Dr. Laurence Fitzhenry

Biography

Dr Laurence Fitzhenry is a Lecturer in Chemistry at the Department of Science, WIT and Principal Investigator at the PMBRC where he is one of the PI’s leading ocular drug delivery research. He received a BSc (Hons) Degree in Applied Chemistry with Quality Management (first class honours) and a PhD in polymer and analytical chemistry from WIT in 2007 and 2011, respectively. The subject of his IRCSET-funded PhD thesis was molecularly imprinted polymers for the controlled release and selective sensing of pharmaceutical actives. Dr Fitzhenry conducted his postdoctoral research at the PMBRC from October 2011 to January 2013 on the development of contact lenses for the controlled release of pharmaceutical actives. He subsequently became an Enterprise Ireland-funded Technology Leader at the PMBRC where, as well as continuing his research activities, he worked on various projects for industry partners including, Eirgen, Bausch & Lomb, Xeolas, Waters, Pinewood and Heraeus Metal Processing, until he became an academic staff member in September 2014.

Research Interest

Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Drug delivery, Materials science, Functional materials, Molecularly imprinted polymers, Analytical chemistry.