Dr Brenden Theaker

Teaching Fellow
BSc, MSc (Loughborough), PhD, MRSC

Telephone: +44(0)1509 22 2548
E-mail: B.J.Theaker@lboro.ac.uk

Experience

Dr Brenden Theaker has experience of analytical chemistry techniques within higher education and industry. He completed his PhD in the field of food related applications of acoustic wave sensor arrays. Afterwards he became a PDRA in Professor Fred Rowell’s group at University of Sunderland, developing a near-real time monitoring system for proteolytic enzymes.  In addition, he patented novel forensic applications for inorganic based micro-particles. Teaching experience was gained at both the universities of Sunderland and Teesside. Industrial experience includes the de-toxification of a bio-diesel by-product and the development of neutral carriers for flavours and pharmaceutical compunds. 

Research interests include applications of nano-and microparticles and HPLC analysis of flavour compounds in foods.

Publications

Doped Hydrophobic Silica Nano- and Micro-particles as Novel Agents for developing Latent Fingerprints, B. J. Theaker, K. E. Hudson and F. J. Rowell, Forensic Sci. Int. 174 (2008) 26

A Near Real Time System for Continuously Monitoring Airborne Subtilisin-type Enzymes in the Industrial Atmosphere, F.J. Rowell, L. Grieveson, B. J. Theaker, L. Sundar, D. Sykes and R. H. Cumming, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9 (2007) 33

A Rapid and Sensitive Fluorometric Flow Injection Assay For Subtilisin-type Enzymes Utilising Sol-Gel Particles Directly Coated With Gelatin-Texas Red Substrate; B. J. Theaker and F. J. Rowell, Analyst, 128, (2003), 1043

Detection of Bacterial Contaminated Milk by means of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance Based Electronic Nose, Z. Ali, W. T. O’Hare and B. J. Theaker, J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 71 (2003) 155

Analysis of Seafood Aroma/Odour by Electronic Nose Technology and Direct Analysis, J. M. Grigor, B. J. Theaker, C. Alasalvar, W. T. O’Hare and Z. Ali, in C. Alasalvar and T. Taylor (Eds.) Seafoods- Quality, Technology and Neutraceutical Applications, Springer-Verlag, Germany, (2002) 105

Z. Ali, W. T. O’Hare and B. J. Theaker, Electrochemical Society Proceeding 2001-15 (2001) 187

Z. Ali, D. James, W. T. O'Hare, F. J. Rowell, T. Sarkodie-Gyan, S. M. Scott and B. J. Theaker in J. W. Gardner and K. C. Persaud (Eds.) Electronic Noses and Olfaction 2000, Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, Bristol, UK, (2000) 229