Research Interests:
Dr. Cartmell is interested in the discovery of novel bioactive natural products. His research focuses on methods for probing microbial dark matter in attempts to gain access to the missing 99% of microbes unable to be cultivated under standard laboratory conditions. He is also interested in developing microfluidic techniques for high-throughput screening of bioactive natural products as well as the activation of silent biosynthetic gene clusters.
Research Activities:
Natural Product Discovery
Marine Microbiology
Microfluidics
Honors and Awards:
Peboc Prize for best undergraduate degree, Bangor University, 2015
Society of Chemical Industry Regional award for best undergraduate degree in region, Bangor University, 2015
Best Poster Award, Treasure from the Deep, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
MITACS Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Prince Edward Island, 2019-2022