Matt Alexander studied for his PhD at the Corrosion and Protection Centre, University of Manchester. After working at BP Amoco and the University of Bristol he moved to Queen Mary, University of London in 2001, where he is now a lecturer in the School of Engineering and Materials Science.

His main research interests are in microfluidics and electrospray technology and he is co-inventor of a novel electrostatic drop-on-demand technology and founder of the Spin-out company Emdot Limited which was formed to commercially exploit the printing technology.

He is this year’s joint winner of the 2008 ERA Foundation’s Entrepreneurs Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering, which gives a significant boost to the technology and accelerates application and product development in the life science sector.