Dara Fitzpatrick is an award winning lecturer in Analytical Chemistry in UCC. He undertook research for a Ph.D. at Trinity College Dublin under the supervision of Prof. John Corish in the area of transdermal drug delivery. This was followed by a European Framework V postdoctoral fellowship in the area of transdermal drug delivery modelling with training in HSE Sheffield and Amsterdam. He also obtained a H.Dip in statistics during this time from Trinity College Dublin. His current research interest is the development of a pioneering new acoustic spectroscopic instrument called BARDS (Broadband Acoustic Resonance Dissolution Spectroscopy). This new platform technology is creating a paradigm shift in the analysis of powders, blends, tablets and rapid dissolution formulations. It has multiple applications including the ability to differentiate polymorphs,determine coating thicknesses and integrity, track protein hydration, yeast metabolism, pH determination, and lubricant effects on continuous batch processing. The research has lead to the creation of a spin-out company with sales of instruments to global companies such as GSK and Pfizer. http://www.bards.ie/ The Analytical Scientist has awarded BARDS one of the top 10 innovations of 2014 among the top global instrumentation companies. BARDS received a Pfizer Awards for 'Innovation through Teamwork' in 2013 and also a commendation at the APS conference in Edinburgh 2013. Dara has been nominated twice by Enterprise Ireland for the 'One to Watch Award' and received a spin-out achievement award in 2016. Dr. Fitzpatrick has published and been cited widely in high impact international journals such as Analytical Chemistry, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Chemosphere and also a front cover of Analyst in 2014 with a 'hot article' called Rapid profiling of enteric coate

Audible Sound Waves as a new form of Spectroscopy Environmental monitoring of habitats under conservation.In-vitro and in-vivo bio-analysis of pharmaceutical compounds with a special interest in transdermal drug delivery. Risk assessment and predictive modelling of exogenous compounds via the dermal route. (Framework V project Edetox http://www.ncl.ac.uk/edetox/ Evaluation and applications of Partition and distribution Co-efficients in PBPK, Environmental and Bio-modelling.

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