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Dr Dan Fei

Job: Senior Lecturer

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: Leicester School of Pharmacy

Research group(s): Pharmaceutical Technologies Group

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH.

T: +44 (0)116 257 7122

E: DFei@dmu.ac.uk

W: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/pharmacy

 

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Dr Dan Fei is a senior lecturer in Pharmaceutics in the School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University. She gained her PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Aston University. Dr Fei was later employed as Medway Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Pfizer Global R & D (in collaboration with the University of Greenwich) in Sandwich and then Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Aston University prior to joining the DMU as an academic staff.

Dr Fei now specialises in the development of drug delivery systems using nanotechnology and biodegradable polymers; biodegradable polymeric thin films for drug delivery; thermal analysis for pharmaceutical materials characterisation; stability characterisation of freeze dried pharmaceutical materials.

Research group affiliations

Pharmaceutical Technologies Group

Publications and outputs

  • Smart Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
    Smart Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Fei, Dan; Wang, Shengqi; Butler, Benjamin; Ge, Yi Fei, D., Wang, S., Butler, B. and Ge, Y. (2013) Smart Molecularly Imprinted Polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 34 (11), pp. 903-915
  • Highly Ordered and Double-Shelled Hollow Silica Supports for Advanced Immobiliaton of Enzymes
    Highly Ordered and Double-Shelled Hollow Silica Supports for Advanced Immobiliaton of Enzymes Cao, Shunsheng; Fang, Long; Zhao, Z.; Fei, Dan; Ge, Yi; Piletsky, S; Turner, Anthony P F Cao,S.F., Long, Z., Fei, D., Ge, Y., Piletsky, S. and Turner, A. P. F. (2012) Highly Ordered and Double-Shelled Hollow Silica Supports for Advanced Immobiliaton of Enzymes. Advanced Functional Materials
  • Detection of [Ca²+]i Changes in Sub-Plasma Membrane Microdomains in a Single Living Cell by an Optical Fiber-based Nanobiosensor.
    Detection of [Ca²+]i Changes in Sub-Plasma Membrane Microdomains in a Single Living Cell by an Optical Fiber-based Nanobiosensor. Wanga, Shenqi; Ye, Feng; Lang, Xiaoling; Fei, Dan; Ge, Yi; Turner, Anthony P F Wanga, S., Ye, F., Lang, X., Fei, D., Ge, Y. and Turner, A. P. F. (2012) Detection of [Ca²+]i Changes in Sub-Plasma Membrane Microdomains in a Single Living Cell by an Optical Fiber-based Nanobiosensor. Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Nanomedicine: Revolutionary interdiscipline
    Nanomedicine: Revolutionary interdiscipline Bates, F.; Fei, Dan; Wang, Shengqi; Ge, Yi Bates,F., Fei, D., Wang, S., and Ge, Y. (2012) Nanomedicine: Revolutionary interdiscipline. In: Ge, Yi et al eds.Nanomedicine: Principles and Perspectives. New York: Springer
  • Molecularly imprinted polymers: Promising advanced materials for in vivo sensing.
    Molecularly imprinted polymers: Promising advanced materials for in vivo sensing. Akhtar, Samir; Fei, Dan; Piletsky, Sergey; Ge, Yi Akhtar, S., Fei, D., Piletsky, S. and Ge, Y. (2012) Molecularly imprinted polymers: Promising advanced materials for in vivo sensing. Microelectrode Biosensors, Neuromethods, 80, Springer, New York pp. 369-384
  • Nanomedicine: Hyper-expectation and dawning realisation.
    Nanomedicine: Hyper-expectation and dawning realisation. Bates, F.; Fei, Dan; Wang, Shengqi; Ge, Yi Bates, F., Fei, D., Wang, S., and Ge, Y. (2012) Nanomedicine: Hyper-expectation and dawning realisation. Nanomedicine: Principles and Perspectives, New York: Springer
  • Advanced Nanoparticles in Medical Biosensors
    Advanced Nanoparticles in Medical Biosensors Li, Songjun; Fei, Dan; Cimorra,Christian; Ge, Yi Fei, D., Li, S., Cimorra, C. and Ge, Y. (2010) Advanced Nanoparticles in Medical Biosensors. In: Li, S. et al. eds. Biosensor Nanomaterials. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH &Co KGaA, Weinheim
  • A pH-responsive, low crosslinked, molecularly imprinted insulin delivery system.
    A pH-responsive, low crosslinked, molecularly imprinted insulin delivery system. Li, Songjun; Tiwari, Ashutosh; Ge, Yi; Fei, Dan Li, S. et al (2010) A pH-responsive, low crosslinked, molecularly imprinted insulin delivery system. Advanced Materials Letters, 1 (1), pp. 4-10
  • A study of the degradation of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) films by DRS, DSC and SEM.
    A study of the degradation of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) films by DRS, DSC and SEM. Fei, Dan; Ermolina, I.; Smith, Geoff Fei, D., Ermolina, I. and Smith, G. (2009) A study of the degradation of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) films by DRS, DSC and SEM. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 61 (S1), A91-A92, Meeting abstract 124

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Research interests/expertise

  • Development of drug delivery systems using nanotechnology and biodegradable polymers
  • Biodegradable polymeric thin films for drug delivery
  • Thermal analysis for pharmaceutical materials characterisation
  • Stability characterisation of freeze dried pharmaceutical materials

Areas of teaching

  • Pharmaceutics
  • Formulations
  • Extemporaneous Dispensing Techniques
  • Pharmaceutical Calculations

Qualifications

  • BSc
  • PhD

Courses taught

  • Pharmacy (MPharm)
  • Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics Science (BSc)
  • Quality by Design (MSc)

Conference attendance

BPC 2009 British Pharmaceutical Conference, Manchester UK, two poster presentations:

  • Title: The study of the degradation of poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) films by DRS, DSC and SEM Authors: Dan Fei, Irina Ermolina, Geoff Smith
  • Title: Preliminary evaluation of the Binding Capacity of Pullulan with Ibuprofen Granules Authors: Dan Fei, Amos Abioye, Benjamin Dalby

Consultancy work

Area of expertise:

  • Development of drug delivery systems using nanotechnology and biodegradable polymers;
  • Biodegradable polymeric thin films for drug delivery;
  • Thermal analysis for pharmaceutical materials characterisation;
  • Stability characterisation of freeze dried pharmaceutical materials.

Professional esteem indicators

Research Grants Refereeing:

  •  MRC Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board (MCMB) (Feb. 2011)

Areas of expertise

  • Development of drug delivery systems using nanotechnology and biodegradable polymers
  • Biodegradable polymeric thin films for drug delivery
  • Thermal analysis for pharmaceutical materials characterisation
  • Stability characterisation of freeze dried pharmaceutical materials

Research Grants Refereeing

  • MRC Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board (MCMB) (Feb. 2011)