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Publications

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Open Biology Vol 16, pp. 1-15 (2026)

Xiang Xiao, Papchenko Kseniya, De Angelis Maria Grazia, , , ,

41st International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society (2026)

Paspali Elpiniki, Ferro Valerie Anne, ,

Scientific Reports Vol 15 (2025)

Farouq Mohammed A Haider, , Al-Qaraghuli Mohammed M, Ferro Valerie A,

Journal of Physical Chemistry B Vol 129, pp. 11421–11429 (2025)

Middleton Nisha, Wadkin-Snaith Dominic, ,

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations Vol 34 (2025)

Hudek Magdalena, , , Ferro Valerie A,

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Vol 128, pp. 21531-21538 (2024)

Teaching

I currently teach the following classes:

CP409 Problem Solving, including dimensional analysis and modelling;

CP529 Programming and Optimisation, using Visual Basic with Excel to provide a versatile platform for engineering applications;

CP407 Design;

18530 Project, including research projects within my group as well industrial and Erasmus placements.

Research Interests

Self-fundedÌýPhD projects available:

Multiscale modelling and optimisation of renewable plastic films

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/multiscale-modelling-and-optimisation-of-renewable-plastic-films/?p183597

Modelling exsolution: materials design for sustainable energy

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/modelling-exsolution-materials-design-for-sustainable-energy/?p169537

My research interests lie in the domain of materials modelling, including biomolecular interactions with inorganic materials, where a lot of my work is performed in close collaboration with Dr Karina Kubiak-Ossowska from the Department of Physics at º£½ÇÂÛ̳. My current funded projects include:

• Modelling renewable polymers such as alginates and PHB to control properties and create application-specific functionality
• Modelling novel antibiotic monoglycerides to understand functionality
• Modelling nucleation and crystallisation of pharmaceuticals

I have extensive collaboration with colleagues through º£½ÇÂÛ̳, including Karen Johnston and Jan Sefcik from CPE, and Val Ferro and Margaret Cunningham (SIPBS), Michael Grinfeld (Mathematics and Statistics), Karina Kubik-Ossowska (Physics). My external research collaborators include Dr Barbara Jachimska at the Jerzy Haber Institute, Cracow, part of the Polish Academy of Science, with whom we exchange PhD students to collaborate on protein adsorption studies. I also work closely with a number of SMEs including Oceanium and The Antibody Company.

Further details of my research can be found in my publications, a list is available on: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-3999-2012

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Professional Activities

Advisor

2/4/2025

Organiser

25/1/2024

Examiner

8/1/2024

Contributor

8/6/2023

Editorial board member

8/8/2022

Examiner

9/3/2022

Projects

Johnston, Karen (Principal Investigator) Mulheran, Paul (Co-investigator) Remsu, Ville (Researcher)

20-Jan-2024 - 22-Jan-2024

Johnston, Karen (Principal Investigator) Mulheran, Paul (Academic)

25-Jan-2024 - 23-Jan-2024

Neagu, Dragos (Principal Investigator) Inglezakis, Vasileios (Co-investigator) Mulheran, Paul (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024

Johnston, Karen (Principal Investigator) Magueijo, Vitor (Academic) Mulheran, Paul (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025

Henrich, Oliver (Co-investigator) Mulheran, Paul (Principal Investigator) Martin, Richard (Co-investigator)

Extension of ARCHIE-WeSt £60,000

01-Jan-2020

Chen, Yi-Chieh (Principal Investigator) Mulheran, Paul (Co-investigator)

09-Jan-2020 - 08-Jan-2023