Dr. Justin YW Tian, BEng (Honour), MSc, PhD, is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Pharmaceutical Engineering Group, Queen’s University Belfast and Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellow (2019/20). He has completed his bachelor degree in the area of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology (2006), MSc in Process Engineering (2008) and PhD in Drug Delivery (2012). 

Dr Tian’s research seeks to resolve several scientific problems of fundamental and economic significance that emphasise the design and engineering aspects of pharmaceuticals. They ranged from developing intelligent analytics and models to unravel the mechanisms of drug absorption to advanced engineering technologies for producing nanomedicines. More importantly, Dr Tian has attracted over £1M in competitive funding from the Medical Research Council, Royal Academy of Engineering, InnovateUK, and InvestNI to drive the clinical translation of a continuous, flexible and green manufacturing technology for global access to affordable antifungal medicines. 

My group is looking for talented student/PDRA in the following areas:

1. High throughput screening and digital design of nanocarriers

2. Microrheology modelling for extracellular matrices

3. Metastable systems in drug delivery

Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellow

Contributed to teaching in both MPharm, BSc and China Queen's Colleges covering areas including:

pharmaceutical technology, advanced drug delivery, regulatory, process analysis technology and predictive modelling.