, 70(1).
Laity PR & Holland C (2022) . Molecules, 27(2).
Wan Q, Yang M, Hu J, Lei F, Shuai Y, Wang J, Holland C, Rodenburg C & Yang M (2021) . Nature Communications, 12(1).
Young RJ, Holland C, Shao Z & Vollrath F (2021) . MRS Bulletin, 46(10), 915-924.
Avella I, Barajas-Ledesma E, Casewell NR, Harrison RA, Rowley PD, Crittenden E, Wüster W, Castiglia R, Holland C & van der Meijden A (2021) . Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(7).
Greco G, Mastellari V, Holland C & Pugno NM (2021) . Perspectives on Science, 29(2), 133-156.
Schaefer C, Laity PR, Holland C & McLeish TCB (2021) . Molecules, 26(6).
Arndt T, Laity PR, Johansson J, Holland C & Rising A (2021) . ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 7(2), 462-471.
Koeppel A, Stehling N, Rodenburg C & Holland C (2021) . Advanced Functional Materials.
Koeppel A, Laity PR & Holland C (2020) . Acta Biomaterialia.
Fraternali F, Stehling N, Amendola A, Tiban Anrango BA, Holland C & Rodenburg C (2020) . Nanomaterials, 10(8).
Greving I, Terry AE, Holland C, Boulet-Audet M, Grillo I, Vollrath F & Dicko C (2020) . Biomacromolecules.
Schaefer C, Laity PR, Holland C & McLeish TCB (2020) . Macromolecules, 53(7), 2669-2676.
Atkinson F, Evans R, Guest JE, Bavin EP, Cacador D, Holland C & Guest DJ (2020) . Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
Brif A, Laity P, Claeyssens F & Holland C (2020) . ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 6(1), 705-714.
Postulkova H, Nedomova E, Hearnden V, Holland C & Vojtova L (2019) . Materials Research Express, 6(3).
Stehling NA, Abrams KJ, Holland C & Rodenburg C (2019) . Frontiers in Materials, 5.
Holland C, Hawkins N, Frydrych M, Laity P, Porter D & Vollrath F (2018) . Macromolecular Bioscience.
Koeppel A, Laity PR & Holland C (2018) . Soft Matter.
Holland C, Numata K, Rnjak-Kovacina J & Seib FP (2018) . Advanced Healthcare Materials.
Sparkes J & Holland C (2018) . Macromolecular Bioscience.
Laity PR, Baldwin E & Holland C (2018) . Macromolecular Bioscience.
Stehling NA, Masters R, Zhou Y, O'Connell R, Holland C, Zhang H & Rodenburg C (2018) . MRS Communications.
Shimanovich U, Pinotsi D, Shimanovich K, Yu N, Bolisetty S, Adamcik J, Mezzenga R, Charmet J, Vollrath F, Gazit E , Dobson CM et al (2018) . Macromolecular Bioscience, 18(4).
Sparkes J & Holland C (2018) . Acta Biomaterialia, 69, 234-242.
Wan Q, Abrams K, Masters R, Talari , Rehman , Claeyssens , Holland C & Rodenburg C (2017) . Advanced Materials, 29(47).
Sparkes J & Holland C (2017) . Nature Communications, 8(1).
Kwak HW, Ju JE, Shin M, Holland C & Lee KH (2017) . Biomacromolecules, 18(8), 2343-2349.
Shimanovich U, Ruggeri FS, De Genst E, Adamcik J, Barros TP, Porter D, Müller T, Mezzenga R, Dobson CM, Vollrath F , Holland C et al (2017) . Nature Communications, 8.
Koeppel A & Holland C (2017) . ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 3(3), 226-237.
Laity P & Holland C (2016) . International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17(12), 1812-1812.
Laity PR & Holland C (2016) . European Polymer Journal.
Boulet-Audet M, Holland C, Gheysens T & Vollrath F (2016) . Biomacromolecules, 17(10), 3198-3204.
Offord C, Vollrath F & Holland C (2016) . Journal of Materials Science, 1-10.
Laity PR & Holland C (2016) . Biomacromolecules.
Guan J, Wang Y, Mortimer B, Holland C, Shao Z, Porter D & Vollrath F (2016) . Soft Matter, 12(27), 5926-5936.
Castro APG, Laity P, Shariatzadeh M, Wittkowske C, Holland C & Lacroix D (2016) . Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 27(4).
Burdick J, Holland C, Kaplan D & Radisic M (2016) . ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2(2), 141-141.
Mortimer B, Holland C, Windmill JFC & Vollrath F (2015) . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 12(113), 20150633-20150633.
