Dr Julien Reboud, is an engineer trained within the best of French academic institutions, Paris VI-VII University (Paris, France) and a PhD from Joseph Fourier University (Grenoble, France). He was awarded the French National Innovation Award during his PhD and the RAEng ERA Entrepreneurship Prize (2013). He has developed a track-record of high-profile publications (53 peer reviewed papers including PNAS, Nano Letters, Angewandte and Advanced Materials, H=18) and patents (16 awarded or filed, whilst at A*-Star in Singapore or at Glasgow). He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. His work so far has been focussed on biomedical engineering (diagnostics and therapy), delivering impact in human/public health. Recently, he formed collaborations outside of human healthcare, on technologies for water remediation (EPSRC GCRF EP/P029329/1) and water-borne diseases in Vietnam (BB/S004335/1).