interests:

• synthesis and separation of chiral intermediates using enzymatic
techniques,

• organometallic chemistry,

• polymer chemistry,

• pharmaceutical synthesis,

• spectroscopic analysis, Research Experience

• pharmaceutical materials/hydrogels,

• development of analytical techniques in sports science and
synthesis

• characterisation of new psychoactive substances (NPS)Research
Experience

Current Research:

I’m working closely with the fine
chemical industry in the area of biocatalysis in an effort to displace
multistep chemical routes for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals with lower cost
and less polluting enzymatic processes. . This research will contribute to
both synthetic and analytical chemistry on a national and international
basis, and strengthen collaborative links with other research active
institutions and practitioners.

Orcid ID:
0000-0001-5892-1441

Publications:

1. Noreen Morris Niall Geraghty, Synthesis of 2-Alkyl Cyclopen-2-en-1-ones. A versatile kinetic alkylation-ozonolysis
procedure for the preparation of -ketoaldehydes. Synthesis Journal of Synthetic Organic
Chemistry, 603-607, 1989.

2. Noreen Morris, Brian Greally, Peter Cairns, An investigation of factors
influencing the resolution of chiral alkyl aromatic amines on a
dinitrobenzoyl - (S) - leucine column.
Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies, 19(3), 489
- 502, 1996

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3. Noreen Morris, Andrzej Stanczuk, Elizabeth Gardner, Pierce Kavanagh.
Identification of (2-aminopropyl) benzofuran (APB) phenyl ring positional
isomers in internet products. Drug testing and analysis. 5 270-276 ,
2013

4. Noreen Morris, Gavin McLaughlin, Michael H. Baumann, Pierce V. Kavanagh,
John D. Power, Geraldine Dowling, Brendan Twamley, John O’Brien, Gary
Hessman, Folker Westphal, Donna Walther, Simon D. Brandt. Synthesis,
analytical characterisation and monoamine transporter activity of the new
psychoactive substance 4-methylphenmetrazine (4-MPM), with differentiation
from its ortho- and meta- positional isomers. Drug Testing and Analysis.
2018, 10, 1404-1416. DOI: 10.1002/dta.2396.

5. Noreen Morris, Gavin McLaughlin, Pierce V. Kavanagh, John D. Power,
Geraldine Dowling, Brendan Twamley, John O’Brien, Gary Hessman, Brian Murphy,
Donna Walther, John S. Partilla, Michael H. Baumann, Simon D. Brandt.
Analytical characterization and pharmacological evaluation of the new
psychoactive substance 4-fluoromethylphenidate (4F-MPH) and differentiation
between the ()-threo and ()-erythro diastereomers. Drug Testing and
Analysis. 2017, 9, 347-357. DOI: 10.1002/dta.2167

6. Noreen Morris, Gavin McLaughlin, Pierce V. Kavanagh, John D. Power,
Geraldine Dowling, Brendan Twamley, John O’Brien, Brian Talbot, Donna Walther,
John S. Partilla, Michael H. Baumann, Simon D. Brandt. Synthesis,
characterization and monoamine transporter activity of the new psychoactive
substance mexedrone and its N-methoxy positional isomer, N-methoxymephedrone.
Drug Testing of their thermal stability. Drug Testing and Analysis. 2017, 9,
311-316. DOI: 10.1002/dta.1950.

7. Noreen Morris, Gavin McLaughlin, Pierce V. Kavanagh, Geraldine Dowling,
John D. Power, Brendan Twamley, John O’Brien, Brian Talbot, Harald H. Sitte,
Simon D. Brandt. Test purchase, synthesis and characterization of
3-fluorophenmetrazine (3-FPM) and differentiation from its ortho- and
para-substituted isomers. Drug Testing and Analysis. 2017, 9, 369-377. DOI:
10.1002/dta.1945.