Boulet-Audet M, Vollrath F & Holland C (2015) . Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(19), 3138-3149.
Walker AA, Holland C & Sutherland TD (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1809), 20150259-20150259.
Laity PR, Gilks SE & Holland C (2015) . Polymer, 67, 28-39.
Mortimer B, Guan J, Holland C, Porter D & Vollrath F (2015) . Acta Biomaterialia, 11, 247-255.
Burdick J, Holland C, Radisic M & Kaplan DL (2015) . ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 1(1), 1-1.
Mortimer B, Gordon SD, Holland C, Siviour CR, Vollrath F & Windmill JFC (2014) . Adv Mater, 26(30), 5179-5183.
Bauer G, Friedrich C, Gillig C, Vollrath F, Speck T & Holland C (2014) . Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 11(90).
Vollrath F, Hawkins N, Porter D, Holland C & Boulet-Audet M (2014) . Sci Rep, 4, 5625.
Drodge DR, Mortimer B, Siviour CR & Holland C (2014) . Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 4, 75-77.
Holland C, Vollrath F & Gill HS (2014) . Naturwissenschaften, 1-4.
Boulet-Audet M, Terry AE, Vollrath F & Holland C (2014) . Acta Biomaterialia.
Mortimer B, Holland C & Vollrath F (2013) . Biomacromolecules, 14(10), 3653-3659.
Boulet-Audet M, Terry AE, Vollrath F & Holland C (2013) . Acta Biomaterialia.
Vollrath F, Porter D & Holland C (2013) . MRS Bulletin, 38(1), 73-80.
Mortimer B, Drodge DR, Dragnevski KI, Siviour CR & Holland C (2013) . Journal of Materials Science, 48(14), 5055-5062.
Mortimer B, Drodge D, Siviour C & Holland C (2012) . Journal of Biomechanics, 45, s86.
Drodge DR, Mortimer B, Siviour CR & Holland C (2012) . EPJ Web of Conferences, 26.
Holland C, Urbach JS & Blair DL (2012) . Soft Matter, 8(9), 2590-2594.
Holland C, O'Neil K, Vollrath F & Dicko C (2012) . Biopolymers, 97(6), 368-373.
Holland C, Porter D & Vollrath F (2012) . Biopolymers, 97(6), 362-367.
Chaudhury S, Holland C, Thompson MS, Vollrath F & Carr AJ (2012) . Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 21(9), 1168-1176.
Drodge DR, Mortimer B, Holland C & Siviour CR (2012) . Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 60(10), 1710-1721.
Holland C, Vollrath F, Ryan AJ & Mykhaylyk OO (2012) . Advanced Materials, 24(1), 105-109.
Kingdon J, Agwanda B, Kinnaird M, O'Brien T, Holland C, Gheysens T, Boulet-Audet M & Vollrath F (2012) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279(1729), 675-680.
Boulet-Audet M & Holland C (2011) The African crested rat's poisonous hairs studied by attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy. Spectroscopy Europe, 23(6), 10-12.
Chaudhury S, Holland C, Vollrath F & Carr AJ (2011) . Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B, 93 B(7), 942-948.
Vollrath F, Porter D & Holland C (2011) . SOFT MATTER, 7(20), 9595-9600.
Boulet-Audet M, Vollrath F & Holland C (2011) . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(9), 3979-3984.
Chaudhury S, Holland C, Porter D, Tirlapur UK, Vollrath F & Carr AJ (2011) . Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 29(12), 1938-1943.
Chaudhury S, Holland C, Vollrath F & Carr A (2010) . Injury Extra, 41(12), 162-162.
Chaudhury S, Holland C, Vollrath F & Carr AJ (2010) . Injury Extra, 41(12), 161-162.
Holland C (2009) Eight legs good!. TCE(815), 24-26.
Mo C, Holland C, Porter D, Shao Z & Vollrath F (2009) . Biomacromolecules, 10(10), 2724-2728.
Holland C, Terry AE, Porter D & Vollrath F (2007) . Polymer, 48(12), 3388-3392.
Holland C, Terry AE, Porter D & Vollrath F (2006) . Nature Materials, 5(11), 870-874.
Ghosh D, Coulter SM, Laverty G, Holland C, Doutch JJ, Vassalli M & Adams DJ () . Biomacromolecules.
Barajas-Ledesma E & Holland C () . Frontiers in Soft Matter, 3, 1201511.
Giubertoni G, Caporaletti F, Roeters SJ, Chatterley AS, Weidner T, Laity P, Holland C & Woutersen S () . Biomacromolecules.
Zhang YH, Plaut AS, Weis J, Harbison JP, Florez LT, Holland MC & Stanley CR () . Physical Review B, 68(7).

