Thomas Pickles

Project Scientist

University of Strathclyde

Thomas is a project research scientist role working on the multi-institutional and disciplinary collaborative project “Test Beds for MediForge - Industry 5.0 medicines manufacturing research hub”. The project integrates laboratory equipment for end-to-end synthesis, crystallisation, isolation, drying and drug product development with machine learning and automation.

Thomas joined CMAC in October 2020 where he completed his PhD within the Florence Group with his thesis titled the “Intensification of a workflow for particle engineering and crystallisation process development”. After the completion of his PhD he worked in the pharmaceutical industry for Pfizer R&D UK before returning to CMAC in 2024 as a PDRA working on the core project “Automated model-based design of experiments for crystallisation process development”.