Dr Cameron Brown
Reader
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Personal statement
Cameron is a Reader in Digital Pharmaceutical Manufacturing for the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Specialising in the development of digital design tools and strategies for pharmaceutical manufacturing.
He is a Chemical Engineering graduate of Heriot-Watt University, where he also obtained his PhD in the characterisation of crystallisation processes. He joined Strathclyde University in 2014 and has been through many roles as research associate, research fellow, and Chancellor’s fellow. Currently a member of the Acceleration Consortium and committee member of the British Association of Crystal Growth.
His current research is focused on the development and application of modelling approaches for pharmaceutical manufacturing, including GenAI, self-driving labs, hybrid physics/data approaches. Currently principal investigator for PharmaCrystNet and co-investigator on the Digital Design and Manufacturing of Amorphous Pharmaceuticals, Future CMAC Manufacturing Hub, Accelerated Discovery and Development of New Medicines: Prosperity Partnership and ARTICULAR. Knowledge exchange activities include pre-competitive and one-to-one projects with the leading pharmaceutical companies as well as knowledge transfer partnerships.
Currently, Cameron co-ordinates and delivers the Drug Substance Manufacturing module as part of the Advanced Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing MSc course at the University of Strathclyde.
Contacts:
cameron.brown.100@strath.ac.uk
Prize And Awards
Publications
- Quality by digital design in action : a workflow for crystallisation and isolation
- Houson Ian, Siddique Humera, Chong Magdalene WS, Robertson Murray, Turner Alice J, Nordon Alison, Osman Amal, Galindo Amparo, Dunn Andrew S, Johnston Blair, Benyahia Brahim, Brown Cameron J, Mustoe Chantal L, Price Chris J, Reilly Chris D, Adjiman Claire S, Jackson George, Prasad Elke, Halbert Gavin, Feilden Helen, Sefcik Jan, McGinty John, Robertson John, Smith Kenneth, Al-Attili Mais, McGowan Mark, Siddique Mariam, Pathan Momina, Rajoub Nazer, Hamilton Niki, Feeney Rachel, Brown Scott, Urwin Stephanie J, Bernet Thomas, Pickles Thomas, Li Wei, Florence Alastair J
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2025.126343
- Quality by digital design to accelerate sustainable medicines development
- Mustoe Chantal L, Turner Alice J, Urwin Stephanie J, Houson Ian, Feilden Helen, Markl Daniel, Al Qaraghuli Mohammed M, Chong Magdalene WS, Robertson Murray, Nordon Alison, Johnston Blair F, Brown Cameron J, Robertson John, Adjiman Claire, Batchelor Hannah, Benyahia Brahim, Bresciani Massimo, Burcham Christopher L, Cardona Javier, Cottini Ciro, Dunn Andrew S, Fradet David, Halbert Gavin W, Henson Mark, Hidber Pirmin, Langston Marianne, Lee Ye Seol, Li Wei, Mantanus Jérôme, McGinty John, Mehta Bhavik, Naz Tabbasum, Ottoboni Sara, Prasad Elke, Quist Per-Ola, Reynolds Gavin K, Rielly Chris, Rowland Martin, Schlindwein Walkiria, Schroeder Sven LM, Sefcik Jan, Settanni Ettore, Siddique Humera, Smith Kenneth, Smith Rachel, Srai Jagjit Singh, Thorat Alpana A, Vassileiou Antony, Florence Alastair J
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics Vol 681 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2025.125625
- Automated scale-up crystallisation DataFactory for model-based pharmaceutical process development : a Bayesian case study
- Pickles Thomas, Leghrib Youcef, Weisshaar Matt, Gonacharuk Mikhail, Timperman Peter, Doherty Timothy, Ford David D, Moores Jonathan, Florence Alastair J, Brown Cameron J
- Digital Discovery Vol 4, pp. 2025-2032 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DD00406J
- Testing on continuous production of mefenamic acids - design of experiment through simulation and process optimisation
- Wu Kai Eivind, Brown Cameron J, Robertson Murray, Johnston Blair F, Lloyd Rhys, Panoutsos George
- European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Vol 210 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2025.107102
