Areas of Expertise
- Analytical Chemistry
- Material development, characterisation and evaluation of performance
- Nanotechnology
- Metabolomics
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Infectious, acute and chronic disease studies
- Microbiology incl. virology and food processing
- Assessment of innovations and new technologies
- Clinical trials
Roles and Responsibilities
Dr Elena Hunter is a Senior Research Fellow and an Academic Lead for Analytical Sciences at MTIF. She works in the areas of Applied Biosciences and Analytical Chemistry. She specialised in the synthesis, characterisation and detection of compounds within complex mixtures. Her research is focused on NMR-based metabolomics for detection of biomarkers associated with infectious and chronic diseases in humans and other animals. Recent commercial projects include the analysis of biomarkers associated with mammalian cellular health dysregulations, evaluation of materials and technologies with antiviral properties, assessment of the implementation of digital technologies into Primary care and clinical trials.
IRep Publications
https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/43113/
Publications
Brereton J.E., Spooner S.L., Walker S.L, Mooney A., Wilson P., Mastromonaco, G.F., Hunter E., White S. (2025). When to cryopreserve and when to let it go? A systematic review of priorities in wild animal cryobanking. Theriogenology Wild, 6, 100119.
Farrell, C., Hunter, E., Wilson, P., White, S. (2022). Genomic characterisation of bioaerosols within livestock facilities: A systematic review. Science of The Total Environment. Science of The Total Environment, 918. 170722.
Hunter, E., Percival, B., Eberl, D., White, S. (2023). A Pilot Study to Investigate the Antimicrobial Activity of Pulsed UVA and UVC. Aerobiology. 1, pp. 82-97.
Odoemelam, C.S., Hunter, E., Eberl, D., Busi, B., Ahmad, Z., White, S., Wilson, P.B. (2022). The Role of Phorbol Diesters in Mediating Human Placental Aromatase Cytochrome P450 Activity. Applied Bioscience, pp. 279-288.
Odoemelam, C.S., Hunter, E., Simms, J., Ahmad, Z., Chang, M.-W., Percival, B., Williams, I.H., Molinari, M., Kamerlin, S.C.L., Wilson, P.B. (2022). In Silico Ligand Docking Approaches to Characterise the Binding of Known Allosteric Modulators to the Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor and Prediction of ADME/Tox Properties. Applied Biosciences, 1, pp. 143-162.
Finch, N., Percival, B., Hunter, E., Blagg, R. J., Blackwell, E., Sagar, J., Ahmad, Z., Chang, M. W., Hunt, J. A., Mather, M. L., Tasker, S., De Risio, L., Wilson, P. B. (2021). Preliminary demonstration of benchtop NMR metabolic profiling of feline urine: chronic kidney disease as a case study,” BMC Res Notes, 14, p. 469.
Dell, A., Curry, M., Hunter, E., Dalton, R., Yarnell, K., Starbuck, G., Wilson, P. B. (2021). 16 Years of breed management brings substantial improvement in population genetics of the endangered Cleveland Bay Horse. Ecology and Evolution, 21, pp. 14555-14572.
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