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Personal Statement
Daniel Markl’s research focuses on the coupling of advanced measurement techniques with digital process and product design to improve the way medicines are made. He obtained a BSc (2010) and MSc (2012) in telematics with a focus on neural networks and a PhD (2015) in chemical engineering from Graz University of Technology. Daniel secured an Erasmus Mundus in 2010, which allowed him to study modelling and control system design for one year during his MSc at the Lund University. During his PhD he was employed by the Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (RCPE) GmbH, where he was in the group Process and Manufacturing Science and involved in several projects at the interface of pharmaceutical engineering, materials science and process modelling. He continued as Senior Scientist and Scientific Project Leader at RCPE after completing his PhD. In 2016 he joined Professor Zeitler’s group (Terahertz Applications Group) as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge. Daniel worked for two years in the Terahertz Applications Group before becoming a Chancellor’s Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS).
Daniel is Associate Director at the Centre for Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation (CMAC) - check out the Centre and Research Activities at CMAC: www.cmac.ac.uk
Research Interests
My research focuses on the coupling of small-scale experiments, advanced measurement techniques and digital process and product design to improve the way medicines are made. The lab’s multidisciplinary research focuses on drug product manufacturing and in particular on the manufacturing of pharmaceutical tablets. Our research aims to provide the fundamental understanding that is needed for the design of future medications, where the release behaviour and the quality is designed into the solid dosage form. The lab particularly focuses on:
- Continuous manufacturing: The pharmaceutical industry is introducing continuous manufacturing coupled with real-time release testing to deliver higher quality medicines more effectively to patients. Both patients and manufacturers will benefit from this transition through lower manufacturing costs, better control over product quality, higher flexibility in response to market demands, and the facilitation of more complex medications in an increasingly challenging economic environment. We aim to develop a scientifically sound understanding of the physical structure of the solid oral dosage forms, which is needed for the manufacture of 21st century high-quality medication with targeted release behaviour. Our research will develop the fundamental basis for linking raw material attributes, critical process parameters and critical quality attributes for continuous manufacturing of solid oral dosage forms.
- Innovative process analysers: Accurate and continuous monitoring of processes has significant benefits for the pharmaceutical industry as it has the potential to reduce the cost of manufacturing through limiting waste and speeding up the development process whilst enhancing the product quality. This can only be achieved by the use of innovative process analysers which are capable of assessing the quality of a large number of samples in a short period of time. We aim to develop cutting-edge technologies for at-line/on-line and in-line monitoring of critical quality attributes, which are currently not accessible. One of the main technologies in our research is terahertz imaging and spectroscopy as it has outstanding characteristics in terms of its ability to penetrate in the majority of pharmaceutical materials and its measurement speed.
- Digitally designed drug products: We aim to develop modelling approaches coupled with experimental methods that enable digital and rapid formulation design of pharmaceutical tablets through the coupling of process and product models. This includes the characterising and mathematical description of particle, granular material and compact characteristics that facilitate the development of models of every step involved in the dissolution process.
Check out the group website on TheMarklLab.com
Expertise & Capabilities
Has expertise in:
- Material characterisation of solid dosage forms using various advanced technologies (i.e. optical coherence tomography, terahertz imaging and spectroscopy, X-ray computed tomography).
- Pharmaceutical engineering inclduing compaction process, hot-melt extrusion, fluid-bed and pan coating.
- Advanced data processing using machine learning principles.
- Mechanistic modelling of disintegration process (swelling and liquid imbibition process).
- In-line and on-line process monitoring.
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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INtegrated Spectroscopy and Photonics for Increased productivity and Resource Efficiency in MEDicines manufacture: Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Expression of Interest
Nordon, A. (Principal Investigator), Littlejohn, D. (Co-investigator) & Markl, D. (Co-investigator)
1/01/25 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2024 | Jahangir, Reehab
Markl, D. (Principal Investigator), Li, J. (Co-investigator) & Jahangir, R. (Research Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/24 → 1/10/28
Project: Research Studentship Case - Internally allocated
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Spatial and temporal visualization of polymorphic transformations in pharmaceutical tablets
Gasol-Cardona, J., Ward, M. R., Gutowski, O., Drnec, J., Jandl, C., Stam, D., Maloney, A. G. P., Markl, D., Price, S. W. T. & Oswald, I. D. H., 10 Jan 2025, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64, 2, 8 p., e202412976.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A hybrid system of mixture models for the prediction of particle size and shape, density, and flowability of pharmaceutical powder blends
Salehian, M., Moores, J., Goldie, J., Ibrahim, I., Mendez Torrecillas, C., Wale, I., Abbas, F., Maclean, N., Robertson, J., Florence, A. & Markl, D., Dec 2024, In: International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X. 8, 100298.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Supporting data for: 'Terahertz-Based Porosity Measurement of Pharmaceutical Tablets: a Tutorial'
Bawuah, P. (Creator), Markl, D. (Creator), Farrell, D. (Creator), Evans, M. (Creator), Portieri, A. (Creator), Anderson, A. (Creator), Goodwin, D. J. (Creator), Lucas, R. (Creator) & Axel Zeitler, J. (Creator), 3 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.47564
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Data supporting "A Fast and Non-destructive Terahertz Dissolution Assay for Immediate Release Tablets"
Bawuah, P. (Creator), Markl, D. (Contributor), Turner, A. (Contributor), Evans, M. (Contributor), Portieri, A. (Contributor), Farrell, D. (Contributor), Lucas, R. (Contributor), Anderson, A. (Contributor), Goodwin, D. J. (Contributor) & Zeitler, J. A. (Contributor), Apollo Cambridge, 4 May 2023
DOI: 10.17863/cam.62356
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Prizes
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AAPS Pharmaceutical Research Meritorious Manuscript Award
Markl, D. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Feasibility/Collaboration Proposal: Model calibration as a Tool for Material Characterisation
Markl, D. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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From Particles to Drug Product Performance and Stability
Markl, D. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk