个人简历

2013 – PhD in Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing, Loughborough University, UK (Funded by EPSRC and Lonza Cologne AG)
2008 – MEng (Hons) Biochemical Engineering, University College London (UCL), UK
2014 – PRINCE2? Practitioner, accredited by BCS
2015 – Business Analysis Practitioner, accredited by BCS
2015 – Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma, accredited by The Knowledge Academy
2015 – Change Management Practitioner, accredited by APMG
Feb 2015 - present: Lecturer in Bioprocess Engineering, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, UK
Feb 2013 – Feb 2015: EPSRC E-TERM Landscape Research Fellow, Loughborough University, UK
Jun 2005 – Sep 2005:Assistant Reagents Technician, Genzyme Ltd, Kent, UK

近期论文

Rafiq, Q.A., Toward a scalable and consistent manufacturing process for the production of human mesenchymal stem cells. Cell and Gene Therapy Bioinsights. In Press.
Heathman, T.R.J., Stolzing A., Fabian C., Rafiq Q.A., Coopman K., Nienow A.W., Kara B., Hewitt C.J. 2015. Scalability and process transfer of mesenchymal stromal cell production from monolayer to microcarrier culture using human platelet lysate, Cytotherapy, In Press.
Rafiq, Q.A., Coopman K., Nienow A.W., Hewitt, C.J. 2015. Systematic microcarrier screening and agitated culture conditions improves human mesenchymal stem cell yield in bioreactors, Biotechnology Journal, DOI: 10.1002/biot.201400862.
Rafiq, Q.A., Wilson S.L., Ortega I., Patel A.K., Jenkins S.I., Barnes A., Derfogail D., Adams C., Smith D., 2015. The early career researcher’s toolkit: translating tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and cell therapy products, Regenerative Medicine, 10, 989-1003.
Heathman, T.R.J., Stolzing A., Fabian C., Rafiq Q.A., Coopman K., Nienow A.W., Kara B., Hewitt C.J. 2015. Serum-free process development: improving the yield and consistency of human mesenchymal stromal cell production. Cytotherapy, 17, 1524-1535.
Nienow A.W., Hewitt C.J., Heathman T.R.J, Glyn V.A.M., Fonte G.N., Hanga M.P., Coopman K., Rafiq Q.A. 2015. Agitation conditions for the culture and detachment of hMSCs from microcarriers in multiple bioreactor platforms, Biochemical Engineering Journal, doi:10.1016/j.bej.2015.08.003
Heathman, T.R.J., Rafiq, Q.A., Chan A, Coopman K, Nienow A.W., Kara B., Hewitt C.J. 2015. Characterization of human mesenchymal stem cells from multiple donors and the implications for large scale bioprocess development. Biochemical Engineering Journal, doi:10.1016/j.bej.2015.06.018.
Rafiq, Q.A., Hewitt C.J. 2015. Cell therapies: why scale matters. Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing. 3, 97-99.
Heathman, T.R.J., Glyn, A., Picken A., Rafiq, Q.A., Coopman K, Nienow A.W., Kara B., Hewitt C.J. 2015. Expansion, Harvest and Cryopreservation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Serum-free Microcarrier Process. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 112, 1696 – 1707.
Nienow, A. W.*, Rafiq, Q. A.*, Coopman, K. & Hewitt, C. J. 2014. A potentially scalable method for the harvesting of hMSCs from microcarriers. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 85, 79-88. (* These authors contributed equally to this work)
Rafiq, Q. A., Brosnan, K. M., Coopman, K., Nienow, A. W. & Hewitt, C. J. 2013. Culture of human mesenchymal stem cells on microcarriers in a 5 l stirred-tank bioreactor. Biotechnology Letters, 35, 1233-1245.
Rafiq, Q. A., Coopman, K., Nienow, A. W. & Hewitt, C. J. 2013. A quantitative approach for understanding small-scale human mesenchymal stem cell culture - implications for large-scale bioprocess development. Biotechnology Journal, 8, 459-71.
Rafiq, Q. A., Coopman, K. & Hewitt, C. J. 2013. Scale-up of human mesenchymal stem cell culture: current technologies and future challenges. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2, 8-16.