Reader	Pharmaceutical Biophysics
			Section Head	Pharmaceutical Technologies
			Qualifications	BPharm, PhD

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Current Research Interests

• Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy of complex systems
• Pharmaceutical materials characterization
• Process control technologies (inc. freeze-drying wet granulation, on-line moisture determination, distributed temperature measurement for thermal profile characterization)

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Contact details
Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK
Tel. +44 (0)116 2506298
Email : GSmith02@dmu.ac.uk

Biography Dr Geoff Smith is Reader in Pharmaceutical Biophysics in the School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University. He originally trained as a Pharmacist (University of Bath) then obtained his PhD in 1991 from the University of Brighton, based on a programme of work using dielectric spectroscopy to investigate the properties of cells and liposomes and the effect of cryoprotectants on the freeze-thaw survival of these systems. Dr Smith now specialises in materials characterization by impedance spectroscopy and dielectric relaxation spectroscopy and has been instrumental in establishing pharmaceutical and biological applications for these techniques. Dr Smith has an established research group at De Montfort University that occupies two well-equipped laboratories with instrumentation to carry out broad band impedance/dielectric characterization of materials. Over the past two years he has initiated a new line of research and development into the design and implementation of temperature sensors for industrial process control.