Dr Alain Pluen PhD., B.Sc., M.R.S.C.
Senior Lecturer

Overview
PHAR20100 Medicine Module leader
BSc Pharmaceutical Sciences Director
Post-Graduate Tutor
Biography
Alain Pluen – a physical chemist by training – is a Senior Lecturer within the Division of Pharmacy and Optometrics. Alain joined the then School of Pharmacy in 2000 and has been pursuing his research effort on i) transport and/or delivery of novel medicines and 2) the study the protein-protein interactions espectially aggregation in solution to understand issues related to biopharmaceuticals formulation and cells. This is carried out using bioimaging techniques (confocal microscopy, Raster Image Correlation Spectroscopy or Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy) as well as light scattering (DLS, SLS). Previously Alain did his post-graduate studies at the Institut Charles Sadron – Centre de Recherche sur les Macromolecules, (CNRS UPR 22, Strasbourg, France) where he studied the mechanisms of transport of macromolecules (single stranded DNA) in gels to improve sequencing (EU Biomed 1). Then in 1997, he joined the team of Prof. R.K. Jain at the Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School as a post-doctoral research fellow. In this biomedical engineering laboratory and in collaboration with Dr. David Berk, he started to study the relation between the tumour microenvironment and the transport hindrance of novel medicines i.e. antibodies, protein, peptides or liposomes. In September 2000, he joined the then School of Pharmacy and Pharamceutical Sciences.
Social responsibility
Alain Pluen takes regularly Nuffield placement students during Summer time and is also a school governor of a primary school in the Peak District
Qualifications
- 1996 Ph.D. Polymer Physical Chemistry - University of Strasbourg, France
- 1992 M.Sc. Physical Chemistry - University of Strasbourg, France
- 1991 B.Sc. Physical Chemistry - University of Strasbourg, France
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Areas of expertise
- QD Chemistry - protein-protein interactions, diffusion, biopharmaceuticals, peptides
- QC Physics - biophysics, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, image correlation spectroscopy
- RS Pharmacy and materia medica - drug delivery, Transport Measurements
Research Networks and Beacons
Biology, Medicine and Health (BMH) Domains
Related information
Publications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
Activity: Examination
Activity: Examination
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk