Mohammed Alawami
PhD Student at the University of Cambridge
Mohammed Alawami
Mohammed Alawami
About
Alawami is a PhD student in the Physics Department of the University of Cambridge. He holds an Masters degree in sensor technology from the University of Cambridge.
Current research
Alawami is combining Nanopore sensing with DNA nanotechnology to analyse biomolecules at the single-molecule level to provide new biological insight that is not possible otherwise. His technology offers a cutting-edge solution that offers unprecedented single-molecule resolution for the analysis of DNA and RNA molecules where we can directly analyse them without the use of labels, amplification, or reverse transcription. Alawami's work focuses primarily on developing the technology for RNA drugs and vaccines pharmacometricians and pharmacodynamics, and direct RNA quantification of biomarkers.
Future research vision
Key publications

Alawami, MF et al. Lifetime of Glass Nanopores in a PDMS Chip for Single-Molecule Sensing. iScience, 2022.

Boskovic, P et al. Simultaneous Identification of Viruses and SARS-CoV-2 Variants with Programmable DNA Nanobait. medRXiv, 2021.

Zia, Q et al. Current Analytical Methods for Porcine Identification in Meat and Meat Products. Food Chemistry, 2020.

Key awards

Biomaker Grant, University of Cambridge.

Shortlisted for the Vice Chancellor's Global Impact Award, University of Cambridge.

21 to Watch Innovative People, Cambridge Independent.

Diversity Fund, University of Cambridge.

NanoDTC Associateship, University of Cambridge

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