Personal statement
My research interests lie in modelling and understanding nucleation and growth of nanostructures, and I aim to control these to engineer new technologies. For example, I research the growth of nanoporous gels that have various applications such as adsorbents for water purification. I also research how biomolecules such as anti-bodies interact with various materials to create bio-medical devices. I was educated as a Theoretical Physicist at both undergraduate and doctoral level, and use my experience to develop a strong analytical ethos in my teaching activities, which include programming and problem solving skills. I am the Director of Archie-West, Strathclyde’s High Performance Computing Centre that caters for the local community of industry and universities.
Teaching
I currently teach the following classes:
CP409 Problem Solving, including dimensional analysis and modelling;
CP529 Programming and Optimisation, using Visual Basic with Excel to provide a versatile platform for engineering applications;
CP407 Design;
18530 Project, including research projects within my group as well industrial and Erasmus placements.
Research interests
Available Funded PhD Project:
Design of functional chitosan films: antimicrobial applications
https://bit.ly/2VmZb90
Other PhD project available:
Inhibiting amyloid development using natural compounds: a molecular dynamics study
https://bit.ly/2T77VwU
My research interests lie in the domain of materials modelling, including biomolecular interactions with inorganic materials, where a lot of my work is performed in close collaboration with Dr Karina Kubiak-Ossowska from the Department of Physics at Strathclyde. My current funded projects include:
- Designing vaccines to create antibodies that can be used for cancer therapies; Designing new strategies to conjugate antibodies to nanoparticles to create novel diagnostics and therapeutics; Designing heavy-metal adsorbents using chitosan. All of these projects are funded by the BBSRC as part of the IBioIC-CTP.
- Modelling particulate drying processes, relevant to the crucial isolation of pharmaceuticals. This project is funded by an EPSRC iCASE award.
- A NERC-funded project to design compostable bio-composite plastic films for food packaging, as part of the drive to replace oil-derived plastics and reduce land-fill.
- A Knowledge Transfer Partnership project working on the design and automation of an algae production process.
I have extensive collaboration with colleagues through Strathclyde, including Ashleigh Fletcher, Karen Johnston, Jan Sefcik, Chris Price, Yi-Chieh Chen from CPE, and Val Ferro (SIPBS), Michael Grinfeld (Mathematics and Statistics), Olaf Rolinski (Physics). My external research collaborators include Dr Barbara Jachimska at the Jerzy Haber Institute, Cracow, part of the Polish Academy of Science, with whom we exchange PhD students to collaborate on theranostic systems. I also work closely with a number of SMEs including The Antibody Company and Cuantec, as well as large organisations including Astra Zeneca.
Further details of my research can be found in my publications, a full list is available on: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-3999-2012
Professional activities
- PhD Viva at King's College London
- Examiner
- 25/11/2019
- CECAM Workshop - Biomolecular mechanisms at functionalised solid surfaces
- Invited speaker
- 14/5/2019
- Bioinspired Nanomaterials
- Invited speaker
- 18/3/2019
- IBioIC Annual Conference
- Speaker
- 30/1/2019
- PhD External Examiner
- Examiner
- 19/7/2018
- Carnegie Trust for Scotland RIG Selection Panel (Event)
- Advisor
- 2/2/2018
More professional activities
Projects
- KTP - ScotBio. Intensifying production requires sophisticated monitoring and control solutions. The project will deliver expertise in chemical and process engineering and will shorten time to market and help automate key processes.
- Chen, Yi-Chieh (Principal Investigator) Mulheran, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 09-Jan-2020 - 08-Jan-2023
- ISCF - Biocomposite design for food packaging
- Johnston, Karen (Principal Investigator) Liggat, John (Co-investigator) Mulheran, Paul (Co-investigator) Magueijo, Vitor (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
- Design of functional chitosan films: antimicrobial and heavy metal capture applications
- Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2024
- Therapeutic Design for Nasal Powder Delivery (IBioIC CTP)
- Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator)
- Design of peptide-adjuvant systems for enhance immunogenicity
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2024
- Industrial Case Account - University of Strathclyde 2019 | Eales, William
- Price, Chris John (Principal Investigator) Mulheran, Paul (Co-investigator) Eales, William (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2023
- Design of self-peptide adjuvant couples for enhanced immunogenicity
- Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ferro, Valerie (Co-investigator) Mullen, Alexander (Co-investigator)
- Design of peptide-adjuvant systems for enhance immunogenicity
- 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2022
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Address
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James Weir Building
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