‘We’re interested in using that same concept to make surfaces antiviral’

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Meet Mark Moloney, an organic chemist who spends his time pondering surfaces and hunting antibiotics

Organic chemist Mark Moloney is a professor at the University of Oxford and supports two companies, Oxford Advanced Surfaces and Oxford Antibiotic Group, which have started to commercialise technology developed in his research group. In this Q&A, he shares his interests in surfaces and antibiotics and tells us why students are the best and the worst aspect of his job.

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