Dr Katharina Edkins

Professor

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Personal statement

Dr Katharina (Kathi) Edkins is Professor at the Strathclyde Institute for Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences. She joined the University of Strathclyde in 2023 after having been Reader in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Manchester, Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy at Queen's University Belfast, and Lecturer in the Division of Pharmacy at Durham University.

Dr Edkins' research focus is on supramolecular interactions in pharmaceutical materials ranging from pre-crystallisation disordered materials to novel drug delivery platforms based on supramolecular gels. Her group specialises in neutron scattering techniques, such as diffraction, quasi-elastic neutron scattering and neutron total scattering. In addition, she uses nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, FT infrared spectroscopy, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and other fluorescence microscopic methods to investigate molecular interaction and dynamics.

Qualifications

2010 - PhD, Institut der Pharmazie, Leopold-Franzenz-Universität Innsbruck, Austria

2004 - Approbation as pharmacist, Hessen, Germany (converted to GPhC registration in 2014)

2004 - Graduation as pharmacist (MPharm), Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Memberships of committees and professional bodies

Secretary of the Special Interest Group 13 of the European Crystallography Association
Member and deputy chair of the Life Science and Soft Matter advisory panel to the Science and Technology Facility Council
Member and Chair to the Subcommittee College 5A of the Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France (2015 - 2020)
Expert for the Horizon2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship action (since 2018)
Elected secretary of the UK Neutron Scattering Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Physics (2017 - 2021)
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, European Crystallography Association, British Crystallography Association, British Association for Crystal Growth, Deutsche Gesellschaft der Kristallographie, Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

DST-NRF Fellowship for Early Career Researchers from the UK: Recipient; 2024

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Publications

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Publications

Comparing microscopic and macroscopic diffusion in drug delivery : a study of small drug and protein dynamics in a supramolecular peptide hydrogel: Morbidini Riccardo, Edkins Robert M, Carrascosa-Tejedor Javier, Czakkel Orsolya, Hanafy Belal I, Khalaria Dhaval R, Seydel Tilo, Edkins Katharina; Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Vol 707 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2025.139633
Characterising supramolecular gels : general discussion: Adams Dave J, Ardoña Herdeline Ann M, Bianco Simona, Conticello Vincent P, Draper Emily R, Edkins Katharina, Edler Karen J, Edwards Alison A, Egelman Edward H, Giuri Demetra, Katrantzi Dimitra, Kotova Oxana, Krishnan Retheesh, Lau King Hang Aaron, Laverty Garry, Lloyd Gareth O, Maguire Oliver, Marchesan Silvia, Marshall Libby, Nilsson Bradley L, Özel Mertcan, Piskorz Tomasz K, Pochan Darrin J, Ravoo Bart Jan, Reches Meital, Schneider Joel P, Squires Adam M, Stephen Andrei, Thomson Andrew R, Tuttle Tell, Wang Huaimin, Yan Xuehai; Faraday Discussions Vol 260, pp. 145-178 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1039/d5fd90029h
Using supramolecular gels : general discussion: Adams Dave J, Ardona Herdeline Ann M, Conticello Vincent P, Edkins Katharina, Edler Karen J, Edwards Alison A, Giuri Demetra, Gunnlaugsson Thorfinnur, Kotova Oxana, Krishnan Retheesh, Lau King Hang Aaron, Laverty Garry, Lloyd Gareth O, Maguire Oliver, Marchesan Silvia, Marshall Libby, Miller Aline F, Nilsson Bradley L, Özel Mertcan, Pochan Darrin J, Ravoo Bart Jan, Reches Meital, Schneider Joel P, Squires Adam M, Thomson Andrew R, Tuttle Tell, Wang Huaimin, Yan Xuehai; Faraday Discussions Vol 260, pp. 235-251 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1039/d5fd90030a
Multicomponent systems : general discussion: Adams Dave J, Andrieux Vivien, Bianco Simona, Conticello Vince P, Draper Emily R, Edkins Katharina, Egelman Edward H, Giuri Demetra, Gunnlaugsson Thorrfinnur, Kotova Oxana, Krishnan Retheesh, Lloyd Gareth O, Maguire Oliver, McCabe Timothy, Marchesan Silvia, Marshall Libby, Nilsson Bradley L, Oyarzún Aravena Andrea M, Pochan Darrin J, Ravoo Bart Jan, Schneider Joel P, Seddon Annela, Squires Adam M, Stephen Andrei, Thomson Andrew R, Tuttle Tell, Wang Huaimin, Özel Mertcan; Faraday Discussions Vol 260, pp. 417-439 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1039/d5fd90032h
Dynamic self-assembled meso-structures formed across a wide concentration range in aqueous solutions of propranolol hydrochloride: Yan Yixuan, Shen Yichun, Mahmoudi Najet, Li Peixun, Tellam James, Campbell Richard A, Barlow David J, Edkins Katharina, Leach Andrew G, Lawrence M Jayne; Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Vol 683, pp. 1135-1149 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.12.131
Perturbation of water-ethanol solvent structural relaxation by a bis-urea supramolecular gel and paracetamol: Morbidini Riccardo, Edkins Robert M, Nemkovskiy Kirill, Nilsen Gøran, Seydel Tilo, Edkins Katharina; Journal of Chemical Physics Vol 162 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0252501