Personal statement
Iain D.H. Oswald graduated from the University of Edinburgh (2001) and remained there in the group of Professor Simon Parsons to study hydrogen-bonding patterns and co-crystallisation as part of his PhD. Fortunately, this research expanded to investigate the effects of high pressure which allowed him the opportunity to work at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble. In 2004 he left for Grenoble where he became a postdoctoral researcher on the high pressure beamline (ID27). In 2006, he returned to Edinburgh to join the group of Colin R. Pulham and started a fellowship position funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
In 2009, Iain started his post at SIPBS as a Lecturer in Pharmaceutics and is interested and has been awarded funding in the areas of co-crystallisation of pharmaceutical materials at high pressure (EPSRC Early Career Fellowship, 2016-2021) and polymorphism and polymerisation of monomeric materials (Leverhulme Trust 2012-2015).
Iain has contributed to the MPharm program as the 4th Year Co-ordinator (2012-2016) and has been an integral part of the redevelopment of the MPharm curriculum. He was class coordinator for the 2nd year class Pharmaceutics (2013-2016) and for the Year 2 class Normal Function of the gastrointestinal tract (2012-2016). Students in the 4th year of study will be able to work with Iain on research associated with pharmaceutical products in the solid state. His teaching activities extend to postgraduate degrees in the MRes Drug Delivery Systems and MSc Pharmaceutical Analysis course.
He was a member of the ESPRC Early Career Forum in Manufacturing from 2016-2020. The Forum is an excellent way to engage with others at a similar stage. It seeks to engage with the EPSRC, Industry and academia to highlight challenges in the area of Manufacturing.
Professional activities
- Pressure on molecular systems: insights into new solid forms
- Speaker
- 22/6/2020
- Potions and Pharmacology: The science behind Harry Potters potions!
- Contributor
- 6/2/2020
- Small Molecules at Extreme conditions
- Speaker
- 5/11/2019
- Small Molecules at Extreme Conditions
- Speaker
- 3/9/2019
- Polymorphism of acrylamide facilitated by pressure-transmitting medium
- Speaker
- 18/6/2018
- Under pressure to react - acetylenedicarboxylic acid polymerisation
- Speaker
- 28/8/2017
More professional activities
Projects
- Quantifying the Dynamic Response in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): A Platform for Tuning Chemical Space in Porous Materials
- Fletcher, Ashleigh (Principal Investigator) Oswald, Iain (Co-investigator)
- Quantifying the Dynamic Response in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): A Platform for Tuning Chemical Space in Porous Materials
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2023
- From crystal to tablet – linking structure to function through compression studies
- Oswald, Iain (Principal Investigator) Markl, Daniel (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2023
- Investigation of maleic-d2 acid isomerization at high pressure
- Ward, Martin (Principal Investigator) Oswald, Iain (Co-investigator)
- We will use central facilities time (ISIS neutron and muon facility) to study the conversion of maleic to fumaric acid under high pressure and temperature conditions. Experiments performed in-house show that temperature of pressure alone do not significantly influence the conversion of maleic to fumaric acid; however, the combination of both does result in successful conversion. Neutron experiments will elucidate the conversion in-situ, as it progresses, and allow us to identify ciritcal conditions of temperature and pressure to cause this conversion.
- 26-Jan-2019
- laser-induced nucleation at extreme conditions
- Ward, Martin (Principal Investigator) Oswald, Iain (Co-investigator) Alexander, Andrew J (Co-investigator)
- In this work we will explore the use of a focussed beam of light to cause crystals to form inside our high-pressure sample holder. The use of laser light (pulse and continuous) has been shown to be able to cause nucleation (the first step of crystallization) to occur at ambient conditions, we will continue with this to (i) see if it is applicable to high pressure conditions, and (ii) develop the methodology to assist with nucleation studies at extreme conditions.
- 16-Jan-2019
- Pressure-dependent In-Situ Monitoring of Granular Materials
- Florence, Alastair (Principal Investigator) Halbert, Gavin (Co-investigator) Markl, Daniel (Co-investigator) McArthur, Stephen (Co-investigator) Nordon, Alison (Co-investigator) Oswald, Iain (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2022
- assess the potential for API particle shape control in API crystallisation processes (Student Placement Lauren Connor)
- Oswald, Iain (Principal Investigator)
- 13-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2018
More projects
Address
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Robertson Wing
Robertson Wing
Location Map
View University of Strathclyde in a larger map