Denise Croker
Lecturer
Chemical Sciences
University of Limerick
Ireland
Biography
Industrial chemist turned chemical engineer, my career to-date has been earned between industry and academia. My PhD was an industrially based reseach project at the alumina refinery Aughinish Alumina in Askeaton, Co. Limerick. I investigated a unit operation at this site, mimicing the plant reaction in a lab-scale autocalve at in-situ synchrotron facility. I subsequently joined the company for a period as a process engineer. I returned to UL as a post doctorate researcher with the Solid State Pharmaceutical Cluster. This involved managing the day-day activities of a group of post-graduate research student, and conducting research around crystallization and associated phenomena. I became very interested in the pahramceutical industry and moved to the real world of pharma in a transition to MSD (Merck, Sharpe & Dohme) as a project engineer, where I worked mainly on the commercialization of new products. I have just recently returned to UL as a lecturer for the BEng Chemical & Biochemical Engineering program and look forward to teaching and informing students, while establishing research activities and remaining connected to industry.
Research Interest
Crystal engineering - cocrystallization, Crystallization processes, Use of process analytical technologies, Process Optimisation, Industrial crystallization, Academic-industrial collaborations.
Publications
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Munroe, \'Aine and Croker, Denise and Hodnett, B Kieran and Seaton, Colin C (2011) 'Epitaxial growth of polymorphic systems: The case of sulfathiazole'. CrystEngComm, 13 (19):5903-5907.
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Croker, D; Loan, M; Hodnett, B K (2009) 'Kinetics and mechanisms of the hydrothermal crystallization of calcium titanate species'. Crystal Growth & Design, .
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Croker, D; Loan, M; Hodnett, B K; (2008) 'Desilication reactions at digestion conditions: An in-situ X-ray diffraction study'. Crystal Growth & Design, .
