Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Profile

Qualifications

BSc PhD PGCE MIoN MIMF FRMS

Internal memberships/posts

Academic Manager of IBBS Microscopy Imaging Suite;
Member of the Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Group;
Member of the Cellular and Molecular Neuro-oncology Research Group.

External memberships

Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (FRMS);
Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Microscopy;
Member of the European Microscopy Society;

Member of the Institute of Metal Finishing (MIMF);
Professional Member of the Institute of Nanotechnology (MIoN);
Vice-chair of the Publications Committee, IMF.

Key teaching responsibilities

Level 2
SPHA204 MPharm: Pharmaceutical Sciences (organic chemistry, synthesis, spectroscopy; lectures and practical classes).
Level M
SPHA404 MPharm: Research Projects;
PhD training in Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), Live Cell Imaging and Total Internal Reflected Fluorescence Microscopy (TIRF).

Key research interests 

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) of biomaterials, drug delivery systems, polymers. Over 115 publications - see http://smithjr.myweb.port.ac.uk

PhD students:
1. Jagdeep Shur: Formulated muco-regulatory agents in the airways of patients with cystic fibrosis (J.R. Smith, DoS; J.K. Shute, T.G. Nevell, J. Conway; completed 2006)
2. Peter G. Coxhead: Protein-protein interactions involved in the function of EcoR124I (K. Firman, DoS; J.R. Smith, S.A. Campbell; completed 2008)
3. Dimitrios A. Lamprou: Towards the determination of surface energy at the nanoscale (J.R. Smith, DoS; J. Tsibouklis, E. Barbu; completed 2009)
4. Yanhong Li: Polyheterocycles: Incorporation of antischistosomiasis compounds and density functional theory calculations (S.A. Campbell, DoS; J.R. Smith, DoS; completed 2010)
5. Aneta Hyb: Control of a multifunctional enzyme through subunit assembly (K. Firman, DoS; J.R. Smith, S.A. Campbell; completed 2011)
6. Zakari Makama: Cathodic delamination of modelled sea cable connector assemblies (S.A. Campbell, DoS; J.R. Smith, I.B. Beech; completed 2011)

Awards

Canning Bicentenary Medal
Award for best practical paper published in Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing 2011. Sponsored by MacDermid plc. Institute of Metal Finishing: Dec 2012
Royal Microscopical Society Vice-President's Award
A public understanding of science award for a project entitled 'Creative interpretations of the microworld'; a collaboration with local artists: Nov 2012

Invited presentations

Structural studies of proteins and cancer cells using STM and AFM, University of Strathclyde (22/06/12)
Conducting polymers at Portsmouth, Royal Society of Chemistry, London (08/04/11)
AFM investigations of surfaces of biological and biomedical interest, University of Warwick (29/08/09)

Recent publications

Other publications