Biography
Luke is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Natural Material Innovation (CNMI). His research is part of Horizon Europe’s UPWEARS project, which focuses on sustainability for smart wearables and equipment for sport. Drawing inspiration from nature, his work aims to improve the performance of bio-based e-textiles.
Before joining CNMI, Luke completed an undergraduate degree in Materials Science at the University of Oxford. For his master’s project, he looked at the structure-function relationships within porcine knee tissue. He then joined the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials (CCMM) for his PhD, where he investigated the use of 3D printing for redesigned biodegradable coronary stents manufactured out of Polylactic acid (PLA).
Publications
- Malone, L.P, Best, S. M. & Cameron, R. E. Accelerated degradation testing impacts the degradation processes in 3D printed amorphous PLLA Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Chapter 5 (2024)
- Roper, D. M., Kwon, K.-A., Malone, L. P., Best, S. M. & Cameron, R. E. Induced Birefringence in 3D Printing: Concealing Information Optically within Printed Objects. Adv. Mater. Technol. 7, 2200139 (2022)