Chapters

Holland C (2024) , Silk-Based Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering, Regenerative and Precision Medicine (pp. 3-8). Elsevier
Holland C (2018) , Designing with Natural Materials (pp. 321-334). CRC Press
Mortimer B & Holland C (2015) , Advances in Silk Science and Technology (pp. 233-260).
Woods A & Holland C (2015) , Biomedical Textiles for Orthopaedic and Surgical Applications: Fundamentals, Applications and Tissue Engineering (pp. 1-22).
Woods A & Holland C (2015) , Biomedical Textiles for Orthopaedic and Surgical Applications (pp. 1-22). Elsevier
Mortimer B & Holland C (2015) , Advances in Silk Science and Technology (pp. 233-260). Elsevier
Abbott A, Ellison M, Teulé F, Lewis RV, Marcotte WR, Abbott AG, Harcum SW, Teulé F, Holland C, Vollrath F , Santulli C et al (2008) , Biologically Inspired Textiles (pp. xi-xii). Elsevier
Holland C & Vollrath F (2008) Biomimetic principles of spider silk for high performance fibres In Ellison MS & Abbott AG (Ed.), Biologically Inspired Textiles Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing.

Conference proceedings papers

Amendola A, Sigh N, Rodenburg C, Holland C & Fraternali F (2021) A mesoscale tensegrity model of spider dragline silk fiber. COMPDYN Proceedings, Vol. 2021-June
White B, Laity P, Holland C, Six K, Trummer G & Lewis R (2018) Iron oxide and water paste rheology and its effect on low adhesion in the wheel/rail interface. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/wheel Systems, CM 2018 (pp 1084-1089)
Hamad SF, Stehling N, Holland C, Foreman JP & Rodenburg C (2017) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 200 (pp 295-302)
Holland C & Woods A (2015) Turning a Silk Purse into a Sow's Ear: The Importance of Processing When using Silk in Regenerative Medicine. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S65-S65)
Brif A, Holland C & Claeyssens F (2015) Light-based Bioprinting of Native Silk. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S339-S339)
Mortimer B, Siviour CR, Holland C & Vollrath F (2014) Multipurpose spider silks: the implications of web impact on vibration signalling. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, Vol. 54 (pp E147-E147)

Patents

Holland C, Shimanovich U, Vollrath F & Knowles TPJ (2014) A method for Microfluidic processing of native silk into microgels for long-term storage of aggregation sensitive molecules. Appl. 02 Apr 2014.
Holland C, Carter R, Scott L & Vollrath F (2012) Non-woven silk materials and methods for manufacture thereof. WO 2012172085 Appl. 30 Mar 2012.
Holland C, Knight DK, Skaer N, Gheysens T & Collins A (2008) Cartilage repair material and a method for the preparation thereof. GB0807868.5 (UK). Appl. 30 Apr 2008.

Datasets

Koeppel A, Laity P & Holland C .
Sparkes J & Holland C .
Laity P & Holland C .
Laity P, Baldwin E & Holland C .
Sparkes J & Holland C .

Preprints

Moreno-Tortolero RO, Michalski J, Wells E, Gibb F, Skaer N, Walker R, Serpell L, Holland C & Davis S (2024) , Research Square Platform LLC.
Giubertoni G, Caporaletti F, Roeters S, Chatterley AS, Weidner T, Laity P, Holland C & Woutersen S (2022) , bioRxiv.

Research group: Please refer to the .

Professional activities and memberships

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