Yiwen Pei is a Senior Scientist in NPL's Surface Technology Group. Her research focus lies on the development of new analytical knowledges for high-value sustainable polymer technologies for medical applications and beyond.
Yiwen Pei is a Senior Scientist in the Surface Technology Group at NPL. Yiwen is a multidisciplinary scientist with over 15 years' experience in the design, synthesis and characterisation of advanced polymeric (nano) materials. At NPL, she leads research into the development of chemical metrology underpinning innovative polymer technologies for medical applications and beyond, with a growing focus on sustainable materials and manufacturing.
Yiwen obtained her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Auckland, (New Zealand). After her PhD, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of New South Wales and at Curtin University, (Australia). In 2016, she moved to the UK, where she and worked at King’s College London and University College London before joining NPL in 2018.
Yiwen was the lead and coordinator of the European metrology project EMPIR ISOCONCur and she has led/participated in several other national and international collaborative R&D projects, such as the ~£700K- funded Innovate UK project with Mesox, developing chemical metrology that underpins the sustainable manufacturing of long-acting injectables (LAIs). She has been the recipient of the NPL’s Explorers’ Award in 2019 (Quality Control of Lyophilised Nanomedicine), which recognises and supports excellence in science and engineering.
Yiwen has authored over 37 peer-reviewed publications, and she regularly contributes to ISO and ASTM standards. She is the co-leader of the nanomedicine focus group at the in Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She also acts as a UK expert for ISO/TC 229 (nanotechnologies) and CEN/TC 352 (nanotechnologies). Yiwen is a chartered chemist and a member of Royal Society of Chemistry.
See her Google Scholar page for a full publication list