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Biosurfactant, Biobased materials, antimicrobials, anticancer, antiaging, nanomaterials, emulsifiers
United Kingdom

Biography

Dr Pattanathu Rahman
Qualifications: BSc, MSc, MPhil, PhD, FRSA, FIES


Dr Pattanathu Rahman has 25 years of academic experience in research, innovation, management, and commercialization. He served as an Associate Professor at University of Portsmouth and Teesside University and founded TeeGene Biotech and Tara Biologics. He led MSc Biotechnology programme at Teesside and Portsmouth and led Biomanufacturing (L7), Bioprocessing (L6), Biotechnology (L6) and Bioreactors and Fermentation (L4) modules.
He has discovered novel biosurfactant-producing bacteria from Teesside and is the author of 70+ peer-reviewed journal articles with 5000 citations, h-index 28, and the editor of two books on the topic of Biosurfactants. His vast technical and management experience in biotechnology led to various cutting-edge technologies, product discovery, scale-up, tech-transfer and commercialization. He is included in the Stanford University List of World's Top 2% Scientists (2020).
He is a recipient of SAB Award of Excellence in Microbial Biotechnology and the winner of Teesside University’s Enterprise Project of the year award. He is a visiting Professor at SOA University (India) and has visited most of the top Research Institutions in India as part of British Councils delegations and is collaborating with them on UN sustainable Development goals on Health Care and Environmental Sustainability. He has been part of many R&D research projects including Plastic degrading enzymes, Soap from Agricultural wastes, and Sustainable Clean water treatment. He has established a strong international consortium with Europe, USA, India, New Zealand, UAE and China.
Dr Rahman has been a part of a multi-million research project consortium (EU Life-3 BIOREGEN, DEFRA Biorecycling at Teesside University and ‘UKRI sponsored -Plastic degrading Enzyme’ at the Centre for Enzyme Innovation at Portsmouth. He was leading MSc Food Science and Biotechnology programme at Teesside University and MSc Biotechnology at Portsmouth University. His main area of research interest includes Biomanufacturing of novel biopolymers, biofuels and biosynthesis of nanomaterials.
Dr Rahman has completed his Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degrees in Environmental Microbiology at Bharathiar University - Coimbatore, MPhil Environmental Science at Anna University (Madras) and Advanced Biomanufacturing of Biopharmaceuticals Course at the University of Cambridge (UK). Then started his career as a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland (2000-01), research Scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, USA (2001 -02) and an academic and enterprise researcher at Teesside University (2003-2018) and University of Portsmouth (2018 - 2020) mostly working on biotechnology research and enterprise projects. In 2020, he has completed Small Business Leadership programme at the Southampton Solent University (UK).

Activities

Employment (9)

Liverpool John Moores University: Liverpool, GB

2022-01-04 to present | Senior Lecturer in Bioscience (Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences)
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TARA Biologics Limited: Woking, England, GB

2020-07-01 to present | Senior Executive Director (Biologics)
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TeeGene Biotech Ltd.: Wilton, England, GB

2014-12-23 to present | Director
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University of Portsmouth: Portsmouth, Hampshire, GB

2018-10-01 to 2020-05-23 | Senior Lecturer in Microbial Biotechnology (School of Biological Sciences)
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Teesside University School of Science and Engineering: Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, GB

2007-11-01 to 2018-09-30 | Senior Lecturer in Process Engineering and Process Biotechnology
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Teesside University School of Computing Engineering and Digital Technologies: Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, GB

2007-11-01 to 2018-09-30 | MSc Biotechnology Programme Leader
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Teesside University School of Science and Engineering: Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, GB

2003-10-15 to 2007-10-31 | Project Officer (CLEMANCE)
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Brookhaven National Laboratory: New York, NY, US

2002-01-05 to 2003-01-31 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (Energy Sciences and Technology)
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University of Ulster: Coleraine, Coleraine, GB

2000-10-15 to 2001-11-31 | Research Officer
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Education and qualifications (3)

Solent University: Southampton, Southampton, GB

2020-11-18 to 2020-12-21 | Small Business Leadership Programme (Solent Business School)
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2008-04-14 to 2008-04-16 | Biologics and Biopharmaceuticals Summer School
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Bharathiar University: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IN

1994-08-01 to 1999-12-23 | PhD
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Professional activities (20)

BBSRC Carbon Recycling Net (CCNet): London, GB

2020-01-10 to present | Member
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BBSRC HVB Net (High Value Biorenewables net): York, GB

2020-01-08 to present | Member
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Environmental Biotechnology Net (BBSRC EBNet): University of Southampton, Southeast England, GB

2019-08-05 to present | Member
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council: London, GB

2018-09-19 to present | Delegation for UK/China collaboration on Algal Biotech. (Institute of Hydrobiology - Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan & Beijing
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Thiruvalluvar University: Vellore, Tamil Nadu, IN

