Name: Professor Kieran Hodnett    Title: Scientific Director and Lead PI   Qualifications:   (1970-1974) B.Sc. in chemistry. (NUI) (1974-1975) Higher Diploma in education (NUI) (1975-1977) M.Sc. (NUI) (1977-1980) Ph.D. (NUI) Kinetic and specific poisoning studies of aliphatic alcoholoxidation reactions on UV-illuminated metal oxides. (1997) D.Sc. (NUI) Studies in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research Interests:   Crystallization of pharmaceutical compounds Crystallization in the bayer process The origin of selectivity in oxidation catalysis: the relationship between crystallinity and selectivity Structured mesoporous silicates and their applications in chemical and enzymatic catalysis Zeolite based oxidation catalysts

Name: Professor Ake Rasmuson   Title: PI   Qualifications: M.Sc. and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden Professor in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry Research Interests: Fundamentals of crystallization: solid-liquid phase equilibrium, nucleation, crystal growth and agglomeration Modelling and control of crystillization processes Hydrodynamics and mixing in agitated tanks Manufacturing of pharmaceuticals Particle design and technology Micro reactor based technologies Energy conservation in waste water treatment-production of biogas

Name: Jon O'Halloran   Title: Project Manager   Qualifications:    B.Sc Industrial Chemistry   Bio: Jon is the Project Manager for the Solid State Pharmaceutical Cluster, a research collaboration of 5 Universities and 10 Irish based Pharmaceutical Companies.. An Industrial chemistry graduate from the University, Jon has 20 years experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry and has worked from a number of multinational companies. His areas of particular expertise are in new product introduction and validation, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing and business development management. Jon has held a number of senior management positions and has significant experience in managing projects.

Name: Joan Gallagher Title: Research Administrator Bio: Joan is Research Administrator for the Solid State Pharmaceutical Cluster, a research collaboration of 5 universities and 10 Irish based Pharmaceutical companies.  Joan started in the University of Limerick in 1980 and has worked in various departments including Cooperative Education & Careers, European Liaison and International Education.  She will specifically assist in the areas of Event Management/Organisation, the SSPC website and Best Practice Communications as well as carrying out the Clusters administrative duties.

Name: Denise Croker        Title: Postdoctoral Researcher   Qualifications:     2000-2004 B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry University of Limerick  2004-2007 - Ph.D. in Bayer Process Chemistry - " An in-situ study of Bayer digestion chemistry" University of Limerick in Conjunction with Aughinish Alumina Ltd Research Interests:   ·         Crystallisation of pharmaceutical compounds ·         Polymorphism and polymorphic transformations ·         In-situ techniques-Focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM), in-line infra-red measurement, X-ray diffraction. ·         The Bayer Process

Name: Sarah Hudson Title: Postdoctoral Researcher   Qualifications:     1995-1999 B.A. Mod. Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin  1999-2000 M.Sc. in Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Thesis Title: "Effect of the substituents modulating the excited-state energetics in a family of [fac-Re(I)(CO)3(py-X1)(DPPZ-X2)] +". 2003-2006 Ph.D University of Limerick, Ireland. Thesis Title: "Enzymes in Mesopores" Research Interests: Nucleation and crystallization of pharmaceutical compounds Solid state characterization (spectroscopy and thermal analysis) of active pharmaceutical ingredients and drug formulations Controlled release drug delivery systems Polymers and biomaterials

Name: Colin Seaton Title: Postdoctoral Researcher Qualifications: 1995-1999: B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry, University of St. Andrews 1999-2003: PhD in Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Theisis Title: 'Novel Methods of Structure Elucidation from X-ray Powder Data' Research Interests: Computational Chemistry of Molecular Crystals Co-crystallisation Modelling Polymorphic Systems Interactions between Additives and Crystals Applications of Differential Evolution Global Optimisation

Name: Anthony Maher   Primary Degree: Industrial Biochemistry   Research Area: ·         Crystallisation ·         Polymorphism    Supervisor: Prof. Kieran Hodnett   Project Title: Crystal Transformations and Crystallisation Methodologies Expected Completion Date: October 2011

Name: Clifford O'Ciardha   Primary Degree: Chemistry   Research Area:     Modelling anti-solvent crystallisation through population balance and material balance equations Integration into CFD for analysis and subsequent optimisation Supervisor: Dr Patrick Frawley   Project Title: Mathematical modelling of anti-solvent crystallisation and CFD analysis   Expected Completion Date: January 2013

Name: Marcus O'Mahony        Primary Degree: Bachelor of Science in Industrial Biochemistry   Research Area:   ·         Polymorphism of pharmaceuticals ·         Polymorphic Transformations of pharmaceuticals in solution ·         Nucleation Events   Supervisors: Professor Kieran Hodnett, Professor Åke Rasmuson   Project Topic: Crystal Transformations and Methologies       Expected Completion Date: September 2011

Name: Niall Mitchell      Primary Degree: Batchelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering   Research Area:   Numerical modelling of the cooling crystallisation of paracetamol from solution Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Crystallisation Kinetics  Supervisor: Dr. Patrick Frawley   Project Title: Crystal Transformations and Crystallisation Methodologies   Expected Completion Date: Summer 2012

Name: Manuel Kuhs Primary Degree: Bachelor of Science in Industrial & Pharmaceutical Chemistry Research Area: Crystallization in Microfluidic Droplets Nucleation Theories Nucleation Kinetics Supervisor: Professor Ake Rasmusson Project Title: Crystal Nucleation of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Micro Channel Flow Expected Completion Date: March 2013

Name: Dominic Cheuk      Primary Degree: Chemical Engineering   Research Area:   Nucleation and crystallization of pharmaceutical compounds Solvent and substituent effects on the nucleation and growth mechanisms Supervisor: Professor Åke Rasmuson   Project Title: Crystal Nucleation of Pharmaceutical Compounds    Expected Completion Date: Summer 2015