Professor David Palmer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Personal statement
I am a Professor in Chemistry at the University of Stratchlyde.聽 I was born in London, but grew up in Cumbria in north west England.聽 After obtaining a Masters degree in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield, I worked as a synthesis chemist for Norbrook Laboratories before reading my PhD in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.聽 Between 2008 and 2011, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Aarhus University in Denmark and then at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany.聽聽 In 2012 I was awarded a Marie Curie Research Fellowship and returned to the UK to join the Department of Physics at the 糖心视频.聽 I started as a Lecturer in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry in 2014.聽聽 I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2019, Reader in 2022, and Professor in 2025.
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 1/1/2016
- Recipient
- 2/6/2014
- Recipient
- 1/2/2012
Publications
- , Pickett Stephen D, Baxter Andrew,
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling Vol 66, pp. 3288-3301 (2026)
- Brennan P M, Cameron J M, Eustace D, Butler H J, Sala A, Lazarus A, Antoniou G, , Gray E, Kerrie C, McDonald S, Black P, Sheraz S, Adekoya I, Jakola A, Denes A, Jenkinson M D, Jones J, Pendered S, Koljenovic S, Zwaenepoel K, Sieben A, Ahmed M, Feyen B, Mathew R K, Coils C, Ismail A, Phang I, Brown A, Patel S, Weiss T, Westarp P W, Kopp A, Baker M J
- ESMO Open Vol 11 (2026)
- Cameron James M, McHardy Rose G, Sala Alexandra, Butler Holly J, , Mitchell Peter J, Parkinson Edward, Moug Susan, Baker Matthew J
- Cancer Prevention Research (2025)
- McHardy Rose G, Cameron James M, Eustace David Andrew, Baker Matthew J,
- Diagnostics Vol 15 (2025)
- Sala Alexandra, , , Johnson Caroline H, Cameron James M, Khan Sajid A, , Baker Matthew J
- Clinical and Translational Medicine Vol 15 (2025)
- Fowles Daniel J, Connaughton Benedict J, Carter James W, Mitchell John BO,
- Chemical Reviews Vol 125, pp. 7057-7098 (2025)
Research Interests
The main focus of my research is the development and application of molecular simulation and molecular informatics methods to solve industrially relevant problems at the interface between biochemistry and chemical physics.聽 Recent examples have included the development of new methods for computational drug discovery (in collaboration with AstraZeneca, GSK, and Pfizer) and the design of an enzyme for use in food manufacturing (in collaboration with Chr. Hansen A/S).聽聽 I am Founding Director of the cancer diagnostics company, Dxcover (formerly ClinSpec Diagnostics Ltd)
Professional Activities
- Speaker
- 14/5/2025
- Speaker
- 30/9/2024
- Speaker
- 3/9/2024
- Examiner
- 16/5/2024
- Speaker
- 10/5/2024
- Examiner
- 18/4/2024
Projects
- Jamieson, Craig (Principal Investigator) Beveridge, Rebecca (Co-investigator) Burley, Glenn (Co-investigator) Kerr, William (Co-investigator) Lindsay, David (Co-investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator) Tomkinson, Nick (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2030
- Palmer, David (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2028
- Palmer, David (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2028
- Henrich, Oliver (Principal Investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator) Falloon, Kierran (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- Palmer, David (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- Reid, Marc (Principal Investigator) Palmer, David (Co-investigator) Fyfe, Calum (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2027
Contact
Professor
David
Palmer
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: david.palmer@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted