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Personal Statement
Cameron is a Reader in Digital Pharmaceutical Manufacturing for the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Specialising in the development of digital design tools and strategies for pharmaceutical manufacturing.
He is a Chemical Engineering graduate of Heriot-Watt University, where he also obtained his PhD in the characterisation of crystallisation processes. He joined Strathclyde University in 2014 and has been through many roles as research associate, research fellow, and Chancellor’s fellow. Currently a member of the Acceleration Consortium and committee member of the British Association of Crystal Growth.
His current research is focused on the development and application of modelling approaches for pharmaceutical manufacturing, including GenAI, self-driving labs, hybrid physics/data approaches. Currently principal investigator for PharmaCrystNet and co-investigator on the Digital Design and Manufacturing of Amorphous Pharmaceuticals, Future CMAC Manufacturing Hub, Accelerated Discovery and Development of New Medicines: Prosperity Partnership and ARTICULAR. Knowledge exchange activities include pre-competitive and one-to-one projects with the leading pharmaceutical companies as well as knowledge transfer partnerships.
Currently, Cameron co-ordinates and delivers the Drug Substance Manufacturing module as part of the Advanced Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing MSc course at the University of Strathclyde.
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Research Interests
Hybrid modelling approaches
Coupling of physics-based and data-driven modelling approaches for drug substance manufacturing process. To overall improve modelling efficiency and performance. Includes surrogate modelling and physics-informed neural networks.
Self-driving labs
Development and demonstration of self-driving labs for the development of drug substance processes. Includes automation of processes, model-based design of experiments, process analytics.
Digital driven decision making
Use of multiple coupled models and tools to inform rapid process development of pharmaceutical processes. Includes the development of these models and their deployment through GenAI and LLMs.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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EPSRC MediForge Hub: An Integrated, Reconfigurable and Cyberphysical Manufacturing Platform for Resilient and Sustainable Medicines Manufacture (Manufacturing Research Hub)
Florence, A. (Principal Investigator), Brown, C. (Co-investigator), Cardona Amengual, J. (Co-investigator), Johnston, B. (Co-investigator), Markl, D. (Co-investigator), Nordon, A. (Co-investigator), Robertson, J. (Co-investigator) & Sefcik, J. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/24 → 30/09/31
Project: Research
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PharmaCrystNet: Improving the Predictive Capabilities of Crystallisation Models in
Brown, C. (Principal Investigator), Dolean Maini, V. (Co-investigator) & Johnston, B. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/09/24 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Automated scale-up crystallisation DataFactory for model-based pharmaceutical process development: a Bayesian case study
Pickles, T., Leghrib, Y., Weisshaar, M., Gonacharuk, M., Timperman, P., Doherty, T., Ford, D. D., Moores, J., Florence, A. J. & Brown, C. J., 1 Jun 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Digital Discovery. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Testing on continuous production of mefenamic acids - design of experiment through simulation and process optimisation
Wu, K. E., Brown, C. J., Robertson, M., Johnston, B. F., Lloyd, R. & Panoutsos, G., 1 Jul 2025, In: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 210, 107102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data for "Monitoring crystal breakage in wet milling processes using inline imaging and chord length distribution measurements"
Agimelen, O. S. (Creator), Svoboda, V. (Creator), Ahmed, B. (Creator), Cardona Amengual, J. (Data Collector), Dziewierz, J. (Data Collector), Brown, C. (Creator), McGlone, T. (Contributor), Cleary, A. (Data Collector), Tachtatzis, C. (Data Collector), Michie, W. (Data Collector), Florence, A. (Contributor), Andonovic, I. (Data Manager), Mulholland, A. (Owner) & Sefcik, J. (Owner), University of Strathclyde, 27 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.15129/33e74309-d91c-4ebc-9b2a-18fd33b24876
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Data for "Enabling precision manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients: Workflow for seeded cooling continuous crystallisation"
Brown, C. (Creator), McGlone, T. (Data Collector), Yerdelen, S. (Data Collector), Srirambhatla, V. (Data Collector), Mabbott, F. A. (Data Collector), Gurung, R. (Data Collector), Briuglia, M. L. (Data Collector), Ahmed, B. (Data Collector), Polyzois, H. (Data Collector), McGinty, J. (Data Collector), Perciballi, F. (Data Collector), Fysikopoulos, D. (Data Collector), Macfhionnghaile, P. (Data Collector), Siddique, H. (Data Collector), Raval, V. (Data Collector), Harrington, T. (Contributor), Vassileiou, A. (Contributor), Robertson, M. (Contributor), Prasad, E. (Contributor), Johnston, A. (Contributor), Johnston, B. (Supervisor), Nordon, A. (Contributor), Srai, J. (Supervisor), Halbert, G. (Supervisor), Ter Horst, J. (Supervisor), Price, C. J. (Contributor), Rielly, C. (Supervisor), Sefcik, J. (Supervisor) & Florence, A. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 10 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.15129/37e8aaf0-4153-4e7a-b00a-13daa26310de
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Prizes
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Elected staff officer of British Association of Crystal Growth
Brown, C. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Election to learned society
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European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering and International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (Event)
Brown, C. (Peer reviewer)
14 Dec 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Viva examination: Predictive Design of Stable Polymer-based Amorphous Solid Dispersions
Brown, C. (Examiner)
13 Dec 2023Activity: Examination types › Examination