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Formulating Knowledge
Large amounts of data are currently being generated in an attempt
to understand and improve formulation and manufacturing efficiency;
this requires novel data mining technologies tailored specifically for the
formulator/process engineer.
By Ray Rowe and Elizabeth Colbourn at Intelligensys
Ray Rowe is Chief Scientist at Intelligensys; he is also Professor of Industrial Pharmaceutics at the University of
Bradford (UK). He was formerly a Senior Principal Scientist at AstraZeneca where he advised senior management
on the implementation of new science and technology for product development. Dr Rowe was awarded a BPharm
from the University of Nottingham (UK) in 1969, and a PhD and DSc from the University of Manchester (UK) in
1973 and 1993 respectively. He has contributed to over 350 publications in the pharmaceutical sciences, including
a book and eight patents.
Elizabeth Colbourn is Product Director at Intelligensys. A Canadian by birth, she has written over 50 refereed
publications covering many aspects of materials and molecular modelling. She has a BSc in Chemistry from
Queens University, Canada, and a D Phil in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Oxford. For several
years, Dr Colbourn was based at ICIs Wilton Research Centre where she established and led the materials
modelling team, and was also appointed to ICIs prestigious Scientific Ladder, one of the first two women
to attain this position.
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