2000 - DPhil Biochemistry, University of Oxford
1997 - MChem Chemistry, University of Oxford
Dr Allen is an experienced biochemist who headed a research group in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK, from 2006–2011. His research spanned mitochondria, biophysics, enzymology, parasitology, microbiology, bioinorganic chemistry, bioenergetics, evolution, structural biology and cell biology. Dr Allen has published over 40 papers in international journals, most as a principal author, and has peer reviewed extensively. Dr Allen’s technical expertise includes a wide range of biochemical, biophysical and genetic approaches including: bacterial and eukaryotic genetics and molecular biology; protein chemistry; protein purification; enzymology; enzyme kinetics (rapid reaction and steady state); mass spectrometry; proteomics; absorption and other spectroscopies; protein-protein interaction methods; electrochemistry; anaerobic work and bioinformatics. Dr Allen joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2014.