Dr Peter Hewitson
Senior Lecturer
- Chemical Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
Peter Hewitson is a Process Engineer at Brunel University London in the Department of Chemical Engineering. His research focuses on the scale up of continuous liquid-liquid extraction technology allowing large-scale separations of novel chemicals and bio-molecules for use by the pharmaceuticals industry. His PhD studies centred on the comparison of Intermittent Liquid-Liquid Counter-current Extraction to Isocratic and Continuous Counter-current Extraction and the scale-up of these technologies. He previously worked as a Senior Research Scientist at Kodak Ltd European Research Laboratories. While there he developing novel photographic media, flexible displays and solar cell technology with patent filings across these applications before transferring to Brunel University London.
Responsibility
Senior Tutor for Chemical Engineering
Admissions tutor for Chemical Engineering
Newest selected publications
Lopez, BGC., Marcucci, MC., Rocco, SA., Sforça, ML., Eberlin, MN., Hewitson, P., et al. (2024) 'Preparative Fractionation of Brazilian Red Propolis Extract Using Step-Gradient Counter-Current Chromatography'. Molecules, 29 (12). pp. 2757 - 2757. ISSN: 1420-3049
Silva, FL., Moreno, PRH., Sawaya, ACHF., de Freitas Lemeszenki, GC., Hewitson, P. and Ignatova, S. (2022) 'Dereplication of Phenolics from Cardiospermum corindum by Countercurrent Chromatography Combined with Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Mass Spectrometry'. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 32 (2). pp. 280 - 285. ISSN: 0102-695X
Rehman, R., Zubair, M., Bano, A., Hewitson, P. and Ignatova, S. (2021) 'Isolation of industrially valuable α-Cedrol from essential oil of Platycladus orientalis (Thuja orientalis) leaves using linear gradient counter current chromatography'. Industrial Crops and Products, 176. pp. 114297 - 114297. ISSN: 0926-6690
Suleman, S., Schrubaji, K., Filippou, C., Ignatova, S., Hewitson, P., Huddleston, J., et al. (2021) 'Rapid and inexpensive purification of adenovirus vectors using an optimised aqueous two-phase technology'. Journal of Virological Methods, 299. pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 0166-0934 Open Access Link
das Neves Costa, F., Jerz, G., Hewitson, P., de Souza Figueiredo, F. and Ignatova, S. (2021) 'Laguncularia racemosa phenolics profiling by three-phase solvent system step-gradient using high-performance countercurrent chromatography with off-line electrospray mass-spectrometry detection'. Molecules, 26 (8). pp. 1 - 17. ISSN: 1420-3049 Open Access Link