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Bionanoscientist - Expert in Biomedical Nanomaterials & Neural Interfacing

Profile Summary

Postdoctoral researcher with 8+ years of multidisciplinary experience at the intersection of neural interfacing, advanced materials science, and biomedical device development. Experience translating lab-based research into real-world applications across startup, academic, and commercial settings. Most recently led R&D for a government-backed spin-in venture (DocLeaf) developing therapeutic wound healing technologies. Highly capable in both hands-on lab work and strategic consulting roles, with strong communication skills and a passion for translational innovation. Eager to apply deep scientific expertise and product development experience to solve complex challenges in biotech, neurotechnology, and device innovation.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Biomaterials
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Nanobiotechnology
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Electron Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Tissue Engineering
• ☆ R
• ☆ Medical Devices
• ☆ Medical Device Development
• ☆ Biocompatibility Testing
• ☆ Medical Implants
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Literature Search

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Device Fabrication

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher - Wound Healing & Neural Interfacing

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

April 2024 - Present

PhD Researcher

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

September 2020 - January 2025

PhD Researcher

Trinity College Dublin

September 2020 - January 2025

Materials Scientist

Innovega Inc

June 2020 - September 2020

Undergraduate Research Intern

Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

September 2019 - November 2019

Undergraduate Research Intern

Stanford University

May 2019 - July 2019

Undergraduate Research Intern

Trinity College Dublin

June 2018 - August 2018

Education

PhD in Physics - Two-Dimensional Materials for Tissue Engineering and Neural Interfacing Applications (School of Physics (TCD) and Tissue Engineering Research Group (RCSI))

Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

September 2020 - January 2025

Nanoscience, Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials (School of Physics/School of Chemistry)

Trinity College Dublin

September 2016 - May 2020

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Jack Maughan, Juan Carlos Palomeque Chávez, Marko Dobricic, Matthew McGrath, Cian O'Connor, Tara McGuire, Adrian Dervan, James E. Dixon, Cathal J. Kearney, Shane Browne, et al. (2026). Scaffold-mediated miRNA-155 inhibition promotes regenerative macrophage polarisation leading to anti-inflammatory, angiogenic and neurogenic responses for wound healing . Bioactive Materials.

Jack Maughan, Tara K. McGuire, Martyna Stasiewicz, Cian O'Connor, Ian Woods, Marko Dobricic, Giulio Brunetti, James E. Dixon, Adrian G. Dervan, Fergal J. O'Brien (2026). Development of a PTEN-siRNA activated scaffold to promote axonal regrowth following spinal cord injury . Bioactive Materials.

(2026). Development of a<i> PTEN</i>-siRNA activated scaffold to promote axonal regrowth following spinal cord injury . BIOACTIVE MATERIALS.

(2026). Scaffold-mediated miRNA-155 inhibition promotes regenerative macrophage polarisation leading to anti-inflammatory, angiogenic and neurogenic responses for wound healing . BIOACTIVE MATERIALS.

Jack Maughan, Harneet Kaur, Lucy Prendeville, Tian Carey, Cian O’Connor, Kevin Synnatschke, Juan Carlos Palomeque, Ian Woods, Fergal J. O’Brien, Jonathan N. Coleman (2025). 2D Boron Nanoplatelets as a Multifunctional Additive for Osteogenic, Gram‐Negative Antimicrobial and Mechanically Reinforcing Bone Repair Scaffolds . Small Science.

Jack Maughan, Ian Woods, Dahnan Spurling, Sandra Sunil, Anne Marie O&#39;Callaghan, Javier Gutierrez‐Gonzalez, Tara K. McGuire, Liam Leahy, Adrian Dervan, Valeria Nicolosi, et al. (2025). 3D‐Printing of Electroconductive MXene‐Based Micro‐Meshes in a Biomimetic Hyaluronic Acid‐Based Scaffold Directs and Enhances Electrical Stimulation for Neural Repair Applications . Advanced Science.

(2025). 3D-Printing of Electroconductive MXene-Based Micro-Meshes in a Biomimetic Hyaluronic Acid-Based Scaffold Directs and Enhances Electrical Stimulation for Neural Repair Applications . ADVANCED SCIENCE.

(2025). 3D-Printing of Electroconductive MXene-based Micro-meshes in a Biomimetic Hyaluronic Acid-based Scaffold Directs and Enhances Electrical Stimulation for Neural Repair Applications . bioRxiv.

(2025). 2D Boron Nanoplatelets as a Multifunctional Additive for Osteogenic, Gram-Negative Anti-Microbial and Mechanically Reinforcing Bone Repair Scaffolds . bioRxiv.

(2025). Scaffold-mediated miRNA-155 inhibition promotes regenerative macrophage polarisation leading to anti-inflammatory, angiogenic, and neurogenic responses for wound healing . bioRxiv.

