
Dr Mark D. Tarn
- Position: Senior Research Fellow
- Areas of expertise: microfluidics; lab-on-a-chip; ice nucleation; aerosol and atmospheric science; bioanalysis; analytical chemistry; microfabrication; magnetic particles; immunoassays; radiopharmaceutical chemistry
- Email: M.D.Tarn@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 5605
- Location: 10.128 School of Earth and Environment
- Website: Twitter | LinkedIn | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID | White Rose
Profile
I am Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, where I develop microfluidic platforms for ice nucleation studies and lead ice-nucleating particle aerosol field campaigns around the world. I obtained an MChem degree and a PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Hull (UK). I then worked as a post doc at KIST Europe (Germany) on the development of detection systems for capillary electrophoresis. Prior to my position at Leeds, I was a postdoc on a project involving miniaturised quality control testing in positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer production at the University of Hull.
I now work within the Ice Nucleation Group in the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS) at the University of Leeds, supervised by Professor Ben Murray.
Responsibilities
- ICAS External Seminar Organiser
- Associate Editor for the "Environmental Sensors" section of Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies
Research interests
- Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip
- Microfabrication
- Ice nucleation and ice-nucleating particle analysis
- Aerosol and atmospheric science
- Bioanalytical chemistry
- Environmental analysis
- Clinical diagnostics
- Radiopharmaceutical chemistry
- Outreach
- A microfluidic device for quantification of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles (FluidIce)
- Analysis of ice-nucleating particles and their biological content in the eastern Mediterranean using microfluidic devices
- Can Antarctic dust and biology be aerosolised and affect the region’s clouds and climate?
- Compositional analysis of Southern high latitude ice-nucleating particles
- Contrasting the ice-nucleating activity of Northern and Southern high latitude dusts
- Does dust from Antarctica make ice in clouds and influence global climate?
- Using Minecraft to teach microanalytical chemistry to school students
Qualifications
- PhD Chemistry, University of Hull, 2011
- MChem Chemistry with Forensic Science and Toxicology (1st Class hon.), University of Hull, 2007
- PGDip Postgraduate Diploma in Research Training, University of Hull, 2010
Professional memberships
- Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
- The Aerosol Society
Student education
- Atmospheric Pollution from Local to Global Scales
- Environmental Measurements
- Masters research projects
- Environmental research projects
Research groups and institutes
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science