Newsam, John
Skin structure and properties, High throughput experimentation, Computational Modeling, Entrepreneurship
Skin structure and properties, High throughput experimentation, Computational Modeling, Entrepreneurship
Contact Information
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
CEO, Tioga Research, Inc.
CEO, Bio4Front, Inc.
Office: Urey Hall Addn
Phone: 858-534-3577
Email: jnewsam@ucsd.edu
Web: www.linkedin.com/pub/john-m-newsam/1/164/977
CEO, Tioga Research, Inc.
CEO, Bio4Front, Inc.
Office: Urey Hall Addn
Phone: 858-534-3577
Email: jnewsam@ucsd.edu
Web: www.linkedin.com/pub/john-m-newsam/1/164/977
Education
1980 DPhil, Chemistry, Oxford University
1980 DPhil, Chemistry, Oxford University
Awards and Academic Honors
2012
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2009
Bronze Edison Award, Science & Medical Category (together with UCSB & fqubed colleagues)
2003
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
2001
Wissenschaftpreis 2001 des Stifterverbandes (together with the other co-founders of hte Aktiengesellschaft)
1997
Award for Excellence in Catalysis (Catalysis Society of Metropolitan NY)
1989
Corday-Morgan Prize and Medal (awarded by UK Royal Society of Chemistry)
1986
Sidhu Award (awarded by Pittsburgh Diffraction Society)
Research Interests
Business innovation and entrepreneurship is a prime interest - exploring how creativity, knowledge and insight can be combined to create an environment for the emergence of fresh, yet useful ideas. This interest includes working with undergraduates in a classroom context (CHEM192: Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the Sciences and the BISP194: Introduction to Biotechnology Business: Entrepreneurship and Innovation, co-developed and delivered with Prof. M. J. Sailor). It also entails immersion in the day-to-day issues of a small company environment (that of Tioga Research), exploring new frameworks for university technology commercialization, and considering entrepreneurship in a more global context.
Human skin is a fascinating material. We pursue development of soft materials suitable for delivering one or more molecular entities, particularly small molecular pharmaceuticals, into or through the skin; we consider high throughput experimentation (“HTE") methods for screening the effect of such soft materials on skin properties; and we are intrigued by the details of the structure of skin and the permeation pathways it supports. More broadly, we continue to consider approaches for HTE and for molecular simulation in materials discovery and development.
Human skin is a fascinating material. We pursue development of soft materials suitable for delivering one or more molecular entities, particularly small molecular pharmaceuticals, into or through the skin; we consider high throughput experimentation (“HTE") methods for screening the effect of such soft materials on skin properties; and we are intrigued by the details of the structure of skin and the permeation pathways it supports. More broadly, we continue to consider approaches for HTE and for molecular simulation in materials discovery and development.
Primary Research Area
Inorganic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Interdisciplinary interests
Materials
Biophysics
Computational and Theoretical
Biophysics
Computational and Theoretical
Outreach Activities
Proactive encouragement to hire diverse full-time and part-time staff, notably interns from the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement Alliance (MESA) program at Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California.
Selected Publications
- Arora A, Kisak E, Karande P, Newsam J, Mitragotri S "Multicomponent chemical enhancer formulations for transdermal drug delivery: More is not always better", J. Controlled Release, 2010, Vol. 144, 175-180
- Klein J, Zech T, Newsam JM, Schunk SA "Application of a novel Split&Pool-principle for the fully combinatorial synthesis of functional inorganic materials", Applied Catalysis A: General, 2003, Vol. 254, 121-131
- Mellot Draznieks C, Newsam JM, Gorman AM, Freeman CM, Férey G "De Novo Prediction of Inorganic Structures Developed through Automated Assembly of Secondary Building Units (AASBU) Method", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2000, Vol. 39, 2270-2275
- Newsam JM, Deem MW, Freeman CM "Direct Space Methods of Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction Data", Accuracy in Powder Diffraction II (NIST Special Publication No. 846), 1992, 80-91
- Jacobson AJ, Newsam JM, Johnston DC, Lewandowski JT, Goshorn DP, Alvarez MS "Synthesis and Properties of Non-stoichiometric YBa2Cu3O7-x 0.04 ≤ x ≤ 1.00", Phys. Rev. B., 1989, Vol. 39, 254-258
- Newsam JM, Treacy MMJ, Koetsier WT, deGruyter CB "Structural Characterization of Zeolite Beta", Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), 1988, Vol. A420, 375-405
- Vaknin D, Sinha SK, Moncton DE, Johnston DC, Newsam JM, Safinya CR, King HE "Antiferromagnetism in La2CuO4-y", Phys. Rev. Lett., 1987, Vol. 58, 2802-2805
- Newsam JM "The Zeolite Cage Structure", Science, 1986, Vol. 231, 1093-1099