Hagan Bayley


John Hagan Pryce Bayley FRS is a British scientist, who holds the position of Professor of Chemical Biology at the University of Oxford.

Education

Bayley was educated at The King's School, Chester, Balliol College, Oxford and Harvard University, where he was awarded a PhD in 1979.

Research

Bayley's research is largely based on the study and engineering of transmembrane pore-forming proteins, as well as interests in chemical signal transduction and biomolecular materials. He is the co-founder of Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. Bayley's research includes work on the pore-forming protein alpha haemolysin engineered for sensing has been highly cited.

Career

Following his PhD, Bayley completed postdoctoral research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He previously held appointments at Columbia University, University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Texas A&M University. Bayley has been based at the University of Oxford since 2003 and is a fellow of Hertford College, Oxford.

Awards and honours

Bayley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2011. His nomination reads
The Science Council recognised him as "one of the UK's 100 leading practising scientists" of 2014.