People

Fellows, Postdocs & Technical Experts

Dr Simone Berger: 'Biopolymer biopharmaceutics'  

Dr Juliana Hülsmann:  'Engineered culture systems'  

Dr Daniel Brady (based at Fraunhofer IME): 'Reprogrammed medical silks'

Dr Christoph Hellmann (based at Fraunhofer IME): 'Reprogrammed medical silks'

Dr Jana Thamm: 'Pharmaceutical technology & sericulture' 

Ramona Brabetz 'Pharmaceutical technology' 

Angela Fischer: 'Biopharmaceutics'  

PhD Candidates

Franziska Schmitz (based at Fraunhofer IME): 'Functionlised biopolymers'  

Franziska Lai (based at Fraunhofer IME): 'Engineered B. mori'  

Maximilian Urban: 'Engineered biopolymers' 

Annika Kahlenberg: 'Engineered culture substrates for stem cells'  

Maria Horn: 'Functional excipients' 

Manuel Fischer: 'Silk nanomedicines' 

Shauna McEvoy (based at Strathclyde & Fraunhofer IME): 'Silk adhesives' 

Lana Ibrahim Elias Hassan (based at Strathclyde):  'Silk for stroke therapy'

Napaporn Roamcharern (based at Strathclyde): 'Biomimetic silk nanoparticle manufacture' 

Simon Tran (based at Strathclyde/CA, USA):  'Silk: an emerging high-tech material for healthcare'  

Team Manager

Steffi Otto

Master's & Visitors

Srinithi Kirubakaran
Paul Wohlgemuth

Philipp Seib 

BPharm MSc PhD MRPharmS FHEA FAPS FRSC
Chair in Pharmaceutical Technology & Biopharmaceutics
Heisenberg Professor

Ongoing: Attract Group Leader, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology & Applied Ecology, Branch Bioresources, Gießen, Germany
Ongoing: Honorary Research Fellow, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland/UK 

Past Employment
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland/UK 
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader (2012 – 2023)
Postdoctoral Fellow: Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA (2009 – 12)
Postdoc: University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus + Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (2005 – 09)

Education
PhD Cardiff University (2005)
Pre-reg Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
MSc Pharmaceutical Technology King‘s College London
BPharm King‘s College London

Alumni

Postdoc
Dr Erum Hyder. Next: Postdoc Queen Mary University of London
Dr Jiajun Luo Next: Postdoc University of Glasgow 
Dr Kimia Witte. Next: Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Strathclyde
Dr Calum McMullen. Next: Carcinotech Ltd
Dr Natalia Gorenkova (Daphne Jackson Fellow). Next: Faculty at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Dr John Totten (EPSRC PhD Prize). Next: Scientist Merck Life Science

Technical expert
Anne Goudie: 'Reverse-engineered silk for cell delivery'

PhD candidates
Saphia Matthew (based at Strathclyde):  'Microfluidic-assisted silk nanoparticle tuning' 
Dr Jirada Kaewchuchuen: 'Tuned silk hydrogels for advanced healthcare applications'
Dr Gemma Egan: 'Silk hydrogels for wound healing' Next: Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Dr Suttinee Phuagkhaopong: 'Engineered silk hydrogels for drug & cell delivery to the stroked brain' Next: Faculty Chulalongkorn University
Dr John Totten: 'Cellular uptake of nanoparticles' Next: Scientist Merck Life Science
Dr William Brownlee: 'Endocytosis and trafficking of nanomedicines'. Next: Postdoc University of Edinburgh
Dr Thidarat Wongpinyochit: 'Silk nanoparticles for drug delivery applications' Next: Medical Science Liaison at Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Dr Osama Ibrahim: 'Mesenchymal stem cells for tissue repair' (PhD candidate) Next: Taif University, Saudi Arabia
Dr Frankie Vanterpool:  'Deconstructing the bone marrow microenvironment'  Next: EMEA Application Specialist CMTS at Sartorius

Master's (lab projects)
Catherine McCrea: 'Silk hydrogels for stem cell delivery'
Tanya Khan: 'Physically cross linked silk hydrogels - impact of processing parameters on drug binding'
Adam Houston: Does varying the processing parameters of silk hydrogels affect their drug-binding capacity? Next: Senior Scientist at LumiraDx
Sebastian Pearce: 'Intracellular concentration and distribution of lipophilic cations (GlaxoSmithKline-University of Strathclyde MPhil/PhD program)' Next: GSK, UK
Sanaa Pasha: Impact of cellulose processing on performance (MSc). Next: Sigma-Aldrich, UK
Raquel Saborano: 'Impact of nanoparticles on cell metabolism' (MRes, University of Aveiro, Portugal, collaborator Dr. Iola Duarte) Next: Marie Curie Research Associate, PhD candidate , Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham University
Samuel Huff Gulbert: 'Subcellular fractionation method development to monitor nanomedicine trafficking' (MPhil). Next: Merck
Yasir Jarad: 'Peptide culture substrates for mesenchymal stem cells' (MRes) Next: MPharm student University of Strathclyde
Thidarat Wongpinyochit: 'Silk nanoparticles for anticancer drug delivery' Next: PhD candidate Seib lab

Visitors
Refaya Rezwan: 'Manufacture of silk-based nanomedicines' (ERASMUS Mundus, Universite Angers, France) Next: PhD candidate Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Maria Moch: 'Silk for drug delivery' (ERASMUS+, TU Berlin, Germany) Now: Locum pharmacist, Germany
Georg Böhme: 'Biological performance of reverse engineered silk' (ERASMUS+, State Academy Riesa, Germany). Next: DKMS Stem Cell Bank GmbH
Jana Solomun: 'Silk for drug delivery' (ERASMUS+, TU Berlin, Germany) Next: PhD candidate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Mayank Patel: 'Assessing anticancer nanomedicines (British Council Newton Fund PhD fellow) Next: Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
Regjina Daberdaku: 'Drug delivery using silk biopolymers (ERASMUS+)' Next: Pharmacist at Farmacia Miani di Contin Antonio, Padova, Italy
Andrew Laird: 'Drug delivery using silk biopolymers (Interns@Strath)' Next: The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow

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