Peter Gardner is currently Professor of Analytical and Biomedical Spectroscopy in the school of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, based in the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre. His research interests revolve round vibrational spectroscopy with focus on analytical and bioanalytical/biomedical spectroscopy. Peter obtained his BSc in Chemistry from the University of East Anglia before completing his PhD in Physical Chemistry in 1988 at the same institution. This was followed by two successful postdoctoral research appointments at the Fritz-Haber Institute der Max-Planck Gesselschaft in Berlin (1988-92) and then the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge (1992-1994). In 1994 he Joined the Chemistry Department at UMIST as a Lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2000. In 2004 upon the merger to form The University of Manchester he moved to the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science as part of the Instrumentation and Analytical Science group

Pilling, M., & Gardner, P. (2016). Fundamental developments in infrared spectroscopic imaging for biomedical applications. Chemical Society Reviews, 45(7). DOI: 10.1039/C5CS00846H . Publication link: 8f89875f-603b-4c43-b1b8-564363d0fec7 Baker, M., Goodacre, R., Sammon, C., Marques, M. P., Gardner, P., Tipping, W., ... Lyng, F. (2016). Single cell analysis/data handling: General discussion. Faraday Discussions, 187, 299-327. DOI: 10.1039/C6FD90012G. Publication link: 85f749d1-8a1a-42c4-82af-28bf7f9e6448 Sammon, C., Schultz, Z. D., Kazarian, S., Barr, H., Goodacre, R., Graham, D., ... Pilling, M. (2016). Spectral Pathology: General discussion. Faraday Discussions, 187, 155-186. DOI: 10.1039/C6FD90011A. Publication link: 65e42715-3fba-4f93-bae5-40acfa298aa0 Goodacre, R., Sergo, V., Barr, H., Sammon, C., Schultz, Z. D., Baker, M. J., ... Paterson, C. (2016). Clinical Spectroscopy: General discussion. Faraday Discussions, 187, 429-460. DOI: 10.1039/C6FD90013E. Publication link: 2bde953c-865e-4c38-bebf-ff02070227a7 Goodacre, R., Baker, M. J., Graham, D., Schultz, Z. D., Diem, M., Marques, M. P., ... Campbell, C. J. (2016). Biofluids and other techniques: General discussion. Faraday Discussions, 187, 575-601. DOI: 10.1039/C6FD90014C. Publication link: 36cc593f-3e2c-48b2-8247-48f591e34ab6 Casabella, S., Scully, P., Goddard, N., & Gardner, P. (2016). Automated analysis of single cells using Laser Tweezers Raman Spectroscopy. The Analyst, 141(2), 689-696. DOI: 10.1039/c5an01851j. Publication link: 3716c03b-78c5-4dd1-94de-24ceae0a3ee9 Pilling, M., Henderson, A., Shanks, J. H., Brown, M., Clarke, N., & Gardner, P. (2016). Infrared spectral histopathology using haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained glass slides: a major step forward towards clinical translation. Analyst. DOI: 10.1039/c6an02224c. Publication link: 052ae1d2-7697-4b52-aa04-c315a3e39bcf Pilling, M., Gardner, P., Henderson, A., Brown, M. D., Bird, B., & Clarke, N. (2016). High throughput Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) spectral histopathology : a practical approach towards clinical translation. Faraday Discussions. DOI: 10.1039/C5FD00176E. Publication link: e42398d4-ef97-4a57-be1a-775c918e2d43