Professor Peter Cormack
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Prize And Awards
- Nominated in Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards
- Recipient
- 2024
- Nominated in Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards
- Recipient
- 2022
- Nominated as Most Enthusiastic Teacher
- Recipient
- 2019
- Nominated as Most Supportive Teacher
- Recipient
- 2015
- Visiting Professor
- Recipient
- 2015
- Nominated and Shortlisted as Most Innovative Teacher
- Recipient
- 2014
Publications
- A facile route for the chemical functionalisation of polydivinylbenzenes and the application of amphoteric polydivinylbenzene microspheres to the simultaneous solid-phase extraction of acidic and basic drugs from water samples
- Borrull Francesc, Cormack Peter AG, Corrigan Alan, Craig Calum, Fontanals Núria, Marcé Rosa Maria, Moral Alberto, Smith Greg
- Polymer Chemistry Vol 16, pp. 751-761 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D4PY01312C
- Core-shell polymer microspheres with strong cation-exchange character for the extraction of basic pharmaceuticals from aqueous samples
- Moral Alberto, Corrigan Alan, Borrull F, Cormack Peter A G, Fontanals N, Marcé R M
- Advances in Sample Preparation Vol 12 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sampre.2024.100136
- Donor-acceptor Stenhouse adduct functionalised polymer microspheres
- Wesseler Justus P, Cameron Grant M, Cormack Peter A G, Bruns Nico
- Polymer Chemistry Vol 14, pp. 1456-1468 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D2PY01591A
- Hypercrosslinked polymer microspheres decorated with anion- and cation-exchange groups for the simultaneous solid-phase extraction of acidic and basic analytes from environmental waters
- Nadal Joan Carles, Dargo Stuart, Borrull Francesc, Cormack Peter AG, Fontanals Núria, Marcé Rosa Maria
- Journal of Chromatography A Vol 1661 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462715
- Polymerizable UV absorbers for the UV stabilization of polyesters. II. Photodegradation study of UV-stabilized PET copolymers
- Cormack Peter A G, Erdemli Omer Can, Sankey Stephen W
- Arkivoc, pp. 315-330 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.24820/ark.5550190.p011.617
- On-line duplex molecularly imprinted solid-phase extraction for analysis of low abundant biomarkers in human serum by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
- McKitterick Nicholas, Bicak Tugrul Cem, Switnicka-Plak Magdalena A, Cormack Peter AG, Reubsaet Léon, Grønhaug Halvorsen Trine
- Journal of Chromatography A Vol 1655 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462490
Research Interests
Within the Cormack Group at the University of Strathclyde, we are particularly interested in the synthesis and use of functional organic materials, especially materials based upon macromolecules, with a variety of end applications in mind (including high performance chemical separations, bioanalysis, environmental and forensic analysis, ion-exchange, metrology, films, coatings, biomedical devices, sensors, proteomics and diagnostics). Typically, the materials are prepared using a broad-range of synthetic methodologies, including radical polymerisation, step-growth polymerisation, template-directed synthesis and solid-phase synthesis. The development and exploitation of molecularly imprinted polymers, microporous solids, functionalised polymer microspheres, branched polymers, and self-assembling systems are of special interest.
At the time of last updating of this section (20th February 2025), recruitment onto an industrially-funded PhD scholarship was in progress (N.B. this particular funding stream is suitable for UK candidates only). PhD opportunities for non-UK citizens are expected to become tenable later in 2025 (watch this space for details).
If you wish to join the Cormack Group as a postgraduate or postdoctoral researcher and you have your own external funding in place, or if you are highly qualified and wish to proceed with a joint studentship/fellowship application to a suitable funding body, then please contact Professor Cormack directly.
Professional Activities
- External Examiner, University of Edinburgh
- Examiner
- 4/2025
- External Examiner, University of Edinburgh
- External Examiner
- 3/2025
- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
- Invited speaker
- 16/1/2025
- External Examiner, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
- External Examiner
- 1/2025
- Lancaster University
- Invited speaker
- 12/11/2024
- External Examiner, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- External Examiner
- 9/2024
Projects
- Synthesis of polymeric materials
- Cormack, Peter (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Corrigan, Alan
- Cormack, Peter (Principal Investigator) Liggat, John (Co-investigator) Corrigan, Alan (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- KTP - RUA. Embed an understanding of polymer chemistry, rheology and process engineering for the in-house development of medical devices.
- Liggat, John (Principal Investigator) Cormack, Peter (Co-investigator) Oliveira, Monica (Co-investigator) Yang, Liu (Co-investigator)
- 09-Jan-2022 - 08-Jan-2024
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | McQueen, Ewan
- Sprick, Seb (Principal Investigator) Cormack, Peter (Co-investigator) McQueen, Ewan (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2025
- Aqueous Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) / Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC)
- Bruns, Nico (Principal Investigator) Cormack, Peter (Principal Investigator)
- PSS SECurity2 chromatography system with autosampler, refractive index detector, variable wavelength UV-VIS detector, and multichrom light scattering detector
- 01-Jan-2021
- Aqueous gel permeation chromatography / size exclusion chromatography
- Bruns, Nico (Principal Investigator) Cormack, Peter (Principal Investigator)
- PSS SECurity2 with autosampler, refractive index detector, variable wavelength UV-VIS detector, Multichrom Light Scattering Detector
- 01-Jan-2021
Contact
Professor
Peter
Cormack
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: peter.cormack@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4951