Biography

Aline is currently Professor of Biomolecular Engineering and Associate Dean for Business Engagement and Innovation at the University of Manchester. She is a chemist by training having gained her BSc from Strathclyde University and her PhD from Durham University in 2000. She went onto hold a New Hall College Junior Research Fellowship in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University before joining Manchester as Lecturer in 2002.

Aline has published over 100 refereed papers, authored 5 patents, and has won > £8M from research councils, EU, charities, and industry to support her research group. She has also won several awards over the years including the 2014 Philip Leverhulme Prize for Engineering and the NW Great British Entrepreneur 2021.