- PharmaCrystNet : improving the predictive capabilities of crystallisation models in the pharmaceutical industry
- Alvarado Maldonado Diego Alexander, Brown Cameron, Paterson Fraser
- CMAC Open Day 2025, pp. 9 (2025)
- Optimisation of additively manufactured coiled flow inverters for continuous viral inactivation processes
- Barrera Maria Cecilia, Leech Damien, Josifovic Aleksandar, Tolouei Anita, Alford Gareth, Wallace Martin J, Bennett Nicholas, Wildman Ricky, Irvine Derek J, Croft Anna, Özcan Ender, Florence Alastair J, Johnston Blair, Robertson John, Brown Cameron J
- Chemical Engineering Research and Design Vol 213, pp. 126-136 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2024.11.040
Research Interests
Hybrid modelling approaches
Coupling of physics-based and data-driven modelling approaches for drug substance manufacturing process. To overall improve modelling efficiency and performance. Includes surrogate modelling and physics-informed neural networks.
Self-driving labs
Development and demonstration of self-driving labs for the development of drug substance processes. Includes automation of processes, model-based design of experiments, process analytics.
Digital driven decision making
Use of multiple coupled models and tools to inform rapid process development of pharmaceutical processes. Includes the development of these models and their deployment through GenAI and LLMs.
Professional Activities
- ESCAPE 35 (Event)
- Peer reviewer
- 20/2/2025
- ESCAPE 34 - PSE 24 (Event)
- Peer reviewer
- 19/3/2024
- Crystal Growth and Design (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 28/2/2024
- Crystal Growth and Design (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 17/1/2024
- Powder Technology (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 9/1/2024
- European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering and International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (Event)
- Peer reviewer
- 14/12/2023
Projects
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber-physical Systems for Medicine Development and Manufacturing (CEDAR) | Awan, Muhammad Asfand Yar
- Florence, Alastair (Principal Investigator) Brown, Cameron (Co-investigator) Awan, Muhammad Asfand Yar (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
- EPSRC MediForge Hub: An Integrated, Reconfigurable and Cyberphysical Manufacturing Platform for Resilient and Sustainable Medicines Manufacture (Manufacturing Research Hub)
- Florence, Alastair (Principal Investigator) Brown, Cameron (Co-investigator) Cardona Amengual, Javier (Co-investigator) Johnston, Blair (Co-investigator) Markl, Daniel (Co-investigator) Nordon, Alison (Co-investigator) Robertson, John (Co-investigator) Sefcik, Jan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2031
- PharmaCrystNet: Improving the Predictive Capabilities of Crystallisation Models in
- Brown, Cameron (Principal Investigator) Dolean Maini, Victorita (Co-investigator) Johnston, Blair (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2026
- Nickel Catalysis in Flow (Eli Lilly 2023)
- Nelson, David (Principal Investigator) Brown, Cameron (Co-investigator)
- 12-Jan-2024 - 11-Jan-2026
- Correlating digital and experimental chemical space to manufacturing process - linking structural data to processability | El-Habbak, Omar
- Brown, Cameron (Principal Investigator) Florence, Alastair (Co-investigator) El-Habbak, Omar (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- Correlating Digital and Experimental Chemical Space to Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes
- El-Habbak, Omar (Researcher) Brown, Cameron (Principal Investigator) Florence, Alastair (Principal Investigator)
- This project will deliver a novel, interpretable machine-learning model for predicting powder flow considering physical, chemical, and computed molecule/particle features. The output of this model will facilitate the rapid development of new medicines manufacturing.
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
Contact
Dr
Cameron
Brown
Reader
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Email: cameron.brown.100@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted