Guoping Lian

Professor Guoping Lian is a dual-affiliated academic holding Professor of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Surrey (0.2FTE) and Science Leader at Unilever Research Colworth (0.8FTE). With a 20+ year industrial research career at Unilever since 1994, he focuses on computational modeling for food/cosmetic product development and transdermal permeation mechanisms.

• BSc in Agriculture Engineering, Hunan Agriculture University (1981)
• MSc in Agriculture Engineering, China Agriculture University (1984)
• PhD in Chemical Engineering, Aston University (1993)

His research interests span Discrete Element Method (DEM) for granular materials, CFD simulations for fluid dynamics, and molecular modeling of solute-keratin interactions. He pioneered in silico models for product design including ice crystallization, flavor release, and transdermal nicotine delivery.

Recent publications (2010-2018) demonstrate expertise in multi-scale modeling, covering topics from silicone oil microemulsions to pH-dependent binding of solutes to hair keratin. His work combines molecular dynamics, population balance modeling, and computational fluid dynamics across pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic domains.