Prosonix is supported by a number of internationally renowned scientific advisors, acting as both as key collaborators and advocates for the business in the global pharmaceutical arena:

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Scale-up Consultancy (Scientific Update) - Dr Trevor Laird

http://www.scientificupdate.co.uk

Trevor Laird is an international consultant and expert witness. He has many years experience in industry including ICI Corporate Laboratory, ICI Organics, and then SmithKline & French, Tonbridge (now part of GlaxoSmithKline) where he was eventually in charge of Process Development, being responsible for the design, development and scale-up of processes for manufacture. He set up Scientific Update in 1989 to provide continuing education and training, conference organisation and consultancy, particularly in his prime interest field of process chemical research and development. In addition he is the author of numerous articles and book chapters and was the prime instigator of the journal Organic Process Research and Development launched in 1997 for which he is the Editor-in-Chief. Through his company he has developed major international conferences in process chemistry, crystallisation and polymorphism, automation, chromatography and related fields. He has also developed a portfolio of training courses for chemists working in industry, covering chemical development and scale-up, crystallisation and polymorphism, good manufacturing practice, design of experiments, thermal hazards, patents in chemistry, medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis (methods and strategy), chemical engineering, kinetics and other topics. He is an internationally recognised expert and acts as a consultant to numerous pharmaceutical and chemical companies across the world. He has been involved as an expert witness in numerous trials in cases involving process chemistry, crystallisation and polymorphism and related issues. In 2003, he was appointed visiting professor at Sussex University

Ultrasonic Process Technology and Science - Professor Tim Mason

http://www.corporate.coventry.ac.uk

Tim Mason is Professor of Chemistry in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Coventry, UK. He teaches chemistry and sonochemistry at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. His main research area is in sonochemistry, the   uses of sound   energy to influence chemical reactions   and processing . In addition he is the author of more than 250 refereed journal articles, has published 13 books on sonochemistry and contributed some 20 chapters in other texts. He is currently the Editor in Chief of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, President of the European Sonochemical Society and Chairman of the Royal Society of Chemistry Sonochemistry Group. He has given 30 plenary lectures in the last five years and is the Director of the Centre for Sonochemistry at Coventry University .

Inhalation Science and Chemistry -  Dr Steve Nichols

Steve Nichols has a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of London. He joined Fisons Pharmaceuticals in 1980 as a senior analytical chemist and worked developing a range of drug products, including respiratory products. In 1998, at Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, he was responsible for MDI Analytical Development and Respiratory Physics, and then became head of Drug Delivery Research, focussing on the appraisal and the development of new inhalation systems. In 2000 within Aventis he was appointed manager of Materials Science focussing on drug substance characterisation and selection. In 2001 he took the role as New Technology Coordination Manager, assessing new inhalation delivery technologies and focussing on inward and outward licensing opportunities of inhalation delivery platforms. He is now an independent consultant, a member of the European Pharmacopoeia Inhalanda working group and is founder and chair of the European Pharmaceutical Aerosol Group (EPAG).

Ultrasonic engineering - Mr John Perkins

http://www.sonicsystems.co.uk/

John Perkins is the founder, co-owner and Managing Director of Sonic Systems Ltd. He has over 40 years experience in the science of ultrasound and building of ultrasonic devices for a variety of industries. He is the inventor of the Prosonitron flow-cell and his name is on the key patent relating to this.

Pharmaceutical Science / Particle Engineering - Professsor Robert Price

http://www.bath.ac.uk/pharmacy/

http://www.bath.ac.uk/pharmacy/staff/price.html

Rob Price is a Professor in pharmaceutical technology in the 5* RAE rated Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at the University of Bath where he leads the pharmaceutical technology research group.  His main research interests are pharmaceutical surface science and particle engineering.   A key area of work is focussed on investigating the physicochemical properties that govern inter-particulate adhesion, issues relating to the surface stability of processed particles and the general areas of particle technology and crystal growth. He has extensive contact with large pharmaceutical organisations as well as close involvement with small innovator pharmaceutical companies. He is founder and Managing Director of Nanopharm.

Crystallization and Chemical Engineering - Professor Kevin Roberts

http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/speme/

http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/ipse/

http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/ipse/people/roberts/roberts.shtml

Kevin Roberts is Brotherton Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Institute of Particle Science and Engineering and Director of Research for the School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering at the University of Leeds in the UK. His research centres in the area of crystal science and engineering directed to meet the needs of the pharmaceuticals, nuclear, specialities, fine chemicals, and nutritional products sectors. Particular areas for current focus include: molecular solid-state chemistry, industrial crystallisation, nano-scale engineering using molecular modelling, use of synchrotron radiation techniques, process analytical techniques (PAT) for reactor monitoring and control, multi-scale computational modelling, scale-up of process from laboratory to manufacturing.

Crystallization Phenomena and CrystalGEM^TM - Dr George E Tranter

http://www.chiralabs.biz/

George Tranter is an acknowledged expert in medicinal chemistry, circular dichroism, crystallization and protein structure and director of Chiralabs Ltd (UK).   In addition he is former Principal Research Fellow and Professor in BioSpectroscopy, Division of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, Imperial College, London.   One particular interest is in the determination of three dimensional protein structure and interactions under realistic industrial or natural conditions. He left Imperial College in 2006 to concentrate on the development of Chiralabs following relocation to Oxford.