Dr. Richie Ryan received his B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry with Quality Management from South East Technologcal Univeristy in 2006. In 2011 he received a PhD from the same institution for his thesis titled “Development and Characterisation of Microemulsions for the Analysis of Pharmaceutical Analytes by HPLC and CE”. 

He has almost 7 years industry research & development experience, including roles as project manager, team lead, laboratory management, consultant, reviewer and system matter expert. 

Since 2017 Dr. Ryan has been lecturing at South East Technologcal Univeristy in Analytical and Pharmaceutical Science at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.  

His research interests include microemulsions, polymer chemistry, ocular drug delivery, formulation, process development and novel advances in analytical methodologies. 

As a Chemistry lecturer in the Department of Science Richie is currently involved in the delivery, assessment and co-ordination of the following modules:

Advanced Chromatographic Techniques Level 9 

Advanced Drug Formulation Science Level 9 

Advanced Techniques in Pharmaceutical Science Level 8 

Chromatographic and Electrophoretic Techniques Level 8 

Chromatographic Method Development & Validation Level 8 

Pharmaceutical Science Level 8

He is also the joint Programme Leader for the MSc in Analytical Science with Quality Managemnet

Research interests include microemulsions, polymer chemistry, ocular drug delivery, formulation, process development and novel advances in analytical methodologies. 

• Almost 7 years industry research & development experience, including roles as project manager, team lead, laboratory management, consultant, reviewer and system matter expert.
• Project management – Industry experience in managing a project involving the characterisation of raw material API. Research conducted in conjunction with the PMBRC trough an Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership.
• Process development/scale-up – Experience in co-ordinating between R&D and Manufacturing departments in the introduction of new products and process scale-up. Process development lead on the introduction of new Infra-red curing technology platform.
• Analytical development expert – system matter expert in researching and designing analytical methodologies for raw material, intermediate and finished product testing. Also designed extractable/leachable studies for container/closure systems.
• Drug/Polymer Formulation – Industry experience involving the research and design of prospective oral dose formulations for generic drug products. Formulation types included suspensions, powders and liquids. This involved assessing a number of preservative systems, buffering systems, bulking agents and API/excipient solubility. Characterisation of these formulations also entailed physicochemical tests such particle size analysis, viscosity and correlation with dissolution profiles.
• Technical reviewer - performed technical review and sign off on analytical methods, validation protocols and validation dossiers prior to implementation and filing with regulatory/licensing bodies.