Scott Phillips

Scott Phillips started his independent career at Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA, in 2008. His research interests include: (i) developing thermally stable detection and signal amplification reagents for use in point-of-care diagnostics; (ii) developing exceedingly inexpensive but high performance diagnostic devices for use in resource poor environments; and (iii) designing new classes of stimuli-responsive plastics that display amplified and autonomous responses for biomedical and environmental applications. He is a co-author of more than 60 papers, three book chapters and holds six patents.