Research Interests
- 3D Printing Manufacturing of drug delivery systems & medical devices.
- 3D Bioprinting applications in pharmaceutics and tissue engineering.
- Manufacturing of nanofibers for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications.
- Engineering of novel drug delivery systems using microfluidics.
Current Research Opportunities
- Development of 3D Printed drug-eluting mesh implants
- Microfluidic Synthesis of Nanomedicines for the Delivery of Biologic Drugs
- CITI-GENS DTP Microfluidic approach for Continuous biopharmaceutical crystallisation
Public outreach & key achievements
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Frog foam could deliver drug therapy to burns patients
Research students
Name: Mrs Febri Annuryanti
PhD title: Design and Development of Precisely Engineered Long-acting Drug Delivery Systems to the Eye
Years of Study: 2019-2022
Country: Indonesia
Name: Miss Francesca Corduas
PhD title: Next Generation Drug-Eluting Meshes for Tissue Engineering Applications
Years of Study: 2019-2022
Country: Italy
Name: Miss Essyrose Mathew
PhD title: Novel Delivery Systems for Transdermal and Intradermal Drug Delivery
Years of Study: 2019-2022
Country: UK
Name: Mr Sangdi Wang
PhD title: Development of In-Situ Depot Forming Photo-Crosslinked Implants for Ocular Delivery of Proteins
Years of Study: 2019-2022
Country: China
Alumni: Where are they now
Name: Dr Carlota Mendez Torrecillas
PhD Title: Process and Product Understanding of Rapid and Continuous Wet Granulation
Years of Study: 2014-2018
Country: Spain
Current Position: Project Scientist at University of Strathclyde
Name: Dr Ivan Hall Barrientos
PhD title: A Tissue-Engineered Approach to Hernia Repair
Years of Study: 2014-2018
Country: UK
Current position: Research Assistant at University of Strathclyde
Name: Dr Laura Martinez Marcos
PhD title: Development and control of pharmaceutical solids using extrusion and granulation
Years of Study: 2012-2016
Country: Spain
Current position: GlaxoSmithKline plc