Colleen Loynachan

Colleen Loynachan is a senior technical adviser at the International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat, with extensive experience in research management and editorial roles. Previously, Colleen served as a research manager at Wellcome Trust and as an associate editor at both Nature Materials and Nature Protocols, focusing on areas such as bioengineering, biomaterials, nanotechnology, and chemical sensing. Colleen's academic background includes postdoctoral research at EPFL and Imperial College London, where expertise was developed in catalytic nanomaterials and point-of-care diagnostics. Colleen earned a PhD in Materials Science from Imperial College London and a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.