Professor Martyn Dade-Robertson

Professor

Department: Architecture and Built Environment

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Key Publications

Enhanced production of bacterial cellulose with a mesh dispenser vessel‑based bioreactor, Loh, J., Arnardottir, T., Gilmour, K., Zhang, M., Dade-Robertson, M. 1 Mar 2025, In: Cellulose
Living Construction with EmbryOME 2, Dade-Robertson, M., Arnardottir, T., Ozkan, D., Hoenerloh, A., Birch, E., Wang, C., Tsim, L., Gilmour, K., Zhang, M. 12 Feb 2025
The role of surface interventions in bio-welding mycelium based-composites, Raslan, D., Elsacker, E., Debnath, K., Dade-Robertson, M. 25 Feb 2025, In: Sustainable Materials and Technologies
A numerical bio-geotechnical model of pressure-responsive Microbially-Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation, Wang, J., Mitrani, H., Wipat, A., Moreland, P., Haystead, J., Zhang, M., Dade-Robertson, M. 28 Mar 2024, In: Applied Sciences
Bio-futures for transplanetary habitats: a summary and key outcomes from the 2022 symposium, Van Ellen, L., Belling, A., Lipińska, M., Nerlich, P., Azzopardi, H., Ciardullo, C., Dade-Robertson, M., Holt, A., James, P., Roberts, A., Vermeulen, A., Zhang, M. 19 Sep 2024, In: Research Directions: Biotechnology Design
Biogenic Construction, Gilmour, K., Haystead, J., Karimian, A., Moreland, P., Wang, J., Arnandottin, T., Christgen, B., Rodrigues Corral, J., Guyet, A., Zhang, M., Wipat, A., Mitrani, H., Dade-Robertson, M., Sharma Ghimire, P., Wright, J., James, P., Mwebaza, D., Theodoridoua, M., Bruno, A., Bridgens, B., Sherry, A., Ozkan, D., Agraviador, A., Perry, O., Bagga, M., Alex, A., Hamley-Bennett, C., Justo-Reinoso, I., Gebhard, S., Paine, K., Masoero, E., Ofiteru, I., Wang, C., Eiriksdottir, S., Savas, E., Jones, E., De Nardi, C., Harbottle , M., Reitzer, P., New, R., Bryan, S., Mol, L., Campbell, O., Gilbert, O., Gudnadottir, B., Cuzman, O., Peritto, B. 20 Mar 2024
Biological, physical and morphological factors for the programming of a novel microbial hygromorphic material, Birch, E., Bridgens, B., Zhang, M., Dade-Robertson, M. 1 May 2024, In: Bioinspiration and Biomimetics
Editorial: Biological fabrication beyond tissue engineering, Dade-Robertson, M., Gobbo, P., Gorochowski, T., Nguyen, P., Zhang, M. 26 Jun 2024, In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Effect of (in)organic additives on microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation, Haystead, J., Gilmour, K., Sherry, A., Dade-Robertson, M., Zhang, M. 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Applied Microbiology
Engineered Living Fabrication: Combining hardware, wetware and software for the non-entropic guided growth of microbial cellulose, Dade-Robertson, M., Arnardottir, T., Gilmour, K., Loh, J., Lee, S., Zhang, M. 1 Apr 2024, Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy, Acadia Publishing Company

Professional Activity

Oral presentation: Demonstrating the potential of biological self-healing for conservation through the healing masonry prototype. Presenter: Magdalini Theodoridou. 2023

Qualifications

Architecture MPhil October 28 2022
Science MSc October 30 2015
Architecture PhD October 30 2015
Architecture BA (Hons) June 30 2000

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