Mr John Alderman
Mr Alderman holds a BSc in Chemistry from Bristol University (1978), and MSc in Microelectronics from Bangor College, University of Wales (1982).
After 12 years with Plessey Research developing processes for integrated circuit fabrication he joined the NMRC (later Tyndall National Institute) (1990) where he continued to perform Silicon-On-Insulator research. He has also collaborated on the development of micro-systems based 'smart sensors' for chemical and biological sensing applications.
His work on the ESPRIT funded B-ASICs project exposed him to techniques for environmental monitoring of heavy metals using electrochemical methods and the fabrication of various components including ISFETS (ion sensitive field effect transistors).
He also lead the NMRC team in BARMINT (a Basic and Long Term project) where the focus was primarily on Micro System Technology (MST) packaging. For two years he acted as the local MST contact for the EU Europractice initiative to aid in the promotion of awareness and aid in the source of supply of these new developments to industry.
Since 2001, he has established a 'bionics' activity at Tyndall, specifically looking at the possibilities to be derived from direct interaction between the cellular and microelectronic worlds. He has published over 100 research papers as sole or joint author in the various fields of work and has several patents filed.
Fighting Blindness Funded Research
FB06ALD - Improvement of stimulation electrodes for retinal prosthesis through electrophysiological investigations with cultured retinal cells and isolated retina.