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The Microsensors and Bioelectronics Laboratory (MBL) was founded by Professor Julian Gardner FREng FRS and is part of the Sensors and Devices Research Group within the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick. He is the Head of MBL, and Professor Marina Cole is Deputy Head.
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Research focus
| CMOS based chemical sensors | Machine Olfaction |
| Electronic noses | Dynamic modelling of sensors |
| Environmental sensors | Temperature Modulated MEMS |
| Flow and Pressure CMOS sensors | Signal Processing and AI |
| SMR/FBAR RF acoustic sensors | Micro-fluidics/lab-on-a-chip |
Collaboration
We are currently collaborating with the following research centres and companies:
- Graphene Group (Prof. Tawfique Hasan, University of Cambridge, UK)
- Surface Chemistry Group (Prof. Colin Bain, University of Durham, UK)
- Acoustic Sensors Group (Prof. Andrew Flewitt, University of Cambridge, UK)
- Power Devices Group (Prof. Florin Udrea, University of Cambridge, UK)
- Flusso Sensors Ltd (Cambridge, UK)
- Sorex Sensors Ltd (Cambridge & Warwick, UK)
- Volatile AI (UK), Nevada Nanotech Systems Inc. (USA), ScioSense B.V. (Netherlands).
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Recent news
New List of Publications (May 2025). Download here.
Recent CV of Professor Gardner (May 2025). Download here.
Papers accepted for presentation in June at IMCS 2025 in Freiburg
Cambridge-Warwick Consortium publish a paper in Scientific Advances on aerogel based gas sensor in Feb 2024. Press Release. Article.
Julian Gardner elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in July 2023
Review Article on Thermal Conductivity Sensors published (Jan 2023). Download here.
University Spin-out Flusso Ltd sold to Global Consortium (August 2022)
Attended ISOEN 2022 in Aveiro, Portugal to present a paper (May 2022)