Professor Jan Sefcik

Publications

Integrated continuous process design for crystallisation, spherical agglomeration, and filtration of lovastatin

Brown Cameron J, McGinty John, Islam Muhammad T, Rajoub Nazer, Arjmandi-Tash Omid, Ottoboni Sara, Shahid Muhid, Urwin Stephanie J, Lee Ye Seol, Chong Magdalene W S, Papathanasiou Foteini, Prakash Aruna S, Prasad Elke, Spence Bronwyn, Sefcik Jan, Robertson John, Smith Rachel, Litster James D, Price Chris J, Nordon Alison, Adjiman Claire S, Florence Alastair J

Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation Vol 19 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12247-024-09815-z

Assessment of GAFF and OPLS force fields for urea : crystal and aqueous solution properties

Anker Samira, McKechnie David, Mulheran Paul, Sefcik Jan, Johnston Karen

Crystal Growth and Design Vol 24, pp. 143–158 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00785

Nucleation and growth kinetics of sodium chloride crystallization from water and deuterium oxide

Flannigan James M, MacIver Daniel, Jolliffe Hikaru, Haw Mark D, Sefcik Jan

Crystals Vol 13 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13091388

Crystallisation of sodium sulfate

Muhammad Abdullah, Sefcik Jan, Hamilton Andrea, Johnston Karen

ISIC 2023 (2023)

Digital process design to define and deliver pharmaceutical particle attributes

Urwin Stephanie J, Chong Magdalene WS, Li Wei, McGinty John, Mehta Bhavik, Ottoboni Sara, Pathan Momina, Prasad Elke, Robertson Murray, McGowan Mark, al-Attili Mais, Gramadnikova Ekaterina, Siddique Mariam, Houson Ian, Feilden Helen, Benyahia Brahim, Brown Cameron J, Halbert Gavin W, Johnston Blair, Nordon Alison, Price Chris J, Reilly Chris D, Sefcik Jan, Florence Alastair J

Chemical Engineering Research and Design Vol 196, pp. 726-749 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2023.07.003

Rapid assessment of crystal nucleation and growth kinetics : comparison of seeded and unseeded experiments

Cashmore Andrew, Miller Russell, Jolliffe Hikaru, Brown Cameron J, Lee Mei, Haw Mark D, Sefcik Jan

Crystal Growth and Design Vol 23, pp. 4779-4790 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c01406

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Research Interests

Our research expertise is in particle engineering and nanostructured materials, with focus on design of novel particulate products and efficient processes for their manufacturing, across a wide range of applications from nucleation and crystallisation, to protein and peptide self-assembly, to organic gels and nanocomposites.

Our research in pharmaceutical manufacturing aligned with CMAC seeks to enhance access to medicines by increasing quality and reducing costs with the aim improving people’s health and wellbeing.

We develop experimental workflows for product and process development of particulate systems for pharmaceutical applications to obtain better control of critical quality attributes in medicines manufacturing.

We also develop new methods for extracting valuable real time information from process analytical tools such as imaging and scattering/backscattering to enable intelligent decision support for monitoring and control of particulate systems and processes, including fouling detection and accurate quantitative estimates of particle shape and size distributions from in situ measurements.   

Professional Activities

Evaluation of Methods for Particle Characterisation from In-Situ Sensors

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6/9/2023

Evaluation of methods for particle characterisation from in-line imaging and chord length distribution measurements

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17/11/2022

Evaluation of methods for particle characterisation from in-line imaging and chord length distribution measurements

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19/9/2022

Evaluation of Deep Learning methods for particle characterisation from in-line imaging and chord length distribution measurements

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18/9/2022

Multi-sensor Measurements For Quantitative Particle Size And Concentration

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20/2/2020

Integrated Filtration and Washing Modelling to Predict Continuous Isolation Performance.

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2020

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Projects

Industrial Case Account - University of Strathclyde 2023 | Asif, Khadija

Jorge, Miguel (Principal Investigator) Sefcik, Jan (Co-investigator) Asif, Khadija (Research Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027

Effects of mechanical impact and turbulent flow on secondary nucleation

Sefcik, Jan (Principal Investigator)

01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2026

Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Computer aided solvent design to minimise solvent use across integrated synthesis, purification & isolation

Price, Chris John (Principal Investigator) Kerr, William (Co-investigator) Li, Jun (Co-investigator) Lindsay, David (Co-investigator) Sefcik, Jan (Co-investigator)

11-Jan-2022 - 10-Jan-2025

The birth of crystals: new understanding of nucleation by direct measurement

Haw, Mark (Principal Investigator) Lue, Leo (Co-investigator) Sefcik, Jan (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023

Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Anker, Samira

Johnston, Karen (Principal Investigator) Sefcik, Jan (Co-investigator) Anker, Samira (Research Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024

Catching nucleation in action using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Johnston, Karen (Principal Investigator) Faulds, Karen (Co-investigator) Sefcik, Jan (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2023

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