Gary Moss

Biography

I obtained my BSc, MSc and PhD degrees at the Queen’s University of Belfast. I have worked in industry, for Unilever Research, and have also held a number of academic posts prior to joining Keele. I joined the Keele University School of Pharmacy in January 2010 where I am currently Director of Studies for the BSc Pharmaceutical Science, Technology & Business degree programme, subject lead for pharmaceutics and the School’s Early Resolution Officer (undergraduate).

Research and scholarship

My main research interests are in percutaneous absorption, particularly in the development of quantitative models of skin absorption, the percutaneous absorption of metals and the use of skin imaging techniques to understand the mechanism of skin permeation enhancement. Recent key achievements include:

• Organisation of the EPSRC POEMS-network-funded meeting on modelling of skin absorption at Keele Hall (Jan. 2017)
• Publication of a book on Mathematical Modelling of Percutaneous Absorption; Springer, 2015
• Member of the Scientific Organising Committee, Perspectives in Percutaneous Penetration Conference; Invited speaker and session chair, 2012 and 2014.
• Invited speaker and co-organiser of the 8^th meeting of the International Society of the Stratum Corneum, Cardiff, September 2014; deputy chair and treasurer of this group.
• Co-Editor, Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, Pharmaceutical Press & AAPS, 2018 to 2025.

Teaching

Teaching covers aspects of pharmaceutics and drug delivery on both the BSc (Pharmaceutical Science) and MPharm (Pharmacy) programmes at all levels of both courses, and teaching across the BSc Cosmetic Science programme in formulation development, toxicology and regulatory affairs.

Further information

• Chartered Chemist and Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, since March 1996.
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), since 2018.
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, since July 2004.
• Founding member and committee member of the EPSRC Drug Delivery Research Network.
• Chairman (2004–2006), treasurer (2004–2005) and committee member (2003 – current date) of the Skin Forum Group (a focus group of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, initially funded by EPSRC).
• Representative of the EPSRC Skin Forum on the All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin, 2008 – 2010.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology; Editor for Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Special Themed Edition on Recent Advances in Percutaneous Absorption, published June 2010).
• Co-Editor, 2018-2025 and member of the International Steering Committee Member, Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients.
• Member of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Group of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
• Member of the Academic Pharmacy Group of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
• Member of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• External examiner for:
  • M.Pharm. programme at the Strathclyde University School of Pharmacy (2024 – 2027)
  • M.Pharm. programme at the Kingston University School of Pharmacy (2013 - 2017)
  • OSPAP programme at the Kingston University School of Pharmacy (2014 - 2017)
  • M.Pharm. programme at the University of Ulster School of Pharmacy (2009 - 2013)
  • M.Res. programme at the University of Brighton School of Pharmacy (2007 - 2012)
  • Approximately sixteen PhD candidates at various institutions across the UK and Republic of Ireland.