Dr David Armitage

Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Technologies
Qualifications: B.Sc.(Hons.) M.Sc.(Eng.), Ph.D.

Current Research Interests

• Improved performance of orthopaedic implant materials through incorporation of metal ions into modified titanium surfaces
• Surface characterisation of modified surfaces in support of ultra sensitive biosensor applications
• Applications of zinc oxide based nanostructure for enhancing surface plasmon resonance sensitivity in biosensor applications
• Surface plasmon resonance imaging for rapid point of care medical diagnostics.
• Characterisation and modification of surface properties of pharmaceutical materials

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Contact details +44 (0)116 257 7721 Leicester School of Pharmacy, Hawthorn Building, De Montfort University The Gateway Leicester LE1 9BH (location map) email : darmitage@dmu.ac.uk

Teaching

• I am module leader for the PHCO3309 Pharmaceutical Materials Science module on the final year of our B.Sc.(Hons.) Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Science (PCS).
• I am a member of the module team of: PHAR1505, 2505 and 3503 on our M.Pharm. programme and PHCO2303, 2311, 3302, 3304, 3309, and 3311 on PCS.
• Additionally, I am admissions tutor for the PCS course.

Biography Dr David Armitage is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Technologies in the School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University. Following graduation from the University of Bristol with an honours degree in Physics and the University of Liverpool with a Masters degree in Materials Engineering he gained for his Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham. He was awarded a prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship which enabled him to experience working for a medical device manufacturer in Belgium. Dr Armitage then undertook postdoctoral research at the School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham and the Eastman Dental Institute, University College London. In 2007 he was appointed as Lecturer in Mechanics of Materials at Leicester University. His current research interests are centred on application of surface modification and surface analytical techniques in the pharmaceutical and biomaterials sectors.