Nigel Scrutton
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| Born | Nigel Shaun Scrutton 2 April 1964 |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | British |
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| Fields | Biological Chemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology, Quantum Biology |
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| Thesis | Mechanistic and structural studies on glutathione reductase by protein engineering (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Perham |
| Website | www |
Nigel Shaun Scrutton (born 2 April 1964) FRS FRSB FRSC is a British biochemist and biotechnology innovator known for his work on enzyme catalysis, biophysics and synthetic biology. He is Director of the UK Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub, Director of the Fine and Speciality Chemicals Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SYNBIOCHEM), and Co-founder, Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the 'fuels-from-biology' company C3 Biotechnologies Ltd. He is Professor of Enzymology and Biophysical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manchester. He is former Director of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) (2010 to 2020).