ProfessorMartyn Boutelle

Martyn’s research approach is to combine real-time measurement of chemical biomarkers, electrical signal and physical measurements such as blood flow, temperature and local tissue pressure to give a clear picture of the dynamics of tissue response to illness, stimulation or trauma. The same measurement techniques are used in patients and in experimental models allowing genuine translational research. Important technologies are development of novel microfluidic devices, electrochemical sensors and biosensors, novel electronics developed in collaboration with Professor Manos Drakakis (Dept of Bioengineering)  and Professor Pantelis Georgiou (EEE) to build new medical devices. Martyn also has a strong interest in processing real-time data streams to detect clinically important adverse events and collaborates with Dr Guang Yang from the Department of Bioengineering

He now works closely with paediatric consultant Dr Jay Bannerjee at Imperial College’s St Mary’s and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital to monitor blood glucose non-invasively in premature babies. He also works with neurosurgeons at King's College Hospital and kidney surgeon Prof Vassilios Papallois at Imperial College’s Hammersmith Hospital, on the use of on-line microdialysis to detect transient ischaemia, and the development of new clinical monitoring techniques. These techniques combine electrochemical biosensors in novel microfluidic devices with other real-time measurements such as tissue oxygen, electrical activity, blood pressure and flow to give multimodal monitoring.