We are the Dermal Drug Delivery and Diagnostics (4D) Laboratory, based at University of Brighton. Our core research programme concerns the research and development of drug delivery and diagnostic technologies for the skin. We are a member of the Biomaterials and Medical Devices Research Group and the Brighton Centre for Regenerative Medicine.
Dr Keng Wooi Ng
Research Team Leader / Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics
Keng received both his MPharm and PhD in drug delivery from Cardiff University, and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at Imperial College London and University of Reading.
Please direct any enquiries about the 4D Laboratory to Keng:
Address
School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
University of Brighton
Cockcroft Building
Lewes Road
Brighton
BN2 4GJ
United Kingdom
Office phone +44 1273 642 080
Lab phone +44 1273 642 2053
Twitter @ngkengwooi
YouTube YouTube Channel
Eldhose Skaria
Doctoral Student
Email E.Skaria@brighton.ac.uk
Eldhose joined the group in 2014 to work on skin cancer diagnostics. He says, “The focus of my PhD is to develop an accurate and immediate diagnosis for cutaneous melanoma, by developing microneedle technology. Since my first taste of cancer biology during my undergraduate years, this field has really interested me in terms of recent advancements in diagnostic procedures and drug discovery. Therefore, despite having a degree in neuroscience and having interests within that field, cancer research became a specialist interest and now the theme for my PhD. The project is very engaging, as it has a real clinical focus and I aim to translate this research into a clinical tool for rapid diagnosis during my time at University of Brighton. I am thrilled about having a panel of experts as my supervisors in this field—Dr Keng Wooi Ng (Primary Supervisor), Dr Melanie Flint and Dr Bhavik Patel—and looking forward to an exciting 3 years of further education. Sports, music and socialising do take up the majority of my spare time, but I also leave a considerable amount of time for family.”
Dhafir Masheta
Doctoral Student – Lead supervisor: Professor Matteo Santin
Email D.Masheta@brighton.ac.uk
Dhafir’s work focuses on drug delivery to the central nervous system to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
Robyn Ferreira
Masters Student
Email R.Ferreira2@uni.brighton.ac.uk
Robyn’s background is in nutrition. Her work with us focuses on microneedles for blood glucose monitoring.
Luke Stephenson
Masters Student
Email L.Stephenson1@uni.brighton.ac.uk
Luke investigates potential anticancer activities of terpenoids in melanoma.
Naif Alharbi
Masters Student
Email N.Alharbi1@uni.brighton.ac.uk
Naif is pursuing an MSc in Biomedical Sciences. He is investigating novel mechanisms for biosensing to enhance the sensitivity of our microneedle devices.
Zabihullah Nazari
Undergraduate student
Email Z.Nazari1@uni.brighton.ac.uk
Zabi is experimenting with various materials to identify a winning formula for producing microneedles with optimal properties as biosensors.
Joyce Japhet
Undergraduate student
Email J.Japhet1@uni.brighton.ac.uk
Joyce is will deliver macromolecular drugs transdermally using polymeric microneedles.
Alumni
- Roser Márquez Gómez, Erasmus+ Research Intern (2016)
- Saima Sattar, Masters student (2016)
- Skomantas Serapinas, undergraduate student, summer research intern (2016)
- Suhani Ghiya, undergraduate student (2016)
- Temitayo Taiwo, undergraduate student (2016)
- Yi Hin (Leon) Lo, undergraduate student (2016)
- Dean Anderson, undergraduate student (2016)
- John Reid, Masters student (2015)
- Ainun Idris, Masters student (2015)
- Mahdey Shugaa, Masters student (2015)
- Zawditu Lewis, research intern (2015)
- Edwin Moshksar, undergraduate student (2015)
- Eberechi Weje, undergraduate student (2015)
- Rumbidzai Mtisi, undergraduate student (2015)
- Hakan Niyazi, visiting researcher (2014-2015)
- Delisha Norman-Johnson, summer placement student (2014)
