David Jones#
| Membership Number: | 7329 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2025 - present Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Eutectyx
- 1999 - present Professor (Pharmaceutical and Biomaterial Engineering), Queen’s University Belfast
- 2021 - 2023 Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Re-Vana Therapeutics
- 2014 - 2023 Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students), Queen’s University Belfast
- 2011 - 2013 Head of the School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast
- 2009 - 2013 Royal Society Industrial Fellow, Royal Society/Queen’s University Belfast
- 1999 - 2003 Co-founder and Technical Director, Xiomateria
- 1997 - 1999 Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Technology, Queen’s University Belfast
- 1994 - 1997 Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast
- 1992 - 1994 Head of Formulations and Scale-Up, Norbrook Laboratories Limited, Newry, Northern Ireland
- 1989 - 1992 Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast
Fields of Scholarship
- Medical devices
- Pharmaceutical formulation science
- Pharmaceutical entrepreneurship/commercialisation
- Biomaterials science and engineering
- Pharmaceutical engineering (advanced manufacturing)
Honours and Awards
- Honorary Positions
- 2023 - present Honorary Professor, University of Galway, Ireland
- 2019 - present Honorary Professor, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China
- 2018 - present Honorary Professor, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- 2013 - present Honorary Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- 2011 - 2020 Honorary Professor, University of Otago, New Zealand
- 2025 The Hanbury Medal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Awarded for "High excellence in the prosecution or promotion of original research in the Natural History and Chemistry of Drugs"
- 2024 The Chapman Medal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (for distinguished research in the field of biomedical materials, particularly with respect to biomaterials innovation which has produced benefits for patients and/or contributed to associated opportunities in the industry
- 2023 Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Award Lecture for excellence in the pharmaceutical sciences
- 2019 Griffith Medal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (for distinguished work that has made/is making notable contributions to any branch of material science)
- 2017 Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Innovative Science Award (sponsored by GSK) for innovative scientific research)
- 1997 British Pharmaceutical Conference Science Medal Award (top international Pharmaceutical Scientist under 35 years old)
- 1997 Eli Lilly Award for Pharmaceutical Excellence (top international Pharmaceutical Scientist under 35 years old)
- United Kingdom Honours List
- 2024: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Pharmacy and Education
- Elections to National Academies and Learned Societies
- National Academies
- 2022: Member of the Royal Irish Academy
- 2022: Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2018: Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- 2018: Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering
- Learned Societies
- 2016: Fellow (Eminent) of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- 2016: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2013: Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
- 2001: Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
- 2000: Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
- Professional Qualifications
- 2016: Chartered Statistician
- 2001: Chartered Engineer
- 1998: Chartered Chemist
