Christopher Hewitt's Biography

Christopher Hewitt, Professor, Loughborough University

Chris graduated with a first class honours degree in Microbiology from Royal Holloway College, University of London in 1990. He then went to the University of Birmingham to study for his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering. He is now Professor of Biological Engineering at Loughborough University where his research seeks to study the interaction of the organism with the process engineering environment using such non-invasive techniques as flow cytometry, image analysis and NIR spectroscopy. These techniques have been used to improve our understanding of how cells behave within such diverse areas as Microbial Fermentation, Cell culture, Bio-remediation, Bio-transformation, Brewing and now the challenging area of Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing.