Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series
Congratulations to our latest Emerging Investigator Dr Jake McClements, (Newcastle University, UK)!
Since the launch of Nanoscale Horizons, the journal has had a clear vision to publish exceptionally high-quality work whilst acting as a resource to researchers working at all career levels. We continue to be impressed by the quality of the research published and at the same time are looking for new ways of recognising and promoting the outstanding authors behind articles published in the journal.
We launched our Emerging Investigator Series to showcase the exceptional work published by early-career researchers in the journal and regularly select a recently published Communication article to feature in an interview-style Editorial article with the corresponding author. We hope that the series will also benefit the nanoscience community by highlighting the exciting work being done by its early-career members.
We are excited to share our latest Emerging Investigator, Dr Jake McClements, (Newcastle University, UK)!
Read our interview with Jake here
Dr Jake McClements is a Newcastle University Academic Track (NUAcT) Fellow in Ageing and Health, based in the School of Engineering. He obtained his PhD in materials engineering from the University of Edinburgh in 2019, where his research explored the interfacial behaviour of polymers at surfaces across multiple length scales. After a one-year postdoctoral position in the same department at Edinburgh, in collaboration with Michelin, he moved to Chemical Engineering at Newcastle University in 2020 to take up a postdoctoral role developing polymer-based diagnostics for cardiovascular conditions.
In 2024, he was awarded a NUAcT Fellowship at Newcastle. His research group develops polymeric recognition elements and associated sensors for a range of diagnostic and industrial applications, with a particular focus on next-generation wearable and point-of-care devices that use minimally invasive sampling methods, such as interstitial fluid extraction. Beyond research, he also serves as an Editor for the Elsevier journal Sustainable Materials and Technologies. Find out more about Dr McClements’ research group here.
Congratulations to Jake for his excellent work! You can read his featured Emerging Investigator article from Nanoscale Horizons below.
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Unlocking interstitial fluid for acute coronary syndrome diagnosis: ultrasensitive troponin I detection using imprinted polymer nanoparticles
Joshua Saczek, Amy Dann, Robert D. Crapnell, Craig E. Banks, Rhiannon E. Johnson, Francesco Canfarotta, Alan Thomson, Azfar Zaman, Ioakim Spyridopoulos, Katarina Novakovic, Marloes Peeters and Jake McClements Nanoscale Horiz. (2026) 11 (3): 803–816 |
We hope you enjoy reading our interview and featured article and are looking forward to sharing our future Emerging Investigators with you!
Do you publish innovative nanoscience and nanotechnology research? Submit your latest work to Nanoscale Horizons now. If you are eligible for the Emerging Investigators series, you could be considered to feature in one of our future interviews! Find out more about the eligibility criteria and the process in this editorial introducing the series.