2018-07 to present | Malaria/Biocontrol Research delegation to India (Biotechnology)
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Royal Society of Arts: London, GB

2018-05-01 to present | Fellow
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University of Manchester: Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

2017-08 to present | PhD thesis external examiner
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University of Ulster: Coleraine, Londonderry, GB

2017 to present | PhD thesis external examiner appointment (School of Biomedical Science)
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Siksha O Anusandhan University: Bhubaneswar, Orissa, IN

2017 to present | International Advisory Committee member, RMWT-2017 (Role of Microalgae in wastewater treatment conference)
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KME Society's GM Momin Womens College: Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, IN

2017 to present | Patron: National Myco-technology conference (Biotechnology)
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Siksha O Anusandhan University: Bhubaneswar, Orissa, IN

2016-09 to present | Visiting Professor (Centre for Biotechnology)
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British High Commission: Wellington, NZ

2016 to present | Delegation to Agri Biotech R&D
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council: London, GB

2016 to present | Keynote speaker: BBSRC Food Waste Net event in London on May 2016 (FoodWasteNet)
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Bharathidasan University: Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, IN

2016 to present | PhD thesis external examiner appointment (Biotechnology)
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Bharathiar University: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IN

2015 to present | PhD thesis external examiner appointment
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Research Councils UK: Swindon, Swindon, GB

2017-03 | Delegation to IIT Kanpur (India) for Environmental Bioremediation workshop, March 2017 (RCUK / IUK)
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Frontiers Media SA: Lausanne, VD, CH

2016 | Associated Editor for Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council: London, GB

2016 to 2016 | Panel member at BBSRC – IBCarb event on ‘Biotech Careers for PhD’s and Postdocs’at St Andrews University (BBSRC –NIBB - IBCarb )
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Frontiers Media SA: Lausanne, VD, CH

2015 | Chief Editor for the special issue ‘Microbiotechnology based Surfactants and their applications’
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University of East Anglia: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

2015 to 2015 | Panel member at a ‘Biosurfactant workshop’ in University of East Anglia
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Funding (18)

Centre for Enzyme Innovation

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Scoping Study for a Biorefinery approach to processing waste horse bedding

2018-12 to 2019-01 | Award
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (London, GB)
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Sino-UK Algal Biotechnology Conference funding support

2018-09 to 2018-09 | Award
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UCL, Phyconet, GB)
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Using waste apples to grow the worm C. elegans for biotherapeutic production

2018-08 to 2019-02 | Award
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (London, BBSRC NIBB Food Waste Net, GB)
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BIV18-06

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In silico genome-wide modelling and metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas strains for improved rhamnolipid synthesis

2018-05 to present | Award
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Sheffield, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: D0140_Angione_PoC
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Computationally-guided overproduction of biosurfactants from Pseudomonas bacteria

2018-02 to 2018-05 | Grant
Teesside University (Teesside, North East, GB)
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Characterisation of info-chemical induced EPS from Scenedesmus for sustainable production of bioemulsifiers and biosurfactants

2017-11 to present | Award
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council - Phyconet (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: Phyconet - BIV
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Establishing a Joint UK-NZ Partnership in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy – Exploiting Algae and marine biomass for IBBE

2017-07 to present | Award
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (London, GB)
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A UK-New Zealand Partnership: exploiting algae and marine biomass for IBBE

2017-06-30 to 2017-07-30 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/P02596X/1
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UK- India Scoping - Workshop Biological solutions to reducing industrial waste, environmental inefficiency and pollution in India

2017-03 to 2017-03 | Award
Innovate UK (London, London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2017
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Bioaccumulation of platinum from waste

2017-01 to 2017-06 | Award
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Metals in Biology Network (MiBNet), Durham, GB)
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BB/LO13711/1

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Condition-specific engineering of Pseudomonas metabolism

2016-09 to 2017-03 | Award
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Sheffield, CBMNet, GB)
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Plants as Nanoparticle Producers

2015-12 to 2016-08 | Award
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (York, GB)
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Screening microalgae species for waste water phosphate removal/recovery and high value chemicals production

2015-07 to 2015-12 | Grant
BBSRC HVCfP (York, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BIV-HVCFP-APR15-011
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Biosurfactant production by bacteria (BIOSUPER)

2015-06 to 2015-10 | Grant
BBNWE (Belgium, BE)
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Optimisation of biosurfactant production by bacteria from mangrove swamp

2013-01 to 2017-01 | Grant
CSC (London, GB)
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NGCS-2012-335

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EXPLORING THE BIOCATALYTIC PATHWAYS OF THE MICROBIAL BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION FROM BIODIESEL INDUSTRY RESIDUAL GLYCERINE

2008-05 to 2008-09 | Grant
Bioscience for Business KTN (Bio-vale) (YORK, NORTH, GB)
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Biosynthesis of nanomaterials using Indian medicinal plants

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