Claire Martin

Areas of expertise

• Environmentally responsive controlled release delivery systems for wound management
• Formulation development of novel antimicrobial agents
• Assay development for novel antimicrobial agents
• In vitro modelling of wound healing
• Enhancing stability of biopharmaceuticals through novel formulation and processing strategies.
• Modelling multi-component biopharmaceutical system stability in shear fields and development of co-formulation strategies to minimise degradation.
• Processing of pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals by various modes of homogenisation.

Background

Claire completed her PhD in pharmaceutical science at The School of Pharmacy, University of London.  Key research themes were further developed during a BBSRC-funded postdoctoral fellowship which examined development of novel homogenisation strategies for biopharmaceutical products.  Claire joined the University of Wolverhampton in April 2006 and is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics.

Current research projects

• International collaboration: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Current PhD Student: Wan Li Low: Liposome Encapsulated Antimicrobial Metal Ions and Essential Oils.  Co-supervised with Dr. M. A. (Ken) Kenward (Director of Studies) and Dr. David J. Hill. 

Recent publications

Somavarapu, S. and Martin, C. (2010).  Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid.  Expert Rev. Vaccines.  Submitted.

Low, W. L., Martin, C., Hill, D. J. and Kenward, M. A. (2010).  Antimicrobial Efficacy of Silver Ions in Combination with Tea Tree Oil Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans.  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.  Submitted.

Martin, C. (2009).  Recent Developments in Wound Management: Intelligent Biomaterials to Novel Antimicrobials.  Investigational Drugs, 12 (11): 695 - 698.

Martin, C., Somavarapu, S., and Alpar, H. O. (2005).  Mucosal Delivery of Diphtheria Toxoid using Polymer Coated-Bioadhesive Liposomes as Vaccine Carriers.  Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 15 (4): 301 - 306.

Pandit, S., Martin, C. and Alpar, H. O. (2005).  Positively Charged Rifampicin-Loaded Microspheres for Lung Delivery.  Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 15 (4): 281 – 287.

Martin, C., Thongborisute, J., Takeuchi, H., Yamamoto, H., Kawashima, Y. and Alpar, H. O. (2005).  Cholesterol-Bile Salt Constructs as Potential Vehicles for Oral Delivery of Drugs and Vaccines.  International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 298: 339 - 343.