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Dr. Wayne Cummins received his B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry with Quality Management for Waterford Institute of Technology in 2002. In 2006 he received a PhD from Waterford Institute of Technology for his thesis titled “Synthesis and Characterisation of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for N-Heterocyclic Templates”. Subsequently he joined Pfizer Global Research & Development in Co. Cork, Ireland where he spent 2.5 years as a research & development chemist. In 2009 Dr. Cummins joined the Pharmaceutical & Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre as a Enterprise Ireland funded postdoctoral researcher where he focused on developing mucoadhesive polymeric drug delivery platforms. Since 2011 Dr. Cummins has been lecturing at Waterford Institute of Technology in Analytical and Organic Chemistry at both graduate and postgraduate level. He has supervised 2 postgraduate students to the level of doctorate and is currently supervising another.
Publications
S Duggan, O O’Donovan, E Owens, W Cummins and H Hughes. “ Synthesis and Characterisation of mucoadhesive thiolated Polyallyamine”. Journal of Pharmaceutics. Vol 499, Issues 1-2, 368-375 (2016)
S Duggan, Orla O’Donovan, Eleanor Owens, Elaine Duggan, Helen Hughes, Wayne Cummins. “Comparison of the mucoadhesive properties of thiolated polyacrylic acid to thiolated polyallylamine”. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Vol 498, Issues 1-2, 245-253 (2016)
S Duggan, O O’Donovan, E Owens, W Cummins and H Hughes, “Synthesis of mucoadhesive thiolated gelatin using a two-step reaction process”, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 91, 75-81 (2015)
K A Meagher, D I Thurnham, S Beatty, A N Howard, E Connolly, W Cummins, J Nolan. “Serum response to supplemental macular carotenoids in subjects with and without age-related macular degeneration”. British Journal of Nutrition, 110, 289-300 (2013)
N. Holland, P. Duggan, E. Owens, W. Cummins, J. Frisby, H. Hughes and P. Mcloughlin and E. Owens, “Thermal Desorption characterisation of molecularly imprinted polymers. Part II: Use of direct probe GC-MS analysis to study crosslinking effects”, Anal Bioanal Chem , 391, 1245-1253 (2008)
W Cummins, P Duggan, P McLoughlin. “ Thermal desorption characterisation of molecularly imprinted polymers. Part I: A novel study using direct probe GC-MS analysis”. Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry, 391, (4), 1237-1244, (2008).
W Cummins, Patrick Duggan, Peter McLoughlin. “Systematic cross-selectivity study of the factors influencing template receptor interactions in molecularly imprinted nitrogen heterocycles” Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Vol 22, Issue 3, 372-380. (2006)
W Cummins, Patrick Duggan, Peter McLoughlin. “A comparative study of the potential of acrylic and sol-gel polymers for molecular imprinting”. Analytica Chimica Acta, Vol 542, Issue 1, 52-60 (2005)
Dr. Cummins has lectured in Waterford Institute of Technology since 2011 in the areas of:
Undergraduate
Forensic Science
Physical & Organic Chemistry
Chromatographic Techniques
Environmental Science
Lab Data Analysis & Presentation
Organic Chemistry & Biomolecules
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry
Spectroscopic Techniques
Introduction to Research Methods
Research Methodologies
Chromatographic Method Development & Validation
Pharmaceutical & Natural Product Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Organic Chemistry & Advanced Spectroscopic Techniques
Sensors & Electroanalytical Chemistry
Advanced Analytical Science
Advanced Laboratory Techniques
Postgraduate
Advanced Chromatographic Techniques
Advanced Spectroscopic Techniques
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