Biography

I obtained my BSc, MSc and PhD degrees at the Queen’s University of Belfast. I have worked in industry, for Unilever Research, and have also held a number of academic posts prior to joining Keele. I joined the Keele University School of Pharmacy in January 2010 where I am currently Director of Studies for the BSc Pharmaceutical Science, Technology & Business degree programme, subject lead for pharmaceutics and the School’s Early Resolution Officer (undergraduate).

Research and scholarship

My main research interests are in percutaneous absorption, particularly in the development of quantitative models of skin absorption, the percutaneous absorption of metals and the use of skin imaging techniques to understand the mechanism of skin permeation enhancement. Recent key achievements include:

  • Organisation of the EPSRC POEMS-network-funded meeting on modelling of skin absorption at Keele Hall (Jan. 2017)
  • Publication of a book on Mathematical Modelling of Percutaneous Absorption; Springer, 2015
  • Member of the Scientific Organising Committee, Perspectives in Percutaneous Penetration Conference; Invited speaker and session chair, 2012 and 2014.
  • Invited speaker and co-organiser of the 8th meeting of the International Society of the Stratum Corneum, Cardiff, September 2014; deputy chair and treasurer of this group.

Teaching

Teaching covers aspects of pharmaceutics and drug delivery on both the BSc (Pharmaceutical Science, Technology and Business) and MPharm (Pharmacy) programmes at all levels of both courses.

Further information

  • Chartered Chemist and Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, since March 1996.
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, since July 2004.
  • Founding member and committee member of the EPSRC Drug Delivery Research Network.
  • Chairman (2004–2006), treasurer (2004–2005) and committee member (2003 – current date) of the Skin Forum Group (a focus group of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, initially funded by EPSRC).
  • Representative of the EPSRC Skin Forum on the All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin, 2008 – 2010.
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Cosmetic Sciences and Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology; Editor for Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Special Themed Edition on Recent Advances in Percutaneous Absorption, published June 2010).
  • Member of the International Steering Committee Member, Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients.
  • Member of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Group of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
  • Member of the Industrial Pharmacy Group of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
  • Member of the Academic Pharmacy Group of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
  • Member of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • External examiner for:
    • M.Pharm. programme at the Kingston University School of Pharmacy (2013 - 2017)
    • OSPAP programme at the Kingston University School of Pharmacy (2014 - 2017)
    • M.Pharm. programme at the University of Ulster School of Pharmacy (2009 - 2013)
    • M.Res. programme at the University of Brighton School of Pharmacy (2007 - 2012)
    • approximately fifteen PhD candidates at UK Schools of Pharmacy

Publications

School address:
School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering
Hornbeam Building
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG

Research centre address:
School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering
Guy Hilton Research Centre
Thornburrow Drive
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 7QB
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 674988

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Tel: +44 (0)1782 734010

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