8. Noreen Morris, Gavin McLaughlin, Pierce V. Kavanagh, John D. Power,
Brendan Twamley, John O’Brien, Brian Talbot, Geraldine Dowling, Simon D.
Brandt. The synthesis and characterisation of the ‘research chemical’
N-(1-amino-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide
(3,5-AB-CHMFUPPYCA) and differentiation from its 5,3-regioisomer. Drug
Testing and Analysis. 2016, 8, 920-929. DOI: 10.1002/dta.1864.

9. Noreen Morris, Gavin McLaughlin, Pierce V. Kavanagh, John D. Power, John
O’Brien, Brian Talbot, Simon P. Elliott, Jason Wallach, K. Hoang, Hamilton
Morris, Simon D. Brandt. Test purchase, synthesis and characterization of
2-methoxydiphenidine (MXP) and differentiation from its meta- and
para-substituted isomers. Drug Testing and Analysis. 2015, 8, 98-109. DOI:
10.1002/dta.1800.

10. Noreen Morris, Gavin McLaughlin, Pierce V. Kavanagh, John D. Power,
Brendan Twamley, John O’Brien, Brian Talbot, Geraldine Dowling, Olivia
Mahony, Simon D. Brandt, Julian Patrick, Roland P. Archer, John S. Partilla,
Michael H. Baumann. Synthesis, characterization and monoamine transporter
activity of the new psychoactive substance
3’,4’-methylenedioxy-4-methylaminorex (MDMAR). Drug Testing and Analysis.
2014, 7, 555-564. DOI: 10.1002/dta.1732.

11. Noreen Morris, Jason Wallach,
Pierce V. Kavanagh, Gavin McLaughlin, John D. Power, Simon P. Elliott, Marion
S. Mercier, David Lodge, Hamilton Morris, Nicola M. Dempster, Simon D.
Brandt. Preparation and characterization of the ‘research chemical’
diphenidine, its pyrrolidine analogue, and their 2,2-diphenylethyl isomers.
Drug Testing and Analysis. 2014, 7, 358-367. DOI: 10.1002/dta.1689

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12. Noreen Morris, Fashli Razak, Vlasta Chyzna, Alan Murphy, James Kennedy.
An investigation into the effects of pH and material concentrations on the
morphology of Chitosan-Alginate microspheres prepared using an Ionic Gelation
techniques”. International Journal
of Advance Scientific Research and Management, Vol. 2 Issue 10, October 2017.

13. Noreen Morris, Fashli Razak, James Kennedy, Alan Murphy. Development of
Amoxicillin loaded microspheres for anti-Helicobacter pylori infection using
Ionic Gelation Method. International Journal of Advance Scientific Research
and Management, November 2017

14. Noreen Morris, Maya Hotta, James Kennedy, Clem Higginbotham. Durum
wheat seed germination response to hydrogel coatings and moisture under
drought stress, American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11
(2), 67-75 (2016).

15. Noreen Morris, Maya Hotta, James Kennedy, Clem. Higginbotham.
Development of seed coating agent with ι-carrageenan hydrogel for
sustainable agriculture, Journal of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland,
July (3), 36-37 (2016).

16. Noreen Morris, Maya Hotta, James Kennedy, Clem Higginbotham,
“ι-Carrageenan hydrogel seed coating for drought mitigation &
sustainable agriculture”, Environews (2017).

17. Noreen Morris, Maya Hotta, James Kennedy, Clem Higginbotham. Synthesis
and characterisation of novel ι-carrageenan hydrogel blends for agricultural
seed coating application, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 679, 81-91
(2014).

Experience: I lecture on undergraduate courses in the following
modules:

• Organic Chemistry;

• Synthetic Organic Chemistry;

• Pharmaceutical Materials;

• Pharmaceutical Spectroscopy;

• Pharmaceutical Synthesis;

• Analytical techniques;

• Contemporary issues in pharmaceutical science;

• Medical devices and advanced therapies.