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Dr. Clive Roberts

  • Head of School of Life Sciences
  • School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham
Dr. Clive’s research is in 3D printing of medicines with a focus on oral delivery. His original degree and PhD (Design and building of a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope, 1987-1990) at Imperial College were in physics but the majority of his research career has been at the interface of physical analysis and (bio)pharmaceuticals. He has published over 350 papers in microscopy, analytical sciences, nanotechnology and pharmaceuticals (ORCID:
). His current work is on the delivery of peptides and the development of models to facilitate workflows for product design and manufacture by 3DP. Clive is currently Head of School of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham having previously been Head of the School of Pharmacy. Clive was listed as a Global Highly Cited Researcher 2021 and 2022 (Clarivate™) and shortlisted for ‘Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year’ in the THE 2022 awards. He has led a number of high-profile public engagement events and is the founder of the Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre at UoN as well as award winning (eg. Queen’s Awards, University Product of the Year) spin-out companies in the pharmaceutical analysis, clinical trials supply and food sectors.

Presentation:

From a physics degree to 3D printing of biomedicines: making multidisciplinary team science work

In my talk I hope to show what has inspired me in my research and academic career. I will explain within the context of my research some of my journey from a single discipline focused education in physics to a career that has taken several 90 degree turns into new disciplines as I have followed what interests me. How mentors, colleagues and collaborators (and luck) have been key to what success I have had, and why it is important to build and be part of effective teams, to proactively seek out opportunities and for it to be ok to fail sometimes. I will include examples of my research not only from the last 15 years looking to apply 3D printing to the manufacture of medicines but also my transition from a physical experimental scientist to one developing pharmaceutical and food products, including examples of particulate systems. I will also bring in an important part of my career that has been dedicated to translation, whether through spinouts or working with industrial collaborators and how this has can be made to work alongside more traditional academic research.

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