Meet your consultant.
"My mission is to help scientists, at any level, increase their productivity."
I am Thomas Solomon. I was educated in the UK at the University of Birmingham, earning my BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry in 2003 and a PhD in Exercise Science (metabolism) in 2006. I then trained in clinical biochemistry at Derby Royal Infirmary and Queens Medical Centre and then moved to the USA to complete a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in metabolism and endocrinology at the Cleveland Clinic under Professor John Kirwan. I then jumped back across the pond to work in Denmark for 6-years as a Senior Researcher leading a human physiology research group at the Centre for Inflammation and Metabolism at Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet). In Denmark, I became an Associate Professor of Molecular Biomedicine in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. In 2015, I returned to the UK with a Marie Curie fellowship from the European Commission to work as a Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Physical Activity and Health at the University of Birmingham.
I left "normal" academic life in 2018 to become an academic consultant. My passion for data management, data analysis, grantsmanship, and writing led to the development of Blazon Scientific. I keep my brain "switched on" to the developments in biological sciences by continuing to participate in weekly journal clubs with other academics, peer-reviewing grants and journal manuscripts, and by investing every Friday in reading what new delights you folks have spawned onto PubMed.
My areas of expertise are the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes, whole-body and cellular metabolism, and exercise physiology. I have conducted in vivo and in vitro research in these fields since 2002. My success is demonstrable through more than 80 peer-reviewed journal publications (including an F1000 recommendation); PI-led research grant awards amounting to ~£825,000 in direct costs; over 20 media interviews/articles; and more than 50 conference presentations, invited talks, and keynotes at universities and medical societies, including the American Diabetes Association, the American College of Sports Medicine, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, the Japanese Physiological Society, and the Korean Society for Exercise Physiology. The impact of my work is measured as an H-index of 39. I also regularly serve as a peer-reviewer for several reputable journals, societies, and funding bodies, and have worked as an associate editor for Frontiers in Physiology.
I left "normal" academic life in 2018 to become an academic consultant. My passion for data management, data analysis, grantsmanship, and writing led to the development of Blazon Scientific. I keep my brain "switched on" to the developments in biological sciences by continuing to participate in weekly journal clubs with other academics, peer-reviewing grants and journal manuscripts, and by investing every Friday in reading what new delights you folks have spawned onto PubMed.
My areas of expertise are the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes, whole-body and cellular metabolism, and exercise physiology. I have conducted in vivo and in vitro research in these fields since 2002. My success is demonstrable through more than 80 peer-reviewed journal publications (including an F1000 recommendation); PI-led research grant awards amounting to ~£825,000 in direct costs; over 20 media interviews/articles; and more than 50 conference presentations, invited talks, and keynotes at universities and medical societies, including the American Diabetes Association, the American College of Sports Medicine, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, the Japanese Physiological Society, and the Korean Society for Exercise Physiology. The impact of my work is measured as an H-index of 39. I also regularly serve as a peer-reviewer for several reputable journals, societies, and funding bodies, and have worked as an associate editor for Frontiers in Physiology.
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Recent projects I have worked on
European Research Commission (ERC) Starting grant.
Novo Nordisk Fonden CBMR International Postdoctoral Program grant.
US Air Force Small Business Innovation research (SBIR) grant.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project grant.
Innovation Fund Denmark - Industrial PhD project grant.
European Research Commission (ERC) Consolidator grant.
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (DFF) Independent research fund project grant.
Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
World Cancer Research Fund Seed grant.
NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21).
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (DFF) Inge Lehmann programme grant.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team Grant.
European Research Commission (ERC) Starting grant.
Novo Nordisk Fonden CBMR International Postdoctoral Program grant.
US Air Force Small Business Innovation research (SBIR) grant.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project grant.
Innovation Fund Denmark - Industrial PhD project grant.
European Research Commission (ERC) Consolidator grant.
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (DFF) Independent research fund project grant.
Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
World Cancer Research Fund Seed grant.
NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21).
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (DFF) Inge Lehmann programme grant.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team Grant.
