Val Ferro read Biochemistry at the University of Aberdeen (BSc Hons 1985) and carried out postgraduate research into Tumour Biology at the University of St. Andrews. (PhD, 1989). She moved to the University of Strathclyde in 1989 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, managing commercially-funded projects on vaccine development. She became a lecturer in 2006

Current research interests within Dr Ferro's group focuses on three main areas: development of non-invasive human and veterinary vaccines, development of anti-fertility vaccines and natural product research.

Comparison of the physical characteristics of monodisperse non-ionic surfactant vesicles (NISV) prepared using different manufacturing methodsObeid Mohammad A., Gebril Ayman M., Tate Rothwelle J., Mullen Alexander B., Ferro Valerie A.International Journal of Pharmaceutics, pp. 1-23, (2017)http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.02.007 Brain changing tubers : gene expression changes following mediaeval tuber consumptionWoods N, Gebril A, Simpson Ann, Iannetta Ppm, Kenicer G, Tate R J, Pickard B, Gray A I, Ferro V APlanta Medica Vol 81, pp. S1-S381, (2016)http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1596241 Phytochemical and biological investigation of Calliandra surinamensis as a potential treatment for diabetesAlzahrani A, Abbott G, Young L C, Igoli J, Gray A I, Ferro V APlanta Medica Vol 81, pp. S1-S381, (2016)http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1596496 Effects of crude extracts from mushrooms on different cancer cell linesNiwasabutra K, Igoli J O, Young L, Gray A I, Ferro V APlanta Medica Vol 81, pp. S1-S381, (2016)http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1596450 Analysis of the binding loops configuration and surface adaptation of different crystallised single domain antibodies in response to various antigensAl Qaraghuli Mohammed M, Ferro Valerie AJournal of Molecular Recognition, (2016)http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmr.2592 Natural vaccine adjuvants and immunopotentiators derived from plants, fungi, marine organisms, and insectsWoods N., Niwasabutra K., Acevedo R., Igoli J., Altwaijry N.A., Tusiimire J., Gray A.I., Watson D.G., Ferro V.A.Immunopotentiators in Modern VaccinesImmunopotentiators in Modern Vaccines, (2016)