External Collaborators: 

  • University of Strathclyde, UK
  • Siemens, Takeda, Dompe, Perceptive Engineering, AZ, Pfizer, Ely Lilly
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
  • School of Art, Glasgow, UK
  • Laboratory of Reactions and Process Engineering, ENSIC, CNRS, France
  • Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico
  • University of São Paulo, Brasil
  • Technical University of Denmark
  • Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • University of Bari (A. Moro), Italy

External roles and appointments: 

Editorial activity:

  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering (2020 - date)
    Editorial Board Member, MDPI Crystals (2020 - date)
    Editorial Board Member, Process Engineering Journal (2017 - date)
    Editorial Board Member, Open Journal of Optimization (2013 - date)

Reviewer for International Funding Programmes

  • EPSRC and BBSRC
    EPSRC Adventurous Manufacturing Outline Panel and Interview Panel
    Science Investment Round of the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, New Zealand. 
    National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI), Hungary.
    National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation, JSC, Kazakhstan. 

Other external roles

  • Regular reviewer for more than 20 leading journals including Computers and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Science, Journal of Process Control, Small, Journal of Cleaner Production, Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Crystal Growth & Design, Chemical Engineering and Processing:  Process Intensification, Control Engineering Practice.
  • External examiner for several PhD vivas.    

Selected invited seminars and keynote lectures

  • Chemical engineering as a toolkit for precision crystallization, spherical agglomeration and formulation of pharmaceuticals. EFCE Spotlight Talks, 30th May 2023
  • How to design crystallization experiments for process model identification? Crystallization Modeling & Engineering Workshop, CMEW BUDAPEST, November 2022, Budapest.
  • Current Challenges Recent Progress and Future Opportunities in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.  The 2nd Global Summit and Expo on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2022. Barcelona, Spain, September 19-21, 2022.
  • Robust Control of a Crystallisation Process using Advanced Reinforcement Learning Strategies – Bridging the Gap between MPC and Artificial Intelligence. CMAC open days, May 2022, Glasgow.
  • Control of crystallization processes using deep reinforcement learning.  9th International Conference on Systems and Control (ICSC'2021), IEEE. 24-26 November 2021. Caen
  • From Big Data to Advanced Plant-Wide Control. Takeda showcase seminar, 30th Arpil-1st May 2019, Boston, USA.
  • Artificial intelligence in pharma: Opportunities in process and quality control. Digi Tech Pharma Webinar Series 2021 | Pharma Webinar Series. PHARMA FOCUS ASIA. 15 July 2021.
  • Quality by Digital Design for precision batch and continuous crystallization of pharmaceuticals. Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico, 16th March 2021.
  • A PSE roadmap for the design optimisation and control of the next generation single and integrated continuous pharmaceutical processes. Sargent Centre Seminar Series. Imperial College, 1st March 2021.
  • A comparative life cycle assessment approach of 5 alternative technologies for converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into chemicals and electricity in the UK. 6th international congress on Green Process Engineering. June 2018, Toulouse, France.
  • Pharmaceutical manufacturing from high fidelity mathematical models to robust process control. CMAC open day, 25th & 26th October 2018, Glasgow, UK.
  • Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: from Quality-by-Design to Green-by-Design. A plenary in the 6th International Conference on Biology, Chemistry and Agronomy, September 2017, Guadalajara, Mexico.
  • Quality-by-design for bioreactors: opportunities and limitations. International Workshop on Scale up of bioreactors for the production of pharmaceuticals and food: Towards Quality by Design. 19 September 2016. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
  • Continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing: towards a more flexible and viable industry. 25th September 2014, LRGP-CNRS, Nancy, France.
  • Plant-Wide Control System - Implementation and Integration. July 2012, MIT, Boston, USA. 

Organising / scientific committee of international conferences

  • British Association for Crystal Growth, BACG 2024. 1-3 July 2024, Loughborough.
  • The 3rd International Online Conference on Crystals (3rd IOCC). MDPI Crystals, 15-30 January 2022, Online.
  • The 2nd International Online Conference on Crystals. 10-20 November 2020, Online.
  • The 7th World Conference on Pharmaceutical Science and Drug Manufacturing. March 2020, Dubai, UAE.  
  • Workshop on Scale up of bioreactors for the production of pharmaceuticals and food: Towards Quality-by-Design. 19 – 23 September 2016, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.