Dr Robert Coleman
Senior Lecturer
Biography
Dr Robert Coleman is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural Sciences and is the Programme Leader for the BSc Biology programmes. Dr Coleman has had extensive career teaching and researching across a range of biological science specialisms.
Teaching and Supervision
Dr Robert Coleman's teaching focuses on ensuring students studying a range of biologically related subjects have an applied understanding of biochemistry, cell biology and other fundamental biological specialisms. Within these specialisms, specific emphasis is placed on analytical and diagnostic science and how they can be related to pathology and other applied biological sciences.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
Dr Robert Coleman's research interests focus around the development and application of novel, biologically based, analytical techniques. Such techniques include the development of immunodiagnostic methods, which have been applied to a range of biological specialisms, from the detection of disease biomarkers, to the analysis of hormones for the purposes of understanding, protecting and conserving domestic and wild animal species. Dr Coleman also has significant experience utilising genetic methods for the purposes of identification and for the monitoring of gene expression.