Research Interests
Dr Boateng belongs to the Analytical Research Cluster within the School of Science with researchers spanning pharmaceutical, analytical and material sciences. He works in an interdisciplinary range of research areas covering Pharmaceutics (Formulation and Drug Delivery), Pharmaceutical Analysis and Proteomics.
Pharmaceutical Formulation and Drug Delivery
- Preformulation studies
- Physical and chemical characterizations of drug delivery systems
- Formulation of mucosal (wounds, buccal, sublingual) drug delivery systems
- Films and Freeze-dried polymeric systems for drug delivery
- Fast dissolving dosage forms
- Controlled drug release studies
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Analysis
- Quality of Pharmaceutical Formulations
- Fingerprinting of Pharmaceutical Biotech Products using Mass Spectrometry
Biomarker Discovery
- Mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF, LC-MS)
- Proteomics (protein and peptide biomarkers)
- Metabonomics (metabolic biomarkers)