Dr Grace Stevenson
MChem, PhD
KTP Associate (JRI Orthopaedics Ltd)
Address:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Kroto Research Institute, North Campus
Broad Lane, Sheffield S3 7HQ
Telephone: +44 (0) 114 257 3239
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 5943
Email: g.stevenson@sheffield.ac.uk
Grace obtained her MChem in Chemistry with Pharmaceutical and Forensic Science at the University of Bradford in 2006. After spending 6 months working as a research analyst she moved to Australia to undertake a PhD at the University of Wollongong on ‘the controlled release of dexamethasone from Polyterthiophene based conducting polymers,’ which was completed in 2010. After moving back to the UK, she worked as a lead laboratory demonstrator at the University of Bradford before being appointed as a KTP Associate at the University of Sheffield in 2011.
Research interests
Grace’s PhD focussed on the electrochemical synthesis and characterisation of conducting polymers for drug release applications, with a focus on polyterthiophene and polypyrrole. Composite conducting polymer substrates were developed along with novel methods for electrochemically stimulated drug release through the use of galvanic coupling.
Current research
Current research interests are in biomaterials for orthopaedic applications, with a focus on the development and assessment of new implant coatings through materials characterisation and in vitro testing.
Key publications
- G. Stevenson, S. Moulton, P. Innis, G. Wallace, Polyterthiophene as an electrostimulated controlled drug release material of therapeutic levels of dexamethasone, Synthetic Metals; 2010; 160(9-10); 1107-1114.
- N. Karodia, X. Liu, P. Ludley, D. Pletsas, G. Stevenson, The ionic liquid ethyltri-n-butylphosphonium tosylate as solvent for the acid-catalysed hetero-Michael reaction, Tetrahedron; 2006; 62(48); 11039-11043.