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Professor Paul Cox is a Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Portsmouth, affiliated with the Faculty of Science and Health and the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences. He leads the Centre for Molecular Design (CMD) and is part of the Centre for Enzyme Innovation. His research focuses on molecular modeling applied to catalysis, microporous materials, and enzyme/protein systems. Cox supervises PhD students and collaborates extensively with experimental groups to advance drug delivery and catalytic material design.
Key research areas include: 1) Catalytic materials synthesis and structure-direction mechanisms, 2) Optimizing microporous materials for drug delivery via combined theory/experiment approaches, and 3) Protein/enzyme modeling for drug discovery. He has pioneered methods like retrosynthetic co-templating for zeolite design and developed computational frameworks for structure prediction.
His recent work includes breakthroughs in high-silica zeolite synthesis (ERS-7), lignin-degrading enzyme characterization, and cancer drug mechanisms. Over 50 peer-reviewed articles demonstrate his contributions to materials chemistry, catalysis, and pharmaceutical applications. Cox holds an ORCID identifier (0000-0002-6618-8427) and actively supervises research projects in enzyme innovation and molecular design.
