BACG2026 Speaker Profile

Fragkoulis (Frank) Theodosiou

PhD Candidate, Durham University

Fragkoulis (Frank) Theodosiou is a final-year PhD candidate in the DuMoC2 group at Durham University, led by Prof Aurora J. Cruz-Cabeza. His research, sponsored by Pfizer, focuses on pharmaceutical solid-state chemistry, with particular emphasis on understanding, predicting and modelling hydrate formation from both thermodynamic and kinetic perspectives.

He holds a MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester and an eMBA from the London School of Economics. Frank is an active member of the crystallisation community serving as the chair of the Young Researcher Committee and a Co-opted Committee member of the British Association for Crystal Growth.

Beyond research Frank enjoys cooking, film photography and good coffee.