Personal statement
I am a Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Stratchlyde. I was born in London, but grew up in Cumbria in north west England. After obtaining a Masters degree in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield, I worked as a synthesis chemist for Norbrook Laboratories before reading my PhD in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Between 2008 and 2011, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Aarhus University in Denmark and then at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany. In 2012 I was awarded a Marie Curie Research Fellowship and returned to the UK to join the Department of Physics at the University of Strathclyde. I moved to my current position in the Department of Chemistry in February 2014.
Research interests
The main focus of my research is the development and application of molecular simulation and molecular informatics methods to solve industrially relevant problems at the interface between biochemistry and chemical physics. Recent examples have included the design of an enzyme for use in food manufacturing (in collaboration with Chr. Hansen A/S) and the development of new methods for computational drug discovery using the Integral Equation Theory of Molecular Liquids (in collaboration with AstraZeneca).
Professional activities
- ScotCHEM 2015
- Organiser
- 26/6/2015
- Computational Biomolecular Design using the Integral Equation Theory of Molecular Liquids: from Drug Discovery to Bionanotechnology
- Contributor
- 27/4/2015
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (Journal)
- Guest editor
- 1/1/2015
- WE-Heraeus Seminar on "Exploring Solvation Science"
- Participant
- 27/10/2014
- Modelling Molecules and Materials – M3 MGMS Meeting
- Participant
- 20/8/2014
- 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition
- Speaker
- 10/8/2014
more professional activities
Projects
- Endofotonics (ZICOM) postdoc
- Palmer, David (Principal Investigator) Baker, Matthew (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2019
- Accurate permeability prediction for “New Modalities” compounds using 3D RISM
- Palmer, David (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2021
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Medical Devices and Health Technologies | Confield, Lily Rose
- Baker, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator) Confield, Lily Rose (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2021
- A novel blood test for the early diagnosis of cancer and for pro-active health screening (High Growth Spin Out Phase 2)
- Baker, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2019
- A novel blood test for the early diagnosis of cancer and for pro-active health screening.
- Baker, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2016 - 01-Jan-2019
- Bridging the Gap Grant - In silico to in clinic-o
- Baker, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator) Hunt, Neil (Co-investigator)
- 02-Jan-2015 - 02-Jan-2015
more projects
Address
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Thomas Graham Building
Thomas Graham Building
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