(2025). 2D Boron Nanoplatelets as a Multifunctional Additive for Osteogenic, Gram-Negative Antimicrobial and Mechanically Reinforcing Bone Repair Scaffolds . SMALL SCIENCE.

(2025). Biomimetic Scaffolds Enhance iPSC Astrocyte Progenitor Angiogenic, Immunomodulatory, and Neurotrophic Capacity in a Stiffness and Matrix-Dependent Manner for Spinal Cord Repair Applications . ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS.

(2025). Potassium-Ion Battery Electrodes from Potassium Ferricyanide Nanoplatelets: Thin Platelets and Thick Electrodes Unlock High Areal Capacity and Excellent Rate Performance . ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS.

(2024). Cold sprayed Ta-Ag composites: Mechanistic insight into enhanced corrosion resistance and antibacterial ability . CORROSION SCIENCE.

(2024). Electrostimulation via a 3D-printed, biomimetic, neurotrophic, electroconductive scaffold for the promotion of axonal regrowth after spinal cord injury . MATERIALS TODAY.

(2024). Knot Architecture for Biocompatible and Semiconducting 2D Electronic Fiber Transistors . SMALL METHODS.

(2024). The role of Patient and public involvement (PPI) in pre-clinical spinal cord research: An interview study . PLOS ONE.

(2023). A Biomimetic, Bilayered Antimicrobial Collagen-Based Scaffold for Enhanced Healing of Complex Wound Conditions . ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES.

(2023). COLLAGEN/PRISTINE GRAPHENE AS AN ELECTROCONDUCTIVE INTERFACE MATERIAL FOR NEURONAL MEDICAL DEVICE APPLICATIONS. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A.

(2023). Knot Architecture for Biocompatible and Semiconducting Two-Dimensional Electronic Fibre Transistors. Arxiv.

(2023). The role of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in pre-clinical spinal cord research: an interview study . medRxiv.

Cyclic production of biocompatible few-layer graphene ink with in-line shear-mixing for inkjet-printed electrodes and Li-ion energy storage <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . npj 2D Materials and Applications.

(2022). Applying Patient and Public Involvement in preclinical research: A co-created scoping review . HEALTH EXPECTATIONS.

(2022). Collagen/pristine graphene as an electroconductive interface material for neuronal medical device applications . APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY.

(2022). Cyclic production of biocompatible few-layer graphene ink with in-line shear-mixing for inkjet-printed electrodes and Li-ion energy storage . NPJ 2D MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS.

(2022). Highly Conductive Networks of Silver Nanosheets . SMALL.

(2022). Liquid phase exfoliation of nonlayered non-van der Waals iron trifluoride (FeF₃) into 2D-platelets for high-capacity lithium storing cathodes . FLATCHEM.

PREPRINT

Jack Maughan, Cian O’Connor, Rena Mullally, Juan Carlos Palomeque-Ch&#225;vez, Marko Dobricic, Eoin McCoy, Rachel Stewart, Chayanika Saha, Julia O’Sullivan, Helen O. McCarthy, et al. (2026). Biomimetic miR-133a inhibitor activated scaffolds optimised for spinal cord repair promote neurite outgrowth and angiogenesis via neuronal cytoskeletal remodelling .

Jack Maughan, Juan Carlos Palomeque Ch&#225;vez, Marko Dobricic, Matthew McGrath, Cian O’Connor, Tara K. McGuire, Adrian Dervan, James E. Dixon, Cathal J. Kearney, Shane Browne, et al. (2025). Scaffold-mediated miRNA-155 inhibition promotes regenerative macrophage polarisation leading to anti-inflammatory, angiogenic and neurogenic responses for wound healing .

Jack Maughan, Harneet Kaur, Lucy Prendeville, Tian Carey, Cian O&#39;Connor, Kevin Synnatschke, Juan Carlos Palomeque, Ian Woods, Fergal J. O&#39;Brien, Jonathan N. Coleman (2025). 2D Boron Nanoplatelets as a Multifunctional Additive for Osteogenic, Gram-Negative Anti-Microbial and Mechanically Reinforcing Bone Repair Scaffolds .

Jack Maughan, Ian Woods, Cian O’Connor, Pablo Quintana-Sarti, Eoin Caffrey, Jose M. Munuera, Adrian Dervan, Alejandro L&#243;pez Vald&#233;s, Omar Mamad, Maeve A. Caldwell, et al. (2025). PolyGraph – Flexible, Biocompatible & Electrically Optimised Graphene-Polymer Composites for Next-Generation Neural Interfaces .

Jack Maughan, Ian Woods, Dahnan Spurling, Sandra Sunil, Javier Gutierrez-Gonzalez, Tara K. McGuire, Liam Leahy, Adrian Dervan, Valeria Nicolosi, Fergal J O’Brien (2024). 3D-Printing of Electroconductive MXene-based Micro-meshes in a Biomimetic Hyaluronic Acid-based Scaffold Directs and Enhances Electrical Stimulation for Neural Repair Applications .