I initially studied as a Chemical Engineer to MEng level before pursuing a Ph.D researching optimal approaches to the production of anti-malarial drug treatments. During this time, I was highly active in the research community, in addition to consulting for around a dozen industrial manufacturers around the globe. I eventually left the Ph.D position in order to pursue my career in Data Science. Below is a summary of my qualifications, publications and conference presentations.

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• Pilkington, J. L., Preston, C. and Gomes, R. L. (2014) Comparison of response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural networks (ANN) towards efficient extraction of artemisinin from Artemisia annua. Industrial Crops and Products, 58, 15-24.

• Pilkington, J. L., Preston, C. and Gomes, R. L. (2012) The impact of impurities in various crude A. annua extracts on the analysis of artemisinin by liquid chromatographic methods, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 70, 136-142.

• Pilkington, J. L., Preson, C. and Gomes, R. L. (2014) Refining the biorefinery through adaptive manufacturing. Case study: Artemisinin extraction. Poster presentation, Gordon Research Conference - Natural Products, Andover (USA), 20^th July 2014.



• Pilkington, J. L., Preston, C. and Gomes, R. L. (2013) Adaptive manufacturing in bioprocessing and natural product extraction. Case study: Artemisinin extraction. Invited speaker, The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeberg (Germany), 27^th November 2013.

• Pilkington, J. L., Preston, C. and Gomes, R. L. (2013) Modelling the impact of biomass batch variability on natural products extraction, to identify optimal processing conditions. Poster presentation, EPSRC - Manufacturing the Future, Cranfield University (UK), 17^th September 2013.

• Pilkington, J. L., Preston, C. and Gomes, R. L. (2013) Developing a standardised approach to assess artemisinin production efficiency and facilitate processing improvements. Oral presentation, 9th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Seoul (Korea), 18^th August 2013.

• Pilkington, J. L., Preston, C. and Gomes, R. L. (2013) Ensuring the Sustainability of Artemisinin Production from Artemisia Annua. Oral presentation, 6th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham (UK), 4^th August 2013.

• Pilkington, J. L., Preston, C. and Gomes, R. L. (2013) Overcoming the obstacles in analysing the artemisinin content of Artemisia annua crude extracts. Invited poster presentation In absentia, International Artemisinin Conference 2013, Nairobi (Kenya), 15^th January 2013.

• Pilkington, J. L., Preston, C. and Gomes, R. L. (2012) Addressing the analytical hurdles associated with Artemisia annua extracts. Oral presentation, The Royal Society of Chemistry - Plants as Providers of Fine Chemicals, University of Bangor (UK), 29^th August 